Fast or not?

needmoney

3.07 GHz, 448 MB of RAM, this is what my new pc has can't remember the old one's specs but I'm sure it was less but I am finding this one slower, should it be?
Thanks

bingo_bango

It all depends on what you're running on both machines. 448Mb RAM isn't a huge amount these days, so any memory intensive apps are going to swallow it up quite quickly.
In addition, you may have onboard graphics on this machine, and a graphics card on the old machine. If this is the case, then you have to allow for the graphics usage taking a bite out of that as well.
More details of OS, CPU on both machines and RAM on both, and any graphics boards (AGP/PCI or onboard shared) would help to pinpoint any issues.

needmoney

bingo bango sorry I don't know how to get that info. I can't remember my old specs and can't get into the pc. I wiped windows 98 and can't get it back on so eveything's locked away in there forever CPU 3.06 GHz

T4i

Who sells these p.c's with 3gig odd CPU's but only 400mb of RAM. Makes me laff!

bingo_bango

Pity...would have been useful.
In light of this fact, I would suggest that you try downloading a benchmarking programme, (I'm at work, so don't have a link, but I'm sure there is one listed in a sticky at the start of the thread, or someone will be along soon with a decent one!), and running it. This will tell you all sorts of info, such as how fast your CPU will perform 2D and 3D graphics apps, and then compare this to well known processors and systems. This will at least let you see if your machine is running at a greatly reduced speed compared to it's peers.
If this is the case, then we can start looking for possible causes.

T4i

needmoney wrote:

3.07 GHz, 448 MB of RAM, this is what my new pc has can't remember the old one's specs but I'm sure it was less but I am finding this one slower, should it be?
Thanks

Your newer machine should be quicker. But it all depends what software you have.

You may of found that Windows 98 ran faster than XP, this is because XP needs better specs than 98 to run. Anti-Virus can slow down a machine quite badly, so choose carefuly. Then just make sure you dont install nasty software that u'll never use, if you already have uninstall them, do it all through add/remove progs...

Scan hard drives for errors, defrag, use ccleaner to remove .tmp files etc. Make sure your hard drive has plenty of free space left.

bingo_bango

T4i wrote:

Who sells these p.c's with 3gig odd CPU's but only 400mb of RAM. Makes me laff!

And on that note.....why is there only 448Mb

Unless there's 64Mb onboard graphics. That would certainly explain a few things.

T4i

bingo_bango wrote:

or someone will be along soon with a decent one

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=3&lang=en

T4i

bingo_bango wrote:

And on that note.....why is there only 448Mb

Unless there's 64Mb onboard graphics. That would certainly explain a few things.

Yeh, most likely.

If you download the everest program, install it. Open it, expand the computer tree, click summary, wait for couple seconds, click report, drag down to Quick report - summary, scroll to right, click Plain Text.

It will give you a report like this that you can copy and paste to these forums:-

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[ EVEREST Ultimate Edition 2006 (c) 2003-2006 Lavalys, Inc. ]

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Version EVEREST v2.50.480
Benchmark Module 1.3.117.0
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Computer XP_ONE
Generator MSE User
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-05-15
Time 17:09

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[ Summary ]

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Computer:
Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name XP_ONE
User Name MSE User
Logon Domain XP_ONE
Date / Time 2006-05-15 / 17:06

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2083 MHz (12.5 x 167) 2800+
Motherboard Name Epox EP-8RDA+ / FIC AU11 Chameleon (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
System Memory 1536 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (07/29/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Monitor HYUNDAI ImageQuest Q70U DVI [NoDB] (15371601)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB0090 Audigy Platinum Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce2 ATA Controller (v2.6)
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 (74 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00JJC0 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive CD-RW CDR-6S48 (48x CD-RW)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76316 MB (67929 MB free)
(NTFS) 76316 MB (44218 MB free)
Total Size 149.1 GB (109.5 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Primary IP Address 192.168.0.10
Primary MAC Address **-**-**-**-**-**
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192.168.0.10)

Peripherals:
Printer Brother DCP-110C USB Printer
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
FireWire Controller Creative Audigy IEEE1394 Firewire Controller (PHY: TI TSB41AB1/2)
FireWire Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - FireWire Controller (PHY: Realtek RTL8801B)
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device

needmoney

T4i wrote:

Who sells these p.c's with 3gig odd CPU's but only 400mb of RAM. Makes me laff!

PC World, me it

needmoney

T4i wrote:

Who sells these p.c's with 3gig odd CPU's but only 400mb of RAM. Makes me laff!

PC World, assured me it would be good for my needs.