CPU problems

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Phil Scoville

I have just upgraded my RAM to 1 GIG of pc133 SDRAM of 2
512 sticks. I haven't seen an improvement on my CPU
usage. I am using Norton Antivirus and the scan procedure
always seems to overdue the system and it freezes. Where
can I check and what can I do to fix the problem?

Phil
 
Phil Scoville said:
I have just upgraded my RAM to 1 GIG of pc133 SDRAM of 2
512 sticks. I haven't seen an improvement on my CPU
usage. I am using Norton Antivirus and the scan procedure
always seems to overdue the system and it freezes. Where
can I check and what can I do to fix the problem?
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Upgrading RAM may decrease swapping to the pagefile, but won't affect CPU
usage -- processes that need the CPU still need the CPU.

Norton is a known resource hog. Try disabling the resident scanner
(including all e-mail and application scanning components) and using another
one such as F-Prot (www.f-prot.com).
 
One of the lowest resource usage Anti-Viruses that was actually
recommended to me by Microsoft is AVG Antivirus from www.grisoft.com .
This is a free antivirus that is excellent at doing its job, though I
must admit its user interface is ugly in my opinion.

Also, try using Sisoft Sandra 2004 to determine what you can do to
improve system performance. It's available here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=177

Nathan McNulty
 
Are you sure your mobo supports 2 512 MB sticks?

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| I have just upgraded my RAM to 1 GIG of pc133 SDRAM of 2
| 512 sticks. I haven't seen an improvement on my CPU
| usage. I am using Norton Antivirus and the scan procedure
| always seems to overdue the system and it freezes. Where
| can I check and what can I do to fix the problem?
|
| Phil
 
lol, it probably does (maybe), but what I'm wondering is why he thinks
that that much memory is going to improve system performance. Memeory
can only do so much and is limited by your FSB and Processor speed.
With memory there is a point of diminishing returns which right now
appears to be around 512 MB of memory unless you do video/audio/image
editing or other memory intensive things :)

Nathan McNulty
 
I attended a seminar put on by HP and Adobe a month or two
ago. If you have enough computer, the new Adobe Creative
Suite can do wonderful things, if you have all modules open
and running and have several images open at once you can use
2 GB, but ordinary users will only get use from 512 plus a
proper pagefile.

But some mobo have limitations that may be restrictive.


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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| lol, it probably does (maybe), but what I'm wondering is
why he thinks
| that that much memory is going to improve system
performance. Memeory
| can only do so much and is limited by your FSB and
Processor speed.
| With memory there is a point of diminishing returