Xp getting slower..vista faster :S

Seth · 04-30-2008, 09:50 AM

Hey all,
Just an observation of mine, which may very well sound silly...but here goes. When i first got my good old Athlon 64 3200+ which Xp pro boy was it fast! On a fresh install of windows it would be soo fast. That was about 3 or 4 years ago. The other day i did i reformat of it, and installed Windows XP Pro back onto it...it was prety much just as slow as it was before the format!

Example 2, my new system (In sig) installed Windows on it, expecting it to scream along...not overly impressive. Pretty much no faster than my old Athlon 64 Machine...in booting windows at least

Then I look at my laptop which is running Vista, and see that it boots fairly quickly and also runs fast while in windows. Not trying to sound like a conspiracy theorist or something, but why is it that XP seems to be getting worse?

I just think that its really odd. So now im thinking i'll jump to Vista 64bit to take advantage of my processor and hope vista is faster...

patrickv · 04-30-2008, 11:21 AM

yeah and ?

you shouldn't even post this.
just doing a simple search on CF will bring many XP/Vista hate threads, and you should have search for one and post in there.
there really is no point in saying vista is better or xp is better just use an OS which meet your needs

Seth · 04-30-2008, 11:49 AM

Gee's dude, settle down? I'm not looking for an XP vs Vista debate here, more wondering if there was any legit reason for XP no longer running as fast as it once did...

XanderCage · 04-30-2008, 08:41 PM

It's not xp that slows down, it's your whole computer. Of course if you have a 3 year old pc and you haven't reformatted or cleaned it up, then it will eventually slow down. Xp runs extremely fast still.

zer0_c00l · 05-01-2008, 07:53 PM

it could also just seem slower because your used to the dualcore now..then going back to the singlecore athlon is alot slower

look at your rig! CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4
RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX
GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB
HDD: 500GB & 320GB = 820GB
CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman it should be fast as hell compared to a athon setup

Bootup05 · 05-01-2008, 07:57 PM

More updates have been released over the years.....are you updating these new O.S installs....or running completely stock from disk. I.E FIRST boot up

04-30-2008, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Seth Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 235	Xp getting slower..vista faster :S Hey all, Just an observation of mine, which may very well sound silly...but here goes. When i first got my good old Athlon 64 3200+ which Xp pro boy was it fast! On a fresh install of windows it would be soo fast. That was about 3 or 4 years ago. The other day i did i reformat of it, and installed Windows XP Pro back onto it...it was prety much just as slow as it was before the format! Example 2, my new system (In sig) installed Windows on it, expecting it to scream along...not overly impressive. Pretty much no faster than my old Athlon 64 Machine...in booting windows at least Then I look at my laptop which is running Vista, and see that it boots fairly quickly and also runs fast while in windows. Not trying to sound like a conspiracy theorist or something, but why is it that XP seems to be getting worse? I just think that its really odd. So now im thinking i'll jump to Vista 64bit to take advantage of my processor and hope vista is faster... __________________ Desktop - NEW SYSTEM!! CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: 500GB & 320GB = 820GB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

04-30-2008, 11:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,338	yeah and ? you shouldn't even post this. just doing a simple search on CF will bring many XP/Vista hate threads, and you should have search for one and post in there. there really is no point in saying vista is better or xp is better just use an OS which meet your needs __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

04-30-2008, 11:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Seth Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 235	Gee's dude, settle down? I'm not looking for an XP vs Vista debate here, more wondering if there was any legit reason for XP no longer running as fast as it once did... __________________ Desktop - NEW SYSTEM!! CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: 500GB & 320GB = 820GB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

04-30-2008, 08:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
XanderCage Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 220	It's not xp that slows down, it's your whole computer. Of course if you have a 3 year old pc and you haven't reformatted or cleaned it up, then it will eventually slow down. Xp runs extremely fast still. __________________ My System: Amd X2 4200+ XFX 7900 GS XXX Edition 2 Gb Pc 3200 DDR ram

05-01-2008, 07:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
zer0_c00l Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville,Ky Posts: 487	it could also just seem slower because your used to the dualcore now..then going back to the singlecore athlon is alot slower look at your rig! CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: 500GB & 320GB = 820GB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman it should be fast as hell compared to a athon setup __________________ Mob:GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L CPU:Intel E8400@3.0ghz RAM:2Gb Mushkin pc6400 4.5.4.11 PSU: COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro 550 80% ef GPU: Saphire 4850 HDD:Seagate Cuda 250GB SATA 16mb cache Case:COOLER MASTER RC-690

05-01-2008, 07:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,262	More updates have been released over the years.....are you updating these new O.S installs....or running completely stock from disk. I.E FIRST boot up __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

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