Vista sloww! even with 4Gb of ram?

Gamepsyched · 04-04-2008, 07:54 AM

I have 32 bit windows vista sp1 that i just installed all today. (i decided to go back to vista since i saw sp1 was out). But while being on xp i had installed 4GB of ram. Now on vista when i try to play crysis it lags like a mother!!!!! even more then my previous 1 gig of ram when i had vista before. WHat is the deal i thought sp1 was supposed to be faster, is there something i need to do?

Aziek · 04-04-2008, 09:25 AM

its not about your ram, its that u have a crap cpu and since vista takes a bit more to run when u have crysis running its bogging your cpu down try turning off the physics in the game or lowering all your settings.

hackapelite · 04-04-2008, 09:27 AM

Vista SP1 doesn't make it faster (shouldn't, I guess). Lagging may well be caused by CPU not even worth mentioning, or a none-too-good graphics card. Maybe you should just try cleaning up all the crap from the HD/Registry and see if that helps. You may also want to disable pagefiles now that you presumably have enough memory.

_simon_ · 04-04-2008, 01:02 PM

As above, most likely your CPU.. what is it? I can assure you that Vista flies along with 4GB.

g25racer · 04-04-2008, 03:59 PM

Graphics card is holding you a back a little too!!

Nevakonaza · 04-04-2008, 04:23 PM

i should say its your cpu.....3gb here and vista runs very fast and smooth.

what cpu you got?

Edit:From what i seen here you got a Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)?

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...Dell+XPS+M1710

that should not be slow at all.

it must be something else.

spanky · 04-04-2008, 05:13 PM

2 gb and vista runs damn smooth

g25racer · 04-04-2008, 05:20 PM

Im running 2gb of stock clocked hp ram, AMD 5200 2.6ghz, and an xfx 8600gt xxx and vista is running better than ever!!

2048Megabytes · 04-05-2008, 04:50 AM

If you're experiencing slow downs while playing Crysis I would guess that it is your video card. Core 2 Duo processors are very good processors currently. You don't have a bad video card, but it's just not good enough for Crysis.

twitchtwice · 04-05-2008, 05:40 PM

RAM only slows you down if you dont have enough. and you have plenty so thats not your problem

04-04-2008, 07:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gamepsyched Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 140	Vista sloww! even with 4Gb of ram? I have 32 bit windows vista sp1 that i just installed all today. (i decided to go back to vista since i saw sp1 was out). But while being on xp i had installed 4GB of ram. Now on vista when i try to play crysis it lags like a mother!!!!! even more then my previous 1 gig of ram when i had vista before. WHat is the deal i thought sp1 was supposed to be faster, is there something i need to do? __________________ My Laptop: Dell XPS m1710 geforce go 7900gtx 4GB Corsair ddr2 667mhz ram CPU: not worth mentioning Building my own computer when I make enough money.

04-04-2008, 09:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aziek Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 189	its not about your ram, its that u have a crap cpu and since vista takes a bit more to run when u have crysis running its bogging your cpu down try turning off the physics in the game or lowering all your settings. __________________ Silverstone TJ09 Intel Q6600 @ 3.15ghz Ultima-90 HSF Gigabyte GA-DS4-X38 8GB (4x2GB) Patriot Extreme ddr2 800mhz CL4 Saphire HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500Gb 32Mb SATA II Zalman ZM750-HP 750w --------------- benchmarks done with a 8800gt 13779 3DMarks \| CpuMark 2.1 11332.5 \| P5367 3DMark Vantage

04-04-2008, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
hackapelite Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Solicitor's office Posts: 1,881	Vista SP1 doesn't make it faster (shouldn't, I guess). Lagging may well be caused by CPU not even worth mentioning, or a none-too-good graphics card. Maybe you should just try cleaning up all the crap from the HD/Registry and see if that helps. You may also want to disable pagefiles now that you presumably have enough memory. __________________ BY READING THE ABOVE POST, YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING: "The above post is provided solely for entertainment purposes and is not to be taken as professional advice. Therefore, I shall not be held responsible for any damage or losses that are result from anything I have posted, to the extent applicable by law. In the unlikely event that I CAN be held responsible, I have never been here, I am not here, and I will never be here, and it will be highly questionable whether I even exist."

04-04-2008, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	Graphics card is holding you a back a little too!! __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

04-04-2008, 04:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,225	i should say its your cpu.....3gb here and vista runs very fast and smooth. what cpu you got? Edit:From what i seen here you got a Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)? http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...Dell+XPS+M1710 that should not be slow at all. it must be something else. __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 2.8Ghz -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009 Last edited by Nevakonaza; 04-04-2008 at 04:26 PM.

04-04-2008, 01:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
_simon_ Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 969	As above, most likely your CPU.. what is it? I can assure you that Vista flies along with 4GB.

04-04-2008, 05:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
spanky Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: KC, MO Posts: 2,419	2 gb and vista runs damn smooth __________________ CS:S [.:CF:.] site: http://forums.cfclan.net/ Formerly theresthatguy CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 HSF: TK IFX-14 with 120 mm @ 114 CFM GPU: XFX 7950 GX2 RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 Pro DDR2 800 MOBO: Intel D975XBX HDD:80GB/750GB Seagates CASE: P180b

04-04-2008, 05:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	Im running 2gb of stock clocked hp ram, AMD 5200 2.6ghz, and an xfx 8600gt xxx and vista is running better than ever!! __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

04-05-2008, 04:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 1,017	If you're experiencing slow downs while playing Crysis I would guess that it is your video card. Core 2 Duo processors are very good processors currently. You don't have a bad video card, but it's just not good enough for Crysis. __________________ "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." -- George Washington Processor: AMD Athlon 4600+ Dual-Core (2.4 gigahertz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: 2 gigabytes of Super Talent PC2-6400 Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 3650 Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600 Watt Operating System: 32-bit Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Favorite Video Games: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Luxor 2

04-05-2008, 05:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
twitchtwice Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 310	RAM only slows you down if you dont have enough. and you have plenty so thats not your problem __________________ CPU: C2D e8400 @ 3.6 HSF: Arctic Freezer 7 MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 GPU: XFX GeForce G92 8800 GTS HDD: WD Raptor 150GB PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W CASE: Antech 900 OS: Win XP x64 MON: Samsung 932BW All this for CS:S? Why not :)

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