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Performance Counters for Win7 to Improve Game Play: Fact or Fiction?
I've read that it maybe beneficial to remove performance counters in win7 to help improve frame rates in games. I'm not sure how true this is but from what I've read it's always running in the background. I recall that with XP but I'm not sure if that's true for Win7. All I know is that performance counters help graph what you see in Performance Monitor.
The best way I know to disable performance monitor is to use an old program (from windows 2000) called Extensible Counter List Tool. Mid-way to the left of Extensible Counter List Tool popup screen there is an option to remove a check mark for 'Performance Counter Enabled' for each application listed. Problem is, I'm reading that some applications may need Performance Counters. Or Performance Monitor may report that performance counters are disabled. Is there any expert opinion out there that could suggest if this is worth disabling for each application or not for frame rate improvement in games?