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Tweak Windows XP? |
MartinZ
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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How do you tweak Windows XP, so it runs better?
Fx determine the size of the swapfile (or what the name of it is in XP), decrease effects etc etc...? 
[ This Message was edited by: MartinZ on 2003-10-07 12:47 ] |
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wrath000
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swap file should be 1.5 to 2 times the available physical memory
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masseur
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and you can find the settings for this in system properties, advanced, performance, advanced, virtual memory
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wrath000
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After next months upgrade, I will need a 2gig swapfile 
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MartinZ
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Thank you for the fast replies! 
[ This Message was edited by: MartinZ on 2003-10-07 12:55 ] |
masseur
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My latest Vaio has 1Gb RAM so I have a 3Gb swapfile. I dunno why they limit laptops so much. its a P4 2Ghz and I am sure I've seen desktops with 2Gb or more RAM
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wrath000
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1gig is more then enough (for now, with one CPU)
Actually, when you go so high up it's not the size, but the type/speed that counts
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masseur
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yeah I always judge my PC performance based on how well it runs the latest flight sim and 2004 really flies with everything turned on! wahooo!
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wrath000
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I built my PC from scratch, just missing some parts (went over budget), so it's not up to full speed yet
Currently I am missing 512meg RAM, CD-Burner, DVD, and floppy...and oh yeah, screen 
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mixin
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dvd-burner 
the cheap nowadays 
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masseur
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sounds good.
CD burner? not a DVD burner (wit hCD burn capability)?
I'm looking for an external one of these at the mo
edit: lol! great minds (or fools?)
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wrath000
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Well, I want a CD-Burner separate from DVD (burner). That way, I can replace one without replacing the other
Besides, I really like the burner from Plextor
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and (last but not least) I feel an urgent need to fill at least two drive bays!
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masseur
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ah right... now where were we?
oh yeah... definitly 2 drive bays. I got my wife a vaio desktop with 80Gb and immediately stuck another 80Gb in there. mostly used for backups at the mo but we have about 40 digital video tapes that need editing so...
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wrath000
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Well, I've got 3..or 4? external bays, plus 4 internal bays for harddisks. Right now I got a burner sitting in 1 of the external bays. When I get the new burner and the new DVD, the old burner is going out... (its only 16x, far to slow)
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masseur
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yeah I have seen 52x burners last weekend now thats fast!
btw I don't know if you have seen them but the second drive I got for my wife was one of those ones Western Digital 80Gb special edition drives with the fast spin (7200rpm) and extra cache (8Mb). I think they do them up to 160Gb now, possibly more
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Posted: 2003-10-07 13:47
ink p800:: 
urple t630:: 
