Help me tweak for better performance?

[GondorCaptain]

So here are my specs:
3.4Ghz Intel Core i7-2600K 8MB Cache Quad-Core
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm CPU Fan/Heatsink
ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 REV 3.0 (Intel P67, 2xPCI-E, 8xSATA, 4xDDR3)
16GB (4GBx4) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty
128GB Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 SATA3 SSD
22X LG SATA Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/CDRW w/Nero
1536MB GeForce GTX 580 GDDR5 PCI-E Dual-DVI (Major Brand)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
InWin C583 Black ATX (3 5.25, 5 3.5) Fan, Front Audio/USB
650watt Corsair CMPSU-650TX

EDIT: okay forget everything else, with v-sync enabled I'm still getting frameskips. Like during battle the action doesn't slow, there's no lag and units act in real time... but I only see like 1 frame out of like 5 or 6. Fraps checked and my framerate was always above 30, but if I move the camera, I notice the scene jumps. There's not a smooth panning, but stuttered panning of the camera instead.

Again I don't think it's lag because everything is killing and dieing at the normal rate, so like 1 ingame minute is still 1 ingame minute. But what's wrong is I think I'm getting frameskips, and I don't know how to fix it? Is it my monitor? It has a native resolution of 1280xx

Thanks for the help.

[Stylix]

Have you tried it with v-sync disabled? On high end systems v-sync can actually slow down the performance of the graphics card, forcing it to limit its processing ability to the refresh rate of the monitor.

Spoiler for vsync: 

VSync: Video Synchronization (VSync) is the synchronization of your graphics card and monitors' abilities to redraw an image on the screen a number of times each second, measured in Hz. Your monitor will have a maximum rating in Hz for each resolution (e.g. 1280x1024 at 85Hz). When VSync is enabled (ticked), your graphics card will synchronize with your monitor and only display whole frames - this means your maximum FPS will be capped at your monitor's maximum refresh rate at your chosen resolution, and more importantly in some areas your FPS may drop by as much as 50% if the graphics card has to wait to display a whole frame. Thus enabling VSync can have a major negative performance impact.

By disabling VSync, not only do you uncap your maximum FPS, your overall FPS will also improve as your graphics card no longer has to wait to synchronize with the monitor before display each frame. This may result in some image 'tearing' (i.e. the top and bottom portions of the screen may go slightly out of alignment), however this is totally harmless and usually not very noticeable. Note that you should check your graphics card's control panel for the VSync setting there and make sure it is set to 'Application preference' (or similar) to allow this setting to work correctly.

[GondorCaptain]

Yes I've now tried with v-sync disabled, but I couldn't make out much of a difference. Could really use some additional feedback, thanks.

[Trailhog250]

I get much better performance in ETW/TATW/M2TW with V-Sync disabled. Check my guide here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=439839

I run the game flawlessly maxed out. (with shadows off, it makes it lag even with everything else on low which makes no sense but bloom, reflections, 1920x1080 resolution, runs fine. Hope it helps. Your computer may not be 'cleaned' up. Many users have this problem it is common. But if it doesn't help, good luck on finding some answers.

[Trailhog250]

This was a double-post that was on accident So I deleted it.

[GondorCaptain]

Thank you trailhog, what do you mean by "cleaned" up? Like maybe there's junk and registry errors and fragmentation and such?

If so what methods would you recommend I take to clean my computer up. I really think I need to do that too, but I only use CCleaner, Malwarebytes, and occasionally Windows Defrag, not sure what else I can do to clean up my 2 month old 2k system.

Please I'd appreciate any feedback on the matter. Thank you.

[Trailhog250]

Oops have no idea why It double posted


I mean junk files, privacy problems (from browsing the internet, all sites have it), registry problems, fragmentation, malware, viruses, etc. (the latter two are in more extreme cases)

Check out that link, I have a complete guide on there step-by-step for the lowliest PC user

The download links to the program are there too. I would prefer you ask any questions over there so others who read it will see it and it may answer their question as well.

[xDiGiTaL_FeaR-]

i just quickly looked through the post so im not sure if this was put out there, but i use Game Booster 2.41 too boost the performance of my computer while im playing. it works with steam as well.