Computer Tweaks

March 2, 2003 10:06 PM from

AS i wait for my the rest of my parts on m new computer, ive been trying to get every ounce of performance out of my current machine so i can make wallpapers again, ya ther is a reason i havnt made anything in a while, my computer has slowd to a snails pace and 3d studio will not run anymore. So im wondering if anyone has any suggestion.

And just outta curiosity what sorta tweeks does everyone else have on there systems

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Reply #1 March 2, 2003 10:11 PM from

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only tweeks i've made is with apperance to speed up performance and constantly running the hard disc clean ups, ad-aware helps and clearing out the prefetch (XP only)

Reply #2 March 2, 2003 10:14 PM from

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I just bought a new system when my old one couldn't handle the strain anymore. I recently bought a Dell monster system, got the best of everything put into it! But, for 4 years I worked on a PII233Mhz, with 64Mb ram, a 3Gb Hard Drive and a crappy 15" monitor with a 4Mb Graphics card! In fact, most of my 250 uploads to this site were made on that system.

The only "tweak" that I have on this new 'puter is "Cyberlat Ram Cleaner" for freeing up Ram when using Photoshop and the .psd files get a little big (Well, huge would be more accurate!)

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Reply #3 March 2, 2003 10:16 PM from

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Boxxi, my ram is overflowing, where can i get this Ram Cleaner?

Reply #4 March 2, 2003 10:16 PM from

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The best 'tweak' you can make is to maximize the amount of RAM in your computer and also on your video card...

Reply #5 March 2, 2003 10:18 PM from

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If you have a lot of RAM aleady you don't need any Ram optimizing software......

Reply #6 March 2, 2003 10:18 PM from

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how can i maximize it?

Reply #7 March 2, 2003 10:19 PM from

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Dark Mist: just do a search on Google, you'll find it.

I can't remember where I picked it up.

Reply #8 March 2, 2003 10:19 PM from

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by increasing it... physically.

Reply #9 March 2, 2003 10:20 PM from

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windows is taking more hard drive space to make more RAM space and its gradually slowing things down

Reply #10 March 2, 2003 10:20 PM from

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thanks Boxxi.......yeah Jam but how do i do that?

Reply #11 March 2, 2003 10:20 PM from

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More RAM will make your computer faster than increasing the clock speed...

Reply #12 March 2, 2003 10:21 PM from

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Gee BoXXi, you just gave me hope.

Reply #13 March 2, 2003 10:21 PM from

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Well tell me the specs you currently have...

Reply #14 March 2, 2003 10:24 PM from

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Who, me?

Reply #15 March 2, 2003 10:24 PM from

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ummm me?

Reply #16 March 2, 2003 10:26 PM from

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Another good tip I found: I have two hard drives totalling 100Gb. One is empty, and so I put my windows swap file on there, and my Temporary Internet Files, apparently this can have quite an effect on speed.
It made quite a difference to my system.

Reply #17 March 2, 2003 10:30 PM from

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Yes Boxxi, that is an excellent tip... If you only have one hard drive you can create a separate partition to use for the same purpose.

Reply #18 March 2, 2003 10:31 PM from

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I use two 60GB's, but I keep Temp Int File set for one day. I run 649 Mb ram with an optimizer and that helps a lot.

Reply #19 March 2, 2003 10:33 PM from

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640MB.

Reply #20 March 2, 2003 10:33 PM from

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well i got 512MB DDR RAM and 80GB Hard Drive and it wants more RAM

Reply #21 March 2, 2003 10:35 PM from

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my new systems got 1gb ram amd 1700 soyo motherboard, aiw radeon coming, and other things but im still waiting on my motherboar and second ram chip.

My current running system is a laptop 700 mhz 256 ram 8mb video card. Im just trying to tweak some performance outta it

Reply #22 March 2, 2003 10:36 PM from

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A good graphics card will also help take the load off your processor too, more ram the better.

Oh, see we have covered that already.

Well, good night all, big day tomorrow fighting with the credit card company and why they won't pay my ISP bill. >

Reply #23 March 2, 2003 10:37 PM from

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well that's the problem isn't it... the laptop doesn't measure up...

Reply #24 March 2, 2003 10:40 PM from

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See, I got real problems.

Night all.

Reply #25 March 2, 2003 10:40 PM from

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i have 64MB GeForce 4 MX Graphics.......that good?

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