HELP! new Athlon 64 slower than athlon XP

[Idolator#556]

I upgraded my system but for some reason it feels slower. For example
if im listening to a song in winamp and load an application the song
gets very scratchy.

Also in SiSoft sandra, the Multimedia benchmark is much much lower
than the reference system. In fact the benchmark i get is equivalent
to a Pentium 3 !!!

this is my sisoft benchmark:

Integer iSSE2 6392
Float iSSE2 8441

My current system is
AMD 64 2800+
512Mb Ram
NVidea Geforce 5200

 

[Dave C.]

I upgraded my system but for some reason it feels slower. For example
if im listening to a song in winamp and load an application the song
gets very scratchy.

Also in SiSoft sandra, the Multimedia benchmark is much much lower
than the reference system. In fact the benchmark i get is equivalent
to a Pentium 3 !!!

this is my sisoft benchmark:

Integer iSSE2 6392
Float iSSE2 8441

My current system is
AMD 64 2800+
512Mb Ram
NVidea Geforce 5200

What mainboard? What OS? What BIOS version? What drivers? (chipset,
video, etc.) BTW, you DID format the hard drive when you assembled the
Athlon64 system, RIGHT?!? -Dave

 

[sbb78247]

What mainboard? What OS? What BIOS version? What drivers? (chipset,
video, etc.) BTW, you DID format the hard drive when you
assembled the Athlon64 system, RIGHT?!? -Dave

not to mention installing the mobo drivers? windows will run without them
but it is definitely a pig without all of those nice things installed.

S

 

[Idolator#556]

The MOBO is an Asus K8V.

I did format the drive before installing the OS. I also installed
Mandrake 10 on another drive (the 13Gb one)
I installed the mobo software and downloaded the latest VIA 4 in 1
drivers.

I am using Win XP professional

I forgot to mention that on the previous system I had two WD 40GB
drives running in RAID 0 (Stripped) for performance.

one of the drives crashed and I lost everything so on the new system I
am using just one WD 40GB drive and an old 13 GB drive. The OS is
installed on the new drive.

could this be a factor? would this cause the scratchiness in winamp
when loading IE?

or could the fact that I have an old HD (the 13Gb) somehow be slowing
the system?

 

[Dave C.]

The MOBO is an Asus K8V.

I did format the drive before installing the OS. I also installed
Mandrake 10 on another drive (the 13Gb one)
I installed the mobo software and downloaded the latest VIA 4 in 1
drivers.

I am using Win XP professional

I forgot to mention that on the previous system I had two WD 40GB
drives running in RAID 0 (Stripped) for performance.

one of the drives crashed and I lost everything so on the new system I
am using just one WD 40GB drive and an old 13 GB drive. The OS is
installed on the new drive.

could this be a factor? would this cause the scratchiness in winamp
when loading IE?

or could the fact that I have an old HD (the 13Gb) somehow be slowing
the system?

You didn't install the IDE driver from the 4-in-1 pack, did you? This is an
old legacy driver, horribly outdated. The IDE driver in Windows XP is
lightyears ahead of it. -Dave

 

[Idolator#556]

I cant remember.

do you by any chance know how I would find out?

thanks,

 

[Dave C.]

I cant remember.

do you by any chance know how I would find out?

thanks,

Yeah, the IDE driver is selected by default in the software that installs
the VIA 4-in-1 drivers. So if you don't remember, then you installed it.
(or else, you'd remember telling it not to install)

Do this . . . use system restore to set a system restore point. THEN, run
the VIA 4-in-1 installation again. This time, uncheck the VIA IDE driver,
or click off the option to UNinstall it. -Dave