If you're not using microstepping you will probably want to turn down all the acceleration values in the firmware, and get the drivers providing the right amount of torque. The standard acceleration values in Marlin are fairly aggressive for even for many normal printers at 16x microstepping.
Note: If you don't use microsteps, then expect each "step" to be fairly large, and that your machine will produce fairly inaccurate results at small scales. Many printers are designed to give somewhere around 0.1-0.2mm accuracy with 16x microstepping (depending on the mechanics of the printer, such as if it's made with metric or imperial threaded rod, the type and pitch of belts, etc).