Vista Ultimate x64 Very Sloooow

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exmachina

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I´ve just built a new PC 4gb ram, intel quad 6600 Asus p5b SE mobo.

I installed Vista ultimate on it and it´s taking 5 minutes to start up and it took 5 hours to install COD4!!! everything is very slow

I installed XP Pro 32 Bit on it.. and it performs as fast as i expected

I installed Vista Home Premium from an Acer recover disk i had laying around 32 bit again and once again it´s quick

Does anyone have any idea why Vista ultimate would be so slow and what can i do to fix it?
 

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Welcome to the forum exmachina.

Make sure you have all the vista x64 updates from windows (critical and recommended) installed and also the latest bios for your motherboard.

Startup will gradually get faster as time goes on and superfetch gets straigthened out, but it shouldn't take 5 minutes; or 5hrs to install a game.

JaxMacFL
 

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Thanks For the reply.

The BIOS has been upgraded however the problem I am having is that when I install Ultimate x64 it takes too long to download and install the upgrades.. the first lot took over 3 hours to install. and that was only the first 2

Is there a workaround? or any particular ones i should install first?
 

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How fast is your L2 cache? Your front side bus? Gotta make sure everything is fast, not just the main components.
 

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it should not be any slower then the 32bit version, something in your system is wrong I would say drivers, maybe vista installed really old drivers.
 

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For starters, ensure you install Service Pack 1 (for which ever version you wish; recommend x64).

But once you've done a clean install, i'd recommend disabling a couple of things:

1.) Disable System Protection (a.k.a Sytem Restore)
2.) Disable UAC (unless you like it)
3.) Disable Windows Defender (you probably have your own security solution)
4.) Set your Page File manually (Initial Size = 1.5x your RAM --6GB; Maximum Size = 2x your RAM -- 8GB)
5.) Disable Index Servicing
6.) Disable Superfetch (tends to cause too much hardisk activity)

Oh, and not to mention updated drivers (i.e MOBO chipset/controller/s, video, audio, DirectX etc)

These are some pratical steps that will automatically improve performance in Vista (whether x86 or x64).

r2rX :D
 

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    2GB TwinMOS PC-6400 (DDR2 800) RAM
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    nVidia GeForce 7900GS 256MB DD
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 80GB and 320GB 7200rpm H.D (IDE)
Just to follow this up... I tried all the above but to no avail so i bought a x86 copy and installed that.

A couple of days ago i decided to install a copy of X64 as a dual boot to see if there was anything i could do with it... guess what it loads really quickly now..

Torn between doing a format and a fresh install or leaving things as they are!
 

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Exmachina,

It's up to you, but if you have the hard drive space, I would leave both and try them both out for a while first to see which one works best for you to do a clean install with later if you wanted to still.

Shawn
 

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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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    Windows 10 Pro
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    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
exmachina said:
Torn between doing a format and a fresh install or leaving things as they are!
Click to expand...

You know how the saying goes... "If it ain't broke... don't fix it!"
 

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    ASUS MN2E
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    4GB Corsair
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    Hard Drives
    2X 320 Gb WD
Are you overclocking? I have seen this cause issues with data. If you overclock incorrectly, you data storage timing can cause the hard drives and CD-ROM not to work properly.

Did you try running error checking and defrag.

Do you have anti-virus running? Which one? Is it fully Vista x64 compliant? Try disabling it and seeing if its causing the slowness issue.

BIOS rev and drivers can also cause performance issues.
 

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