Re: Help needed, Vista runs very slow
"Ike" <binarydotike@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f6m7ud$dl9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Michael Solomon wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Uncle Vinnie" <vinrin57@optonline.not.net> wrote in message
>> news:OlB7tp$vHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> I need some advice where to look - new HP desktop, simply runs slow..
>>> does Vista generally run slower than XP???
>>>
>>> I really need to get this pc running faster.. thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> B'rgds,
>>>
>>> Vinnie
>>>
>> You need to give us a little more information. What are your hardware
>> specs, processor, memory, how much graphics memory and whether or not
>> that memory is shared or onboard the graphics card. What applications
>> are you running and what antivirus software do you have installed.
>>
>> Does Vista generally run slower than XP? That depends. Vista, with all
>> its visual bells and whistles requires a lot of horsepower to run as fast
>> or faster than XP, but the information is anecdotal. Vista, with all
>> visuals enabled runs faster on my system than XP ran but I also have a
>> fast system. Hence, we need to know more about your system before we can
>> offer any assistance or see if there are potential bottlenecks.
>>
>
> Michael, it's impressive that Vista runs fast on your system. I believe
> you, but the reason is surely more than fast hardware; it probably
> involves a number of setup optimizations and tweaks. Perhaps you would
> agree that any dual core machine with 2GB should run Vista well unless
> inhibited by fixable problems, but I'm not good enough to identify and
> eliminate those impediments. You apparently are, and I hope you will share
> your skill!
>
> As one example, I have never found a credible list of Services that I can
> safely eliminate on this Dell e1405 laptop that accesses the net
> wirelessly but never 'shares' and is never part of a network...
>
> Ike
To be fair, Ike while I haven't done any tweaks to my system, I should at
least state my specs. I have a 3.6Ghz, P4 Hyper threaded system,with 2GB of
Dual Channel 533 SDRAM. Now, hyper threading is not that far off from
dual-core and theoretically they both give the system some of the advantages
of having two processors.
From that we'd have to work our way backward. Whatever advantages I may
have with a 3.6Ghz processor, they are likely offset by running a dual core
processor, even one with a lower clock speed. The next area would be memory
and memory clock speed. We both have the same amount of memory but my
experience thus far has been that running in dual channel mode, if your
system supports it, will certainly give it a boost. I don't know if your
system is running in dual channel mode, it would usually tell you that on
the first boot screen. Today, the average system using dual channel mode
would support a memory clock speed of 633Mhz as oppose to the 533 of which
my system runs.
Next, my graphics card is a now somewhat dated but quite capable ATI X700
Radeon with 250MB of onboard GDDR3 RAM. If your system is using system
memory, that can be a bottleneck. Finally, I have a dedicated soundcard as
opposed to using my motherboard's onboard sound. A dedicated soundcard
relieves the system of some additional burden as well.
My motherboard is an Intel D915PCY. At the time I had the shop build this
for me, there were no dual core systems, the Pentium D had only just arrived
and with the exception of the Pentium D extreme, without hyper threading,
the Pentium D systems were fairly sluggish by comparison. The anecdotal
evidence I've been seeing in these newsgroups tells me that Dual Core
systems have the potential to fly with Vista, especially the "Core 2"
systems but experience seems all over the map and I suspect a lot has to do
with OEM configurations, where they might have scrimped, the possibility of
Norton Antivirus or McAfee on the system since many system are shipping with
trial versions of one or the other and they are both noted system hogs.
Now, understand, if your system doesn't match some of my hardware, you may
be able to do so. You'd have to check what your motherboard supports.
Perhaps, you're not using dual channel memory or running in dual channel
mode but your board supports it. This requires the right memory placed in
the right slots and usually requires memory in pairs.
Hope the above helps a bit.
--
Michael Solomon
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