(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:59 pm
Post subject: Increasing Vista speed? Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>vista>general (more info?)
I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram meter
gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always dropped
back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays between
44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion correct?
(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:59 pm
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"Paul T" <pmt1209.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
>not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
>memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
>likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
>much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram
>meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
>Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always
>dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays
>between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion
>correct?
I wouldn't go just by utilization. I bumped up my laptop from 1 gig to 2
gigs and it made a pretty noticeable difference in speed and smoothness.
However, my RAM utilization rarely goes over 40%.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:59 pm
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Try disabling/tweaking some unneccesary services..
>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
>not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
>memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
>likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
>much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram meter
>gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
>Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always dropped
>back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays between
>44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion correct?
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Increasing Vista speed? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
The main indicator for speed is how does it feel to you. If you are
satisfied with the performance, and do not see any detrimental effects, then
you have enough RAM.
There are so many systems out there with 4GB of RAM installed that will
never even use half that amount.
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Paul T" <pmt1209 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
>not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
>memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
>likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
>much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram
>meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
>Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always
>dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays
>between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion
>correct?
(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:26 pm
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--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Paul T" <pmt1209.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
>not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
>memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
>likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
>much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram
>meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
>Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always
>dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays
>between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion
>correct?
(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:02 pm
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How much ram do you have installed now?
"Paul T" <pmt1209.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista Premium,
>not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3 with 1gb
>memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing that Vista
>likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my sidebar to see how
>much memory was being used in different programs and never has the ram
>meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs from Work to Unreal
>Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike reading and always
>dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most programs it's stays
>between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of ram, is my conclusion
>correct?
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:03 pm
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1gb memory
"kirk jim" <11.DeleteThis@11.11> wrote in message
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> How much ram do you have installed now?
>
>
> "Paul T" <pmt1209.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:AC3EFE27-D261-4540-84CD-0CAE2385C3E8@microsoft.com...
>>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista
>>Premium, not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3
>>with 1gb memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing
>>that Vista likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my
>>sidebar to see how much memory was being used in different programs and
>>never has the ram meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs
>>from Work to Unreal Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike
>>reading and always dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most
>>programs it's stays between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of
>>ram, is my conclusion correct?
>
>
(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:27 am
Post subject: Re: Increasing Vista speed? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Great article Andre, I did make some changes as suggested, hopefully it will
help a bit, I know you can't use the Ram meter as a true tool but if it's
not pushing up into using 80-90% for any programs I would think all is fine,
although I really haven't gotten into any graphic intense work yet but I
would think the 256mb vid card would take the load off the ram.. Correct?
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Check out this article from Extreme Tech:
> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2110595,00.asp >
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry > "Paul T" <pmt1209.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:AC3EFE27-D261-4540-84CD-0CAE2385C3E8@microsoft.com...
>>I asked in an earlier post how I can increase the speed of Vista, I
>>definietly found a little loss in speed going from XP Pro to Vista
>>Premium, not enough to ever think of going back to XP. I am running a P4 3
>>with 1gb memory, I thought maybe not enough ram was the problem hearing
>>that Vista likes 2Gb of ram so I put the ram/cpu meter gadget on my
>>sidebar to see how much memory was being used in different programs and
>>never has the ram meter gotten above 75% and that was running programs
>>from Work to Unreal Tournament 2004, the 75% was usually just a spike
>>reading and always dropped back down to around 50% pretty quick. For most
>>programs it's stays between 44% to 49%.. To me this says I have plenty of
>>ram, is my conclusion correct?
>
>
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