Why is it soooo slow

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  1. Victek
    Posts : 587
    Windows 7 x64
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    richc46 said:
    Two Gb on 64 bit is the minimum. You may not be able to do much better. You could try ready boost. I will also get a little more information and return.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...eadyboost.aspx
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    Note that the OP did not say he's running the 64 bit version of Windows 7. We need him to give us more information.
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  3. IggyAZ
    Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       New #12

    Might hold off on this one until he shows back up.
    He hasn't been on for awhile now.
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  4. Norihagafan
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    Windows7 ultimate
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    Sorry for the delay, work takes me out a lot & getting online is a problem.

    I have updated my user CP & I think the best thing for me to do will be to use my new build for 7 & return my old PC to XP.

    The specs for old PC are

    CPU: 1.85Ghz AMD Athlon XP2500
    Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-7VT600
    Graphics AGP:NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
    PSU:300w
    Soundcard: Integrated
    RAM:2Gb DDR400

    New Build
    CPU: Athlon64x2 6000+
    Motherboard:    ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ R3.0
    Graphics:    Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I
    Soundcard:Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 channel surround
    RAM:6GbDDR2 CorsairPC6400
    PSU:480w

    I will have to get home before I can let you know what spec of 7 I have loaded, but any help with making my old pc run better would be great
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  6. stormy13
    Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
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    That old Socket A board has the VIA KT600 chipset on it, and looking at VIA's download site they don't have any Windows 7 drivers for it. That would explain why it is slow if 7 is using whatever limited drivers were provided to Microsoft (if any), or some generic drivers that are just enough to allow it to run.

    that said there are Vista drivers for that chipset,

    Drivers - Download

    that should work. If they do, the performance should improve.
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