A test...has anyone seen this happen?

Blackhawk7188

Blackhawk7188

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On my laptop I turned off the Windows Aero theme. After restarting I noticed the pc gained speed massively all of a sudden. After checking my memory usage I saw it was reduced by 10 percent at idle. It was idling at 35% before and now it sits between 22 and 26 percent.

I also saw a 38 percent increase in battery life on high performance. Is this because of turning the useless Aero effects off...saving cpu and mem usage? Feedback would be great if this works with anyone else.

I have tried this on Vista Home Premium 64-bit and Business 32-bit and got exactly the same response.

Thx.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion DV7-1129wm Entertainment PC
    CPU
    AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual Core @ 2.1GHz
    Memory
    2 x 2 GB Hyundai DDR2 400 MHZ
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 @ 256 MB
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio/SRS Premium Sound/Altec Lansing
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Laptop Screen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900 laptop, external 17 in LCD 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA 5400 RPM Toshiba 68 GB SATA 5400 RPM Second Drive (backup)
    PSU
    8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
    Case
    Laptop with "light up" HP Logo on outside
    Cooling
    Insane air coming out of Targus dual fan cooler
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 / Touchpad
    Keyboard
    Full Keyboard with numpad
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 20 MBps
    Other Info
    Used Primarily for CAD design using SolidWorks 2010. Also I love to watch HD movies using the HDMI output(Netflix). Linked to my Xbox 360 for Windows Media Center 3 USB ports + USB/eSata HP Remote for Windows Media Center and Quickplay Internal Dual Layer DVD+/-RW External HP Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD+/-RW HP Webcam and Microphone
Hello Dave,

Aero can use a bit of resources. Usually it's the transparency feature in Aero that uses the most resources. You may be able to just disable transparency and leave the other Aero features running to still gain that much performance.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Custom
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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
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    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
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    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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    HP Envy Y0F94AV
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    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
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    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
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    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
I turned the transparency off once I started...I never liked it. But i think the colors may have made a difference?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion DV7-1129wm Entertainment PC
    CPU
    AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual Core @ 2.1GHz
    Memory
    2 x 2 GB Hyundai DDR2 400 MHZ
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 @ 256 MB
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio/SRS Premium Sound/Altec Lansing
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Laptop Screen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900 laptop, external 17 in LCD 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA 5400 RPM Toshiba 68 GB SATA 5400 RPM Second Drive (backup)
    PSU
    8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
    Case
    Laptop with "light up" HP Logo on outside
    Cooling
    Insane air coming out of Targus dual fan cooler
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 / Touchpad
    Keyboard
    Full Keyboard with numpad
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 20 MBps
    Other Info
    Used Primarily for CAD design using SolidWorks 2010. Also I love to watch HD movies using the HDMI output(Netflix). Linked to my Xbox 360 for Windows Media Center 3 USB ports + USB/eSata HP Remote for Windows Media Center and Quickplay Internal Dual Layer DVD+/-RW External HP Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD+/-RW HP Webcam and Microphone
The more fancy stuff you've got running - the more resources that it takes up.

Try going to Start and typing in "sysdm.cpl" (without the quotes) and pressing Enter.
Click on the Advanced tab, then on the Performance Settings button.
Set it to "Adjust for best appearance" and play with it for a bit. Then set it to "Adjust for best performance" and see the increase in performance that you get.

Video on most laptops uses memory from the RAM of the system. With the new WDDM drivers, this is allocated dynamically - so using graphics intensive work will result in a higher portion of your RAM being used to render those graphics. And that means a decrease in performance (due to your RAM).

To offset this, you can add RAM to your system.
 

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Thanks for the input on the suggestion, but I do like some of the same transitions and things as I had with xp. I have it set for windows to choose what is best for my system with a few minor tweaks(turning transparent glass off). I agree with the RAM usage based off of the graphics card...thanks for the input on that.

i dont really think that with 4 GB of RAM i have nothing to worry about just yet. I mean I can always upgrade to 8Gb in this laptop...but i mean a 4GB RAM chip is like 400 dollars for one...not worth it yet.

thanks again
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion DV7-1129wm Entertainment PC
    CPU
    AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual Core @ 2.1GHz
    Memory
    2 x 2 GB Hyundai DDR2 400 MHZ
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 @ 256 MB
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio/SRS Premium Sound/Altec Lansing
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Laptop Screen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900 laptop, external 17 in LCD 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA 5400 RPM Toshiba 68 GB SATA 5400 RPM Second Drive (backup)
    PSU
    8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
    Case
    Laptop with "light up" HP Logo on outside
    Cooling
    Insane air coming out of Targus dual fan cooler
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 / Touchpad
    Keyboard
    Full Keyboard with numpad
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 20 MBps
    Other Info
    Used Primarily for CAD design using SolidWorks 2010. Also I love to watch HD movies using the HDMI output(Netflix). Linked to my Xbox 360 for Windows Media Center 3 USB ports + USB/eSata HP Remote for Windows Media Center and Quickplay Internal Dual Layer DVD+/-RW External HP Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD+/-RW HP Webcam and Microphone
Aye:D Your laptop is like mine ^^ But i do like the aero affects, i've just turned off the Transparancy :D Also, try doing regular defrags + clean ur system(temp files etc.) That also helps alot ^^
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv6000 CTO Entertainment Lappy :D
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.4GHz (2 CPUS), ~2.4 GHz
    Memory
    4094 MB Ram
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    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 2031 MB Memory
    Sound Card
    Realtek Hi-Def Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1200x800
    Case
    HP Laptop :D
    Cooling
    Fans
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    Microsoft Pro Mouse :D
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    Internet Speed
    DL: 20.51 Mb/s, Up-Load :5.27 Mb/s Ping: 10 ms
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