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Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States 02/29/2012 06:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know how to tune and tweak a system! And all these running -faster tips are nothing but BS! Quoting: Alahndro The Ram is maxed out with 512MB ram. (I tried more, but than it bsods, it's a bios bug.) As is said, i keep my systems clean: XP idles at 130MB, Win7 at 250-300MB, no need for paging. System is Uniwill with Sis630/730 Unluckily, ReactOS is not yet usable, though i already can play music with it on this machine ;-) OP you don't know how to tune and tweak crap. Why??? Your PIII 1.2 Ghz laptop is ANCIENT. Why you even attempted to load Win 7 on it is mind boggling. ...especially with 512 MB RAM. 512 MB ram is not even enough for XP to run as fast as it can. You need AT LEAST 1 MB for XP to run freely. You seriously don't know WTF you are talking about. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 02/29/2012 06:57 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1105272 United States 02/29/2012 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | thats interesting OP! I have no idea what could be going on but I would be interested in the current draw of both OS's at the AC cord with battery removed (so charging isnt a power factor) do you have a kill-o-watt meter? and what are the problems with reactOS you have on it? you may find the forum at reboot.pro much more helpful in this area. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1281623 United States 02/29/2012 06:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to windows.microsoft.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1281623 Windows 7 system requirements If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver I know you don't want to hear it, but your system isn't made to run 7. Stick with XP until you can get a laptop made in this decade. LOL, those requirements are never right. Windows XP for example works fine with 8MHz and 20 MB Ram. [link to winhistory.de] Doesn't matter if you think they're right or not, they're what MS put out. If your com runs 7 with specs lower than that, great. If it doesn't, there's not much reason to wonder why... Combine OP's CPU that's barely above spec and only half of the "required" RAM and you've got a computer that will barely run 7. It's pretty easy to determine why it's running slow, and it's not because it has too much memory and CPU power... |
Marax User ID: 4103417 United States 02/29/2012 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know how to tune and tweak a system! And all these running -faster tips are nothing but BS! Quoting: Alahndro The Ram is maxed out with 512MB ram. (I tried more, but than it bsods, it's a bios bug.) As is said, i keep my systems clean: XP idles at 130MB, Win7 at 250-300MB, no need for paging. System is Uniwill with Sis630/730 Unluckily, ReactOS is not yet usable, though i already can play music with it on this machine ;-) OP you don't know how to tune and tweak crap. Why??? Your PIII 1.2 Ghz laptop is ANCIENT. Why you even attempted to load Win 7 on it is mind boggling. ...especially with 512 MB RAM. 512 MB ram is not even enough for XP to run as fast as it can. You need AT LEAST 1 MB for XP to run freely. You seriously don't know WTF you are talking about. ^This Shit he cant even update his bios Last Edited by Marax on 02/29/2012 07:02 PM Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. I'd like to go quietly in my sleep, like grandpa did. Not screaming in terror like the people in the back seat of the car he was driving. |
Alahndro (OP) User ID: 10898091 Germany 02/29/2012 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I mean, it's a fucking single process that win7 won't let do its task. Has nothing to too with total ram usage or other shit, or what runs in background... There's no reason to throw away a still functioning machine that is still quite fast for standard work, only because of it's age. If it one day won't run any more, i'll can smesh it with a hammer that is 50 Years old. I'm using firefox, and it's perofming faster and snappier here than under win7 on a machine that's 5 times as fast, because of the speed-break called dwm... It's a principal choice: no win7 on this one - then no win7 on any machine. I'm not keen on managing differents OS's |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1105272 United States 02/29/2012 07:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | >>512 MB ram is not even enough for XP to run as fast as it can. You need AT LEAST 1 MB for XP to run freely.<< OEM WINDOWS SUX! LOL but Ive got XP down to 333mb with nlite and other tweeks.. also running XP on an old laptop w/256mb ram for data logging. and ram booting a 1gb XP image that is fully functional. I havnt spent much time with 7 yet as XP works so well and since they extended DRM in 7 to all software and that has been a big problem for some. |
Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States 02/29/2012 07:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I use this rig especially for performance tests, cause what runs faster here, will deifintely run faster on newer systems too. Quoting: Alahndro I mean, it's a fucking single process that win7 won't let do its task. Has nothing to too with total ram usage or other shit, or what runs in background... There's no reason to throw away a still functioning machine that is still quite fast for standard work, only because of it's age. If it one day won't run any more, i'll can smesh it with a hammer that is 50 Years old. I'm using firefox, and it's perofming faster and snappier here than under win7 on a machine that's 5 times as fast, because of the speed-break called dwm... It's a principal choice: no win7 on this one - then no win7 on any machine. I'm not keen on managing differents OS's With your lack of technical understanding...you shouldn't be "managing" anything related to PC's or laptops. |
