[quote who="Mindpack" reply="138" id="2581099"] Quoting MichaelG04, reply 137just an update on my performance issues, fresh reformat, works smooth as butter. i haven't installed video drivers yet, but i'm hoping it stays this way That's great! Too bad reformatting isn't really a practical option for me, but I'm glad it's working well for you. Just wish I knew what was causing the problem for me.[/quote] Terminati
[quote who="MichaelG04" reply="137" id="2580989"]just an update on my performance issues, fresh reformat, works smooth as butter. i haven't installed video drivers yet, but i'm hoping it stays this way[/quote] That's great! Too bad reformatting isn't really a practical option for me, but I'm glad it's working well for you. Just wish I knew what was causing the problem for me.
[quote who="Mindpack" reply="104" id="2580033"] Quoting MichaelG04, reply 98 my laptop is running windows 7 ultimate x86, 4gb of ram, core 2 duo t9500 2.6, and gf 8600m gt, but it runs like crapola, i even changed to only 256mb, lowest quality, looks and runs the same. maybe it's not actually chaning those options? Similar here: Dell Precision M6400, QX9300 CPU at 2.53GHz, 8 GB RAM, nVidia Quadro FX3700M, and the performance is typically quite slow
[quote who="MichaelG04" reply="98" id="2579723"] my laptop is running windows 7 ultimate x86, 4gb of ram, core 2 duo t9500 2.6, and gf 8600m gt, but it runs like crapola, i even changed to only 256mb, lowest quality, looks and runs the same. maybe it's not actually chaning those options?[/quote] Similar here: Dell Precision M6400, QX9300 CPU at 2.53GHz, 8 GB RAM, nVidia Quadro FX3700M, and the performance is typically quite slow and choppy, though not always
My first impressions on my Vista Ultimate X64 notebook (Quadro FX3700 M graphics [latest Dell-approved drivers], Q9300 processor, 8GB RAM): it runs well if nothing else is running, but once I load other apps, even with a negligible CPU load (Object Dock being the main user at, say, 2-5%), it is generally (not always) sluggish. The weather docklet may take 2 seconds or so to expand (popping up and collapsing goes quickly, but the fanning out is slow and variable), e.g.. When the do