Asbeau: I find it strange that if the GOG version has this 'feature' nobody else has mentioned it
BeatriceElysia: I find it more strange that OP turns off internet while playing...
My gaming PC is offline only (win7) with only 20 tasks running +/- 1 task.
My mobo is from 2008 with 24GB ddr3, 1080ti, 980x.
Ok to the point!
So my respectable friends one is from IT field the other a lawyer; call me crazy because I turned off almost all windows services and deleted windows programs.
But! This is what my friend from IT told me:
"NovumZ I saw many people's computers that were much much more powerful then yours, but I never saw games play so smooth and with visuals like you have" I just replied to him: "I just follow my intuition and not what they teach you at universities :D"
My advice to anyone is to follow their inner selves, try it and you might like it. We all have this (:
Ps. Having an offline PC is critical for me since I always like to optimize my games to their full potential. In the past I was just frustrated by microsoft and nvidia messing remotely with my settings.