HP Pavillion, performence lower than vista

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  1. moshem
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    HP Pavillion, performence lower than vista


    Hi,

    a few days ago, I formatted my HP pavillion dv6870ej laptop (core 2 duo 2.8, 3GB, SATA 320GB drive, Nvidia 8400M)

    it came with vista and performance was really good.

    I installed win 7 rc (I need it to be a legit copy, and the 1-year evaluation offer wins my attention)

    I updated all drivers and ran a radersync..

    I was expecting a slimmer, faster OS.

    but Win 7, while acceptable still feels a little behind vista, most notable is the application launch time, office 2007 word or excel takes about twice the time to launch on win7 than on vista...

    GUI also feels a little bit slow, while still responsive it does not have the screaming fast feeling I had with vista..

    my WEI scores are 5.1 - 5.8 in all categories, except for display , aero graphics is 2.2 (!!!), and gaming graphics is 5.1


    could any of you point me to what could be wrong ? what can't I see the performance boost and why is it slower than vista ?
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Moshem, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You might see if checking through the items at the link below can help boost your computer's performance to help.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ndows-7-a.html

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  4. moshem
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    Hi,

    thanks. I already viewed that, but did not make office 2007 excel open in 2-3 seconds like it was on vista, this time it takes up to 5-7 seconds... way too long...
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  6. bummpr
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    Check your drivers carefully...your aero score is the tipoff...Windows 7 will be clearly faster on this rig than Vista ever was.

    Win 7 will also increase speed with continued use as it tunes itself.

    I also believe in defrag.
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  7. moshem
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    I did, radersync only reported newer versions of drivers for my audio driver and some 3rd party software..

    I defragged my drive last night and gained a little performer, but still, no idea why it feels sluggish..

    I also used the latest drives from NVIDIA site, saying it is an OEM reference driver and I should get the real one from HP...but HP haven't released it yet...
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  8. Brink
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    Moshem,

    Could you fill out your system specs as much as possible. It may be able to help determine what may be at issue here.
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  10. moshem
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    Ok, done
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  11. moshem
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    I just got a notice from windows to update my video driver, I did and now my graphics score is 3.3 vs 5.1 for the 3D graphics...

    anyway, I tried to see if launch time for apps has imporved.

    I just timed over 4 seconds from the moment I clicked on the IE (explorer) icon on the task bar and until it got opened, Vista would have opened IE in 1 - 1.5 seconds..

    this is IE 8


    what is your timing ?
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  12. Brink
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    Moshem,

    Try the latest 186.81 drivers for your 8M directly from NIVIDIA below instead. They are usually more up to date here instead.

    NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search
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  13. moshem
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    Hi,

    I tried to download it, but none of the 8M Geforce cards have a beta driver.. for windows 7 32-bit...
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