Program Tweaking

Yo,

When you buy a piece of software, ie, normally a game, they carry a list of requirements in which you need to run them on your system. Now granted, not all of these programs actualy require these high system components, its just a way for them to make you buy newer computers. I have heard various methods for hacking a mac this way but have not heard anything on the way of windows programs allowing you to do this without looking at hex or whatnot.

If anyone has any idea. Let me know

-Rip-

Usually the individuals programming the latest games have a strong mathematical background. They usually have over a year of development time. There are also people hired just to make sure that the design uses the quickest algorithms possible, or the best techniques. They also have years of professional experience. So even if you had the source code of a game, it would be pointless going through it unless you had a lot of time to spend or you consider yourself more skilled than the individuals who coded the game. In short, don't open binary files in a hex editor and expect miracles.

If however you still want to some direction, I would suggest looking into profilers like AMD's CodeAnalyst or Intel's Vtune.