A Guaranteed Way of Improving FPS

VATAV

I would not recommend a bristle brush to computer components.
That very likely to result in static electricity and static electricity can severally damage components. Use the Air spray cans instead, much less chance of damage to a computer.

reaper120

VATAV wrote: »

I would not recommend a bristle brush to computer components.
That very likely to result in static electricity and static electricity can severally damage components. Use the Air spray cans instead, much less chance of damage to a computer.

The brush is to stop you from accidentally stabbing and breaking something. I wouldn't recommend sweeping a video card.

PiixL

Hey I have an idea!
Buy new components to the computer, safer and there will be much better results

One_Legend

This thread belongs in the guides section.

OT: I don't believe this will help boosting FPS, in fact, I don't think this will do anything at all!

ssuiless

do it help alot if you get all the dust out of the computer?

Youk_Fou

ahahah ... u made my day cleanitupboy *..* fsb systool does more if u rly have wooden notebook.

reaper120

I am going to stress this one final time.
Of course buying a new computer is going to give you better FPS, but this guide is to help those without the need or money to buy a new computer.
Secondly, cleaning the dust off your computer is going to improve your FPS rates, as well as your computer's overal performance.
By changing your registry, you can allocate resources to CF to make it run better, BUT that means you need a level of technical knowledge to perform that task. Vacuum cleaning, however does not.
This guide is for those who do not want to spend money, and want a simple way to improve FPS.

MurderInc22

i dont hoover my house bugger if im hoovering my pc aha

ThePurv

If you do have a new computer with its own individual GPU, make sure to UPDATE THE DRIVERS!

Also, i have built and fixed many computer. Most have a air cooled CPU (uses a fan to cool the processor), and ALOT of dust and other misc material is attracted to this fan. If the dust build up becomes to much, the fans RPM will slow down and cause the CPU to heat up making it run much slowly and decreasing FPS and performance.

If you know how to remove the cpu fan, take it off and clean it with an air spray can. If there is a large amount of dust then a small brush might be needed. Clear the fan thoroughly, especially around the motor.

I have now switched to a Corsair H100 liquid cooled cpu cooler and the i have no problem with overheating. I only need to air dust the 4 fans that surround the radiator.

REMEMBER A COOL COMPUTER IS AN HAPPY COMPUTER!

ThePurv

VATAV wrote: »

I would not recommend a bristle brush to computer components.
That very likely to result in static electricity and static electricity can severally damage components. Use the Air spray cans instead, much less chance of damage to a computer.

I use a air spray to blow the dust off and use a vacuum to suck up the dust, otherwise the dust will settle back down onto the components.

HD_TV_SCRN

SooperPickle wrote: »

I heard if you wipe a magnet over the hard drive a couple times it frees up some space and downloads more ram is this true?

Thats a great way to break your hard drive

reaper120

JPurvis92 wrote: »

If you do have a new computer with its own individual GPU, make sure to UPDATE THE DRIVERS!

Also, i have built and fixed many computer. Most have a air cooled CPU (uses a fan to cool the processor), and ALOT of dust and other misc material is attracted to this fan. If the dust build up becomes to much, the fans RPM will slow down and cause the CPU to heat up making it run much slowly and decreasing FPS and performance.

If you know how to remove the cpu fan, take it off and clean it with an air spray can. If there is a large amount of dust then a small brush might be needed. Clear the fan thoroughly, especially around the motor.

I have now switched to a Corsair H100 liquid cooled cpu cooler and the i have no problem with overheating. I only need to air dust the 4 fans that surround the radiator.

REMEMBER A COOL COMPUTER IS AN HAPPY COMPUTER!

Finally someone with the same view as me.

its_matt

This isn't guaranteed to give you a better frame rate, because what if you just bought your computer last night, would cleaning the dust out of it (which there isn't any) make it way faster? No.

Also why would you need to ground yourself while cleaning a computer that is unplugged from power? The whole grounding idea is pointless if its in plugged, you'll be fine, and your components will be fine.

Youk_Fou

lulz ... wich components overheating on ur pc u can see easily at cpu/gpuz ... if u see overheating issue couse ur terrible fps laggs (inthatcase gpu can't handle with fps so it throttle fps down) it;s true if u clean fans/pipes from dust it will not lagg at all ... btw most overheating issue were regarded on notebooks cuz most of stoneage notebooks have almost only 1 fan and 1 pipe for cpu and gpu chipset ...

u will not increase ur fps just by cleaning ur dust down ...

gpu need energy so why psu is rly important in that case ... btw if u have old pc ... ur cpu using above 80% and gpu simultany 10 - 30% ...

to stabilisize ur random fps drops with ram is imho very important when u notice that over 50% of ur ram used by running any game ... keep it at half and u will profite ...

when u want finally increase ur fps just overclock ur cpu via bios or systool whatever ur pc support ... or buy a new one ...

ok ok ... probably it's ur own clenitup religion ... but i preffer knowledge with proof.

best regards,

Youk Fou

reaper120

Obviously both Youk and Allgoat have a very basic level of understanding in terms of IC chips and electronics. I won't go in depth to try and explain why my method is the way it is AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME. READ THE PREVIOUS POSTS. They should explain everything. I've basically covered what both of you said in some way or another.

VATAV

allGoat wrote: »

This isn't guaranteed to give you a better frame rate, because what if you just bought your computer last night, would cleaning the dust out of it (which there isn't any) make it way faster? No.

Also why would you need to ground yourself while cleaning a computer that is unplugged from power? The whole grounding idea is pointless if its in plugged, you'll be fine, and your components will be fine.

You ground yourself to prevent static electricity transfer.
A simple jolt can easily blow a few circuits and make your computer less effective or even completely kill it if hit in the right place.

ThePurv

VATAV wrote: »

You ground yourself to prevent static electricity transfer.
A simple jolt can easily blow a few circuits and make your computer less effective or even completely kill it if hit in the right place.

Thus me buying a whole new Motherboard because I was an idiot and forgot to take my socks off. Lesson learned but 1 bad install out of 5 isnt so bad.