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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 2:25 p.m. - Subject: speed up vista |
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I’m not those huga ass computer guys.
My computer has 1gb RAM and my uncles saids thats why the vista is running so f-ing slow. So i got a 2gb SD card and used the whole space to help speed the computer up.
does it speed up when you start up or does it speed up the whole system. I ddont really see the difference. excpet that unreal tornament is running loading a bit faster...
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 2:31 p.m. - Subject: |
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uhm, how would a SD card help?
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 2:35 p.m. - Subject: |
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when u put in a SD card in the SD slot(if you have one). autoplay runs
you go to speed up ma computa.
and you put the mb usage to the max.
I just leave the SD card where it is. and then it speeds it up?
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 2:41 p.m. - Subject: |
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vista has a feature where you can use SD cards and flash drives as RAM, krazyduck...
anyway, here’s your problem: you have vista... get XP, or linux
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 3:19 p.m. - Subject: |
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First off Vista is naturally slower than XP, having an application run in Xp vs Vista, XP would load up faster etc. Having a good computer would offset this and the slowdown would not be very noticeable, but on an average computer Vista can slow it down quite a bit. My advice to speed up your computer would be to either upgrade to 2gb of RAM (with actual ram not with SD cards), get a faster processor, or downgrade back to XP.
P.S. My first post.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:08 p.m. - Subject: |
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1gb is plenty to run vista.
I have 1gb RAM with Vista Home Premium, and I can run Firefox, Photoshop CS3, uTorrent, and Windows Media Player simultaneously without any delay.
RAM isn’t your problem, your processor is what’s slowing you down.
If getting a new processor isn’t an option, then make sure you have UAC turned off, and don’t use Aero.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:08 p.m. - Subject: |
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Vista is a memory hog; I’m surprised that the place where you bought your computer didn’t tell you to initially buy more RAM.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:13 p.m. - Subject: |
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I3L00cI, 1gb of RAM is plenty for Vista.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:29 p.m. - Subject: |
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i have a sony viao laptop. vgn-n250e
i dunno, i mean i got it off amazon.com. i figured that cause its a sony vaio. it should be good. My family all uses sony vaio. cause we’re asian.
but will the 2 extra gb RAM help?
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:30 p.m. - Subject: |
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should I downgrade to XP?
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:35 p.m. - Subject: |
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Downgrade to XP after you run: a Defragger, anti-virus, anti-spyware, and a registry cleaner. If you want links to some good ones, pm me.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:35 p.m. - Subject: |
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I meant to say if those do not work, then downgrade to XP.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:36 p.m. - Subject: |
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i got 3 gigs and vista ultimate run t on full setting’s and never lag even when i play games.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:44 p.m. - Subject: |
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AVG Free (Anti-Virus)
Spybot Search and Destroy (Anti-Spyware)
JkDefrag (Disk Clean-Up)
Download this: JkDefrag-3.31.zip Download for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista 465kb
If those do not speed up your computer, then it is either registry problems, or simply your computer is not fast enough to run Vista.
*Fixed Links*
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:45 p.m. - Subject: |
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You need a dual core processor and about 2 gigs of RAM to run vista like XP on a machine with like 2ghz processing speed and 256 megs of ram. Its pathetic. Reinstall XP and your computer will be a speed demon.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:48 p.m. - Subject: |
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Registry Cleaner
Password is www.warezscene.org
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 4:50 p.m. - Subject: |
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Although runing an SD ard is a nifty idea, it’s seek time is NO WHERE NEAR as fast as RAM, so although you can run more programs, it MAY actually be running SLOWER than if you installed additional RAM.
The swapping of Data between the RAM and the SD card probably negates any speed that would be gained by the additional space provided by the SD card with the slowdown created by the swapping.
Basically, you gained RAM "SPACE" not so much RAM "SPEED".
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 5:02 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Basically, you gained RAM "SPACE" not so much RAM "SPEED".
That’s impossible; RAM uses knowledge of your computer use to create a cache of programs that you use frequently so that these programs’ start-up time is much faster than without the cache (because all the information needed to open these programs is already there; there is no "down-time" while the computer retrieves the info to open the application).
So even if you use SD cards for extra RAM, it could only speed up the computer, not slow it down.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 5:06 p.m. - Subject: |
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If the seek time of the RAM is greater than that of the SD card, (which I’ll be willing to wager it’s FAR greater that the SD card) your PC would be waiting around for the SD card to catch up, so OF COURSE it’s possible.
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2007 5:53 p.m. - Subject: |
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ADB, Fuck off.
Uninstalling programs will not speed up your computer, if they are not running, they are not slowing your PC down.However, if you have programs running in the background, (Microsoft Office is notorious for this, as is Quick Time and Adobe Reader as when they install they’re defaulted to run on startup for quick loading EVEN IF you DON’T use them) THEY, and other programs could be using valuable RAM in the background even if you are not using the program at the moment.
More about Vista:
http://www.news.com/2100-1016_3-6220201.html
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