Disclaimer
I’m not responsible if you break your OS or PC, loose anything or get hacked at a later date by following this guide. Follow below at your own risk.
This guide has all the tweaks I have collected over the years. I have personally grinded through them all testing, tweaking and benchmarking. Doing my best to be sure they are not placebo.
Also doing my best to make sure my testing methods are not flawed or variable. This guide is for the max performance, lowest latency and a competitive advantage for gaming. Some of the tweaks will make your PC vulnerable, be aware and use a separate OS and system for gaming. Feel free to do what you are comfortable with, no one is judging if you skip steps.
Remember less is more...
This guide will constantly be updated, so please come back and recheck it regularly.
I did not invent or discover any of these myself, this list is compiled from the internet and personally tested by me. I can’t take credit for the tweaks themselves but I can take credit for compiling everything and spending the time to debunk/test them.
A big flaw has been discovered with new windows versions.
All windows versions 1809 + have a forced synthetic QPC timer of 10mhz.
Previous versions are true TSC between 2-4mhz (give or take) depending on the CPU speed.
As far as low latency and high performance, an older version under 1809 is the way to go.
I believe this synthetic timer is something to do with spectre, meltdown or security.
We all may be all on linux in the future with the way windows is going, time will tell.
This guide was made for windows 10 pro 1809 redstone 5 october 2018 update.
Why?! To keep up to date with things, it’s easier to apply all tweaks from a later version to an older version vs the other way round. Do I recommend 1809, No! Many of the tweaks can be used in older versions so keep reading. Although I highly recommend a fresh install.
1903 also has the synthetic timer of 10mhz, including a serious kernel latency issue.
Avoid 1903...
If you really want raytracing you will need 1809 or above. My friends and I have tried to swap and edit system files in 1809/1903 from older versions to bring back the true timer. All attempts were unsuccessful. Stay posted, let’s hope we find a fix. That way you can have your cake and eat it too, regarding raytracing. Although I think it's safe to say that anyone reading this guide, including myself are not interested in raytracing.
Regarding low latency and high performance I would recommend...
This is HANDS DOWN the best performing OS for raw latency and performance
More on timers below
A big thank you to
All the creators of tweak guides linked below
All my friends who have helped me on this journey
Some names worth mentioning, thank you for your help guys
n1kobg, St1cky, Cindafella, Munty, Dev0x0, Kristjan, Markus, Narf, detox, TopSnek, Felipe
1tap1337s, Dreammjow, detox, Klubnjakk, Joana d'Arc, PanosXidis, Hybrid, lipz, John_,
If you have anything to add or correct please contact me
I will be happy to mention you in this guide for your efforts
I really don’t like calling this “MY” guide, it should be “OUR” guide.
Although someone needs to format and compile it, so here we are.
This will be eventually be ported to a website so stay posted.
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All the shortcuts, scripts, reg files and programs you need for this guide
Some programs may be a false positive flagged by your antivirus
Keep in mind, running the script/reg files straight away may not apply
This is due to windows permissions, recheck manually as shown below
Although new laptops have come a long way, they still thermal throttle
Laptops also have limited bios settings most of the time
I highly recommend a good top end motherboard with good vrm and cooling