Visual Performance

Riptorn

Riptorn

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I am using Windows Vista Ultimate, I recently Set my options in the Performance Options to Adjust for best performance, but I must say, that I have not noticed anything different? Should I leave it like it is?, or, set it back again?
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Rip
 

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If you don't see a difference, then put it back to "let windows choose what's best for my computer."
 

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lemur said:
If you don't see a difference, then put it back to "let windows choose what's best for my computer."
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Is it suppose to make any difference?,have you tried it out?
 

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Pretty much all that does it change visual settings to use the least amount of ram. So you probably had a desktop that looked like Win2000 or 98. That is supposed to give the 'Best performance' as by theory should use less resources (and it usually does) Other than that it doesnt change any other 'performance' settings. Hope this helps.
 

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CrucialHoax said:
Pretty much all that does it change visual settings to use the least amount of ram. So you probably had a desktop that looked like Win2000 or 98. That is supposed to give the 'Best performance' as by theory should use less resources (and it usually does) Other than that it doesnt change any other 'performance' settings. Hope this helps.
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Hi, Yes, I know all that, but I just cannot see any difference in performance? I suppose it helps?.Thanks anyway
 

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You might, you might not. But you dont see a notable difference then just change it back. I only have enough enabled to keep the Aero feature. Everything else is turned off. By having the most basic visual settings you save ~14-20MB of ram.
 

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CrucialHoax said:
You might, you might not. But you dont see a notable difference then just change it back. I only have enough enabled to keep the Aero feature. Everything else is turned off. By having the most basic visual settings you save ~14-20MB of ram.
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Which ones you have unchecked?,can you tell me? I sent a pick of mine to show you.Perhaps you can tell me which ones to uncheck.I do not use Aero,or anything.
 

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Hi Rip,
If I were you, I'll let the sytem choose what's best for your computer because of 4GB memory you got. IMHO we must enjoy the full functions of Vista.
 

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brummyfan said:
Hi Rip,
If I were you, I'll let the sytem choose what's best for your computer because of 4GB memory you got. IMHO we must enjoy the full functions of Vista.
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Hi, well with the 4GB Memory, and only 48GB Disk Space out of 100GB, it is running slow?Like opening up Photoshop CS4, and After Effects CS4, and sometimes opening up the computer seems slow? I thought that reducing some res:confused:ources may help?
 

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Riptorn said:
brummyfan said:
Hi Rip,
If I were you, I'll let the sytem choose what's best for your computer because of 4GB memory you got. IMHO we must enjoy the full functions of Vista.
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Hi, well with the 4GB Memory, and only 48GB Disk Space out of 100GB, it is running slow?Like opening up Photoshop CS4, and After Effects CS4, and sometimes opening up the computer seems slow? I thought that reducing some res:confused:ources may help?
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Sorry mate, I thought you were just playing around to increase the performance, I googled and found many people having PS CS4 slowness. You might find some useful information over there. Good luck.
 

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Hi Riptorn,
Another thought - are you doing your computer "housework" regularly? [defrag, disk clean up & error checking]
 

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JMH said:
Hi Riptorn,
Another thought - are you doing your computer "housework" regularly? [defrag, disk clean up & error checking]
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Yes, I Do Weekly, but still slow? I need 2 processors.
 

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Here is what mine is set to and I dont seem to have any problems with my pc running slow. Then again even if it was, my processor is only a 2.0 so nothing special. Anyways, here is how I'm setup:
 

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Great, Thanks for all that, and your time. Noted!:)
 

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Did you finally opt for "let windows choose what's best for my computer" or something else?
 

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Hi, I just changed a few things. I don't like all the extra stuff, keep it simple.
 

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You posted in this thread saying your machine was slow. That might simply be because you have a lot of processes running in the background. But changing the display settings will save some memory. Like I said before usually around 14 - 20 MB.
 

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you can type msconfig and see what processes you are initially starting
 

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