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04-08-2009
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| Vista Home Premium x64 | Poor performance with Vista x64 Hey I'm new to a x64 OS, I did have Home Premium (32bit) on my PC but upgraded yesterday. Since upgrading (clean install) I've notice that the boot times are longer and the shut down times have increased significantly. One of the reasons I moved to x64 was because of the faster boot and shut down times. A few other programs are taking longer to load/respond but I'm not sure if that's because they are 32bit programs running in a x64 environment Here are my PC specs AMD Athon X2 4800+ (2.41GHz) 2GB RAM 300GB HDD If anyone could help me out I would be grateful |
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04-08-2009
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| | Re: Poor performance with Vista x64 The main reason for using 64 bit Vista is so that you can use more than 4 gig of RAM. If all you have is 2 gig you are better staying with the 32 bit version of Vista. My 64 bit rig flies. Boot to usable desktop in 32 seconds. The 8 gig of RAM I have installed does wonders, along with a modern processor. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "k86" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:96bcab305473fafa7f3a71888b27cc34@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hey > > I'm new to a x64 OS, I did have Home Premium (32bit) on my PC but > upgraded yesterday. > Since upgrading (clean install) I've notice that the boot times are > longer and the shut down times have increased significantly. One of the > reasons I moved to x64 was because of the faster boot and shut down > times. A few other programs are taking longer to load/respond but I'm > not sure if that's because they are 32bit programs running in a x64 > environment > > Here are my PC specs > > AMD Athon X2 4800+ (2.41GHz) > 2GB RAM > 300GB HDD > > If anyone could help me out I would be grateful > > > -- > k86 |
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04-08-2009
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| | Re: Poor performance with Vista x64 >> I'm new to a x64 OS, I did have Home Premium (32bit) on my PC but Quote: Quote: >> upgraded yesterday. >> Since upgrading (clean install) I've notice that the boot times are >> longer and the shut down times have increased significantly. One of the >> reasons I moved to x64 was because of the faster boot and shut down >> times. A few other programs are taking longer to load/respond but I'm >> not sure if that's because they are 32bit programs running in a x64 >> environment >> >> Here are my PC specs >> >> AMD Athon X2 4800+ (2.41GHz) >> 2GB RAM >> 300GB HDD >> >> If anyone could help me out I would be grateful >> > gig of RAM. If all you have is 2 gig you are better staying with the 32 > bit version of Vista. > > My 64 bit rig flies. Boot to usable desktop in 32 seconds. The 8 gig of > RAM I have installed does wonders, along with a modern processor. > > -- it would explain poorer performance in a 2 gb system. The OP's motherboard should support at least four gb, which would make a big difference. |
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04-08-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Poor performance with Vista x64  Quote: Originally Posted by k86  Hey I'm new to a x64 OS, I did have Home Premium (32bit) on my PC but upgraded yesterday. Since upgrading (clean install) I've notice that the boot times are longer and the shut down times have increased significantly. One of the reasons I moved to x64 was because of the faster boot and shut down times. A few other programs are taking longer to load/respond but I'm not sure if that's because they are 32bit programs running in a x64 environment Here are my PC specs AMD Athon X2 4800+ (2.41GHz) 2GB RAM 300GB HDD If anyone could help me out I would be grateful You might see if any of the ideas listed here can help improve your computer's performance. Speed Up the Performance of Vista Hope this helps, Shawn |
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04-08-2009
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| | Re: Poor performance with Vista x64 "k86" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:96bcab305473fafa7f3a71888b27cc34@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hey > > I'm new to a x64 OS, I did have Home Premium (32bit) on my PC but > upgraded yesterday. > Since upgrading (clean install) I've notice that the boot times are > longer and the shut down times have increased significantly. One of the > reasons I moved to x64 was because of the faster boot and shut down > times. A few other programs are taking longer to load/respond but I'm > not sure if that's because they are 32bit programs running in a x64 > environment > > Here are my PC specs > > AMD Athon X2 4800+ (2.41GHz) > 2GB RAM > 300GB HDD > > If anyone could help me out I would be grateful > > > -- > k86 Control Panel > Performance Information > Advanced Tools Look at the top of the window for info on why Windows starts or shuts down slowly.. -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ |
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