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Alahndro (OP) User ID: 10898091 Germany 02/29/2012 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | thats interesting OP! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1105272 I have no idea what could be going on but I would be interested in the current draw of both OS's at the AC cord with battery removed (so charging isnt a power factor) do you have a kill-o-watt meter? and what are the problems with reactOS you have on it? you may find the forum at reboot.pro much more helpful in this area. Battery is pulled out, cause the cells are dead. the pack is already dismanteled and waiting for new cells... one day. Power usage is about 40Watts - that's also a reason why i prefer it to my othern high-perf systems, that eat up 250Watts |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11330349 United States 02/29/2012 07:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I use this rig especially for performance tests, cause what runs faster here, will deifintely run faster on newer systems too. Quoting: Alahndro I mean, it's a fucking single process that win7 won't let do its task. Has nothing to too with total ram usage or other shit, or what runs in background... There's no reason to throw away a still functioning machine that is still quite fast for standard work, only because of it's age. If it one day won't run any more, i'll can smesh it with a hammer that is 50 Years old. I'm using firefox, and it's perofming faster and snappier here than under win7 on a machine that's 5 times as fast, because of the speed-break called dwm... It's a principal choice: no win7 on this one - then no win7 on any machine. I'm not keen on managing differents OS's That was why I asked I noticed that firefox runs better on XP than vista/7 with a few nagging issues with crash reporting and plug in container |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2091552 Canada 02/29/2012 07:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Single core P3 @1.2 Ghz. ??? That shit will not even run XP. 2.4Ghz single core is still shit for XP. Heck....3.4Ghz on XP is almost tolerable, and still shit. Dual core minimum approaching 5Ghz, with at least 3mbps sata HD, and 2 gigs of ram. I bet your hard drive is nasty slow as well. That's the weakest link. Hardware fail. |
Marax User ID: 4103417 United States 02/29/2012 07:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Your PC is maxed out sitting at idle. How do you expect it to run any apps? Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. I'd like to go quietly in my sleep, like grandpa did. Not screaming in terror like the people in the back seat of the car he was driving. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11689579 New Zealand 02/29/2012 07:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fuck. I don't get it!! I just made again a performance comparision between xp and win7, with video playback. Win7 needs at least 50% more power for the exact same task! What i did, playback of the exact same file, with same codec and same setting on the same player: CPU: Laptop P3 @1.2G Player: mpc-hc Codec: mpc's own Codec: Xvid, SD 720x576, 16:9 anamorph File: Railway docu, 2mbps theres no way you can run Win7 properly on that. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1281623 United States 02/29/2012 07:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I use this rig especially for performance tests, cause what runs faster here, will deifintely run faster on newer systems too. Quoting: Alahndro I mean, it's a fucking single process that win7 won't let do its task. Has nothing to too with total ram usage or other shit, or what runs in background... There's no reason to throw away a still functioning machine that is still quite fast for standard work, only because of it's age. If it one day won't run any more, i'll can smesh it with a hammer that is 50 Years old. I'm using firefox, and it's perofming faster and snappier here than under win7 on a machine that's 5 times as fast, because of the speed-break called dwm... It's a principal choice: no win7 on this one - then no win7 on any machine. I'm not keen on managing differents OS's Good plan. Since you can't run MS's most recent OS on relatively ancient hardware, you'll show Microsoft who's boss and not run 7 on anything. Not keen on managing different OS's... give me a fucking break. You really aren't convincing anyone you're any kind of computer guy other than maybe being an end user. Have fun with your principle choice there, sparky. I'm sure Bill Gates is losing plenty of sleep over not being able to support your decades old hardware with his OS. |
Alahndro (OP) User ID: 10898091 Germany 02/29/2012 07:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have one 386, was the first machine in the family. Hey and it still runs!! I have faster machines too, but as i said i love this one as i modded it myself (not just upgrades like anyone else - i mean in depth circuitry changes!), and it is still fast enough for browsing, office, hearing music and watching videos. Ubuntu is installed too, but can't handle the installed wifi-card. Gaming - don't need it, only a waste of time! One decade?! - I surely will maintain and repair it for another ten years! First machine in my family was an old 286 my mom got free in ~ '92. Spent ages on Prince of Persia. ^^ Nothing wrong with old laptops and i was just joking you anyways. Your laptop is faster than any netbook, so all is fine. Hardmodding sounds interesting, what exactly did you do? OC? Maybe the RAM bug lies there? ^^ I replaced the onboard audio codec chip and also added spdif output wires for direct interfacing to my big amp! I have the latest bios on it that was available, and i'm not yet skilled in bios-hex-modding... I might run it with 768 MB if i disable acpi, but that rules out win7 completely |
SevenThunders User ID: 1202063 United States 02/29/2012 07:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You'd be better served running a slimmed down linux kernel. [link to www.techradar.com] It's also possible to strip down the MS OSs and make their memory profile more reasonable. [link to www.nliteos.com] I think there are some stripped down versions of win 7 as well. With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11081847 United States 02/29/2012 07:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know how to tune and tweak a system! And all these running -faster tips are nothing but BS! Quoting: Alahndro The Ram is maxed out with 512MB ram. (I tried more, but than it bsods, it's a bios bug.) As is said, i keep my systems clean: XP idles at 130MB, Win7 at 250-300MB, no need for paging. System is Uniwill with Sis630/730 Unluckily, ReactOS is not yet usable, though i already can play music with it on this machine ;-) Holy crap! 512 MB RAM!?!? LOL! As I've learned in the past if you want to extend computer's life, get more RAM memory till it finally croaked without a warning. |
Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 United States 02/29/2012 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have one 386, was the first machine in the family. Hey and it still runs!! I have faster machines too, but as i said i love this one as i modded it myself (not just upgrades like anyone else - i mean in depth circuitry changes!), and it is still fast enough for browsing, office, hearing music and watching videos. Ubuntu is installed too, but can't handle the installed wifi-card. Gaming - don't need it, only a waste of time! One decade?! - I surely will maintain and repair it for another ten years! First machine in my family was an old 286 my mom got free in ~ '92. Spent ages on Prince of Persia. ^^ Nothing wrong with old laptops and i was just joking you anyways. Your laptop is faster than any netbook, so all is fine. Hardmodding sounds interesting, what exactly did you do? OC? Maybe the RAM bug lies there? ^^ I replaced the onboard audio codec chip and also added spdif output wires for direct interfacing to my big amp! I have the latest bios on it that was available, and i'm not yet skilled in bios-hex-modding... I might run it with 768 MB if i disable acpi, but that rules out win7 completely OP clearly obsessed with pounding square peg into round hole. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 02/29/2012 07:20 PM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11689579 New Zealand 02/29/2012 07:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fuck. I don't get it!! Quoting: Alahndro I just made again a performance comparision between xp and win7, with video playback. Win7 needs at least 50% more power for the exact same task! What i did, playback of the exact same file, with same codec and same setting on the same player: CPU: Laptop P3 @1.2G Player: mpc-hc Codec: mpc's own Codec: Xvid, SD 720x576, 16:9 anamorph File: Railway docu, 2mbps theres no way you can run Win7 properly on that. Windows 7 system requirements If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver |
Marax User ID: 4103417 United States 02/29/2012 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As is said, i keep my systems clean: XP idles at 130MB, Win7 at 250-300MB, no need for paging. System is Uniwill with Sis630/730 Quoting: Alahndro You say it uses 1/2 - 2/3 of your memory at IDLE and your confused why video playback sucks? Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. I'd like to go quietly in my sleep, like grandpa did. Not screaming in terror like the people in the back seat of the car he was driving. |
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Alahndro (OP) User ID: 10898091 Germany 03/01/2012 04:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everything in Windows 7 has to run through the government server to be verified. Don't ya know... Quoting: nron 6810966 Yeah, XP was designed for the users, whereas win7 was designed for cia and hardware vendors... I still think that it should at least run nearly as fast as on xp. I mean the decoder is just a simple process with lot of context switching, obviously the win7 kernel has a bad thread managment... The only thing i can think of is that either the controll of the overlay interface of the gfx-driver is fubar, or something is amiss with the processor handling. That means i gonna make a test with "null" output and see if the load decreases, and also search a way how to force the quantum resolution down to the minimum and see if it helps. |