2007-04-07, 12:54 | Link #1 |
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Well my computer died on me it was an amd 64 3200+ 1gb pc3200 80GB hd and msi board, it served well, so i now had an reason to buy an new computer i went and god an vista premaid one compaq specs are
p4 631 3.0gz 2mb cache 1gb ddr2 pc 4200 pluse i added an extra 512ram intell board with the ati radeon express 1100 chipset 160gb sata 2 hd light scribe dl drive now for some reason it seems slow is the cpu not strong enough for visat i mean the min requiment is 800mzh so hep please |
2007-04-08, 00:49 | Link #2 |
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Here are the system requirements for Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...uirements.mspx Your specs are good enough for Vista. Maybe something else is causing the slowness? Did you see any abnormalities in your Task Manager? |
2007-04-10, 01:16 | Link #4 |
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Something also simple to try --- defrag your system drive. Its amazing how often I'll look at a fresh install and find the drive totally fragged up.
Outside of that your basic specs look okay, but like Ledgem remarks, turn off the glittery crap (like Aero) and that'll help. After all, an OS is supposed just run your stuff, not interfere
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But yeah, try turning Aero off. It eats a lot of memory and stresses your video card like crap.
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2007-04-15, 22:58 | Link #8 |
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No offense, but you really can't say it's the best if you haven't even gotten it to try it out yet, now can you...? o.O
As everyone said, turn off Aero. I never followed "minimum requirements" for anything. Why? Because it's the absolute minimum that it can run, which means it won't run as good as it was advertised at minimum. Always follow the recommended requirements. |
2007-04-17, 10:08 | Link #11 |
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Actually, it's slowly becoming a standard for motherboards to have onboard video that can handle running some minimum 3D rendering. It's not an official standard yet, so give it some time. Maybe a few more months. Besides, with Vista out, the motherboard companies have no choice but to have decent onboard video on their motherboards now. So how many times did I say motherboards now? 3? Maybe more? I'm not even saying it and I still feel like I'm tripping over the word in my mind.
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2007-04-19, 03:50 | Link #12 | |
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or just dump that stupid vista and install some slackware and see the difference hahaha...
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2007-04-19, 20:39 | Link #13 | |
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So, correct me if I'm wrong, but otherwise take note of what your motherboard supports. AGP is being phased out in favor of PCI-Express. There are cheap cards for AGP and PCI-E, but you'll most likely find the absolute lowest prices in the AGP lineup. Not that it matters - you're locked into whatever your motherboard supports.
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2007-04-19, 21:35 | Link #14 |
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Some has both, though it's kind of pointless. Most boards are one or the other. PCI-E is starting to become the standard and a replacement for the AGP. If you wish to upgrade your video card in the future and you happened to have an AGP slot for your video card, the choices might be sparce years from now. Just a fair warning.
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2007-04-19, 21:36 | Link #15 |
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Most don't... so choose wisely. I took a fair $$$ hit a while back because for a small period no one was offering AGP/PCI-Ex combo boards.
There are a few boards that offer both. But I suspect they're plumber's nightmares at the circuit level. The AGP offers short term lower costs (as Ledgem says).... but at some point you're looking at changing the mobo when you upgrade your video card because you'll have to switch. Just pick a good moment. I'm always upgrading my system incrementally... recently started eliminating IDE for SATA (the drives are almost identical in price now).
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