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Prepare Windows for Best Performance

These settings make your computer run for best performance.

important

Please make sure every setting listed is set!

High Performance Power plan​

Press WIN + R and type powercfg.cpl then press

Enter
.

Select a High Performance power plan.

Don't have High Performance power plan:​

Way 1:​

  • Click on the Battery, and then in the popup click battery icon.
  • Set Power mode to Best Performance.

Way 2:​

  • Move the Slider to Best Performance.

Program Graphics Settings to High Performance​

In This Example we are setting the Recorder and Recorder's MServer to High Performance.

When setting the Viewer or One, also set its MServer to High Performance!

Open Graphics settings:

Press WIN and type Graphics settings then press

Enter
.

FairReplay​

  • Click Browse.
  • Select FairReplay.exe
    Default path: C:\Program Files\FairReplay Recorder
  • Click Options.
  • Set High Performance on Best GPU.

FairReplay MServer​

  • Click Browse.
  • Select MServer.exe
    Default path: C:\Program Files\FairReplay Recorder\DLLs
  • Click Options.
  • Set High Performance on Best GPU.

Nvidia to High Performance​

Open NVIDIA Control Panel:​

Press WIN and type NVIDIA Control Panel then press

Enter
.

Select Manage 3D settings:



Set Settings:​

Set the Power Management mode to Prefer maximum performance.



Set the Vertical sync to Off.



Set the Prefered graphics processor to High-performance NVIDIA processor.
When your computer has more than 2 GPUs, select the High-performance NVIDIA processor.

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Save changes by clicking Apply in the bottom right corner.


Update Windows Updates and Pause​

Updates make your computer run Slower and the FairReplay program can malfunction.
When updates aren't paused, Windows may initiate updates while you are using the FairReplay program.


Press WIN and type Windows Update settings, then press

Enter
.



Click Pause for 5 weeks or at least 1 week. When you are finished using the computer for the day, please update your Windows.

Optional: Windows Visual to Best performance​

Recommended for Old and Low performing computers.

Press WIN + R and type SystemPropertiesPerformance then press

Enter
.



Click Adjust for best performance, and then click Ok or Apply.