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| Hi MM guys. What it is, is this service pk3 XP: A featured link posted to the so called final via Captain cad on the MM forums. http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe My previous set up was service PK2 only and my copy of windows was slipstreemed for gaming. Upon loading SP3 I find my machine to be, well more powerfull and responsive. Super PI test was faster and upon re test was consistently faster than default spk2. Even weirder was bench marking with 3D mark 06/05 My previous benchies was around 06/8563>05/13566 With SPK3 the scores came out around 06/8911 and 05 also came out a goodly 400 points higher score. MM I have noticed a significant improvemnt in gaming performance since installing spk3 Killer apps Colin Mcrea Dirt and crysis have seen significant increses in FPS> In Dirt: the lower demanding app of the 2 now runs flawlessley. I am completley gob smacked. Is there any chane MM could test the eficency of SPK3 against SPK2 @ default to see if I am correct, or is poor old teafs insain in the membrain.
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i have installed SP3 on 2 computers over the week end from an install CD and they are much faster and as soon as uni is done i am doing it on my computer which needs a fresh install anyway lol but yes it would b an interesting read
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| Well I've just hit on a major find. I decided to OC my gfx card and got 9800ish (spk3) my previous score with a slipstreem windows yealded 9500ish,(spk2) this was with 3D mark 06. I'm thinking with a little windows tweaking I can get this easy over 10k and enhance my gaming performance. So the quickest way for me to add 1k to my score is to simply set windows for max performance. I did this waited for the change to an uggly desk top and ran 3Dmark again, the score came out at 9600ish I repeated the test to find the score simliar. Wooot So there it is, incontravertable truth that with service PK3 and with windows set to default, (let windows decide whats best) windows SPK3 is indeed better for gaming than SPK2 and delivers better performance than manual windows tweaking. Cool. Boys n girls try it for yourselves.
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A change of 100-200 points can be expected with each run.
Boosting it to 10000 will not improve your gameplay much. If you were to find an extra 1000 then it might, but really not worth the hassle.
Disclaimer: Any advice I provide is only applicable in my reality and may need altering to fit yours There is no place like 127.0.0.1 
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LOL ,freakshow I love you, top banana.
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If you leave Drop shadows and Visual styles turned on, it looks the same but is just as fast as everything off.
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Teafie (07/05/2008)
LOL ,freakshow I love you, top banana.
Why teafie....I never realised 
Disclaimer: Any advice I provide is only applicable in my reality and may need altering to fit yours There is no place like 127.0.0.1
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ah, blooming love on the forums...
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Awe group hug.
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