Originally posted by Cam:

THIS... 5 years i've been looking for a fix for pixelated textures until i Finally narrowed it down to old gpu (gtx 1650) and directx 12 not working well together. Thing is, small "Hairy" textures like beards, brushes, hair always looked grainy, no matter how high i set the settings or the resolution. I found out some games which actually let me choose the directx version looked way better in dx11 rather than dx12. Jeez... If i knew you I'd make a feast on your honor. THANK YOU.

I'm glad it fixed the issue for you!

Originally posted by ShoniBare:

Originally posted by Melody:

Yep, TSC is basically default (no platformclock, no platformtick).

I deleted all of the codes, tsync enhanced is also useless right ?

Most likely, yes.

Originally posted by ShoniBare:

Originally posted by Melody:

Disabling HPET in device manager does nothing, it's a placeholder device that serves no purpose. I suggest going with default settings.

Hmm I see you recommend these ones for untweaked ones
bcdedit /set useplatformtick Yes
bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Enhanced
I thought you will suggest something different for tweaked systems since you have written "TSC recommended instead on tweaked systems" on your basic tweaks guide

Yep, TSC is basically default (no platformclock, no platformtick).

Originally posted by ShoniBare:

Hi Melody,
First off all sorry for bothering you. Which commands will you recommend for best performance in 2024 ? I have 7800x3d + 6800 XT combo and running on W11 23H2. My OS and bios settings are tweaked well enough. My bios doesn't have HPET option as most of the other recent motherboards does.
My settings are like this as right now also HPET is disabled in Device Manager
tscsyncpolicy Enhanced
bootmenupolicy Standard
useplatformclock No
useplatformtick Yes
disabledynamictick Yes

Disabling HPET in device manager does nothing, it's a placeholder device that serves no purpose. I suggest going with default settings.

Originally posted by Kaz V.A.:

Is there any way to do this on Windows 7? Got a old IBM thinkpad here with a Tesla 1.0 GPU and Nvidia had the bright idea of giving it software support for DX11 meaning every game that supports DX11 runs in DX11 even though the GPU's Hardware support is only DX10.

Try installing the outdated DirectX SDK, it should provide you with proper dxcpl that is compatible with win7.

Originally posted by Xealz:

Originally posted by Melody Digital Harmony:

Installing Graphics Tools is enough to get the dxcpl utility. Additional redistributables and end-user runtimes shouldn't really matter.

Where can i find the "Graphics tools" you're speaking of?
i've tried searching on the web and youtube but they all want me to go into some "optional features" in app settings but i dont have that option.

It is indeed in the optional features section of your PC settings. In a computer running Windows 11, reach Settings, go to System and open "Optional features".

You can also look for that section by searching in the start menu.

Installing Graphics Tools is enough to get the dxcpl utility. Additional redistributables and end-user runtimes shouldn't really matter.

Originally posted by Xealz:

does this still work? cause its giving me an error, like it doesnt exist, so is there a new way to do it? it says "windows cannot find 'dxcpl'"

It still works, you need to install graphics tools from "additional features". Works in Windows 10 and 11.

Hello,

Looks like those are related to timers, mostly.

I have published some useful information about timers:
https://sites.google.com/view/melodystweaks/misconceptions-about-timers-hpet-tsc-pmt

I hope this helps.

TL;DR this is the default setting:

I don't think you can do much without administrator permissions. In the hypothetical scenario in which you had admin permissions, If there's no audio, maybe you could look at your audio devices and disable the ones you don't use, and mess with the audio frequency settings and, if it still doesn't work, it might be a missing library (tendentially on messed up systems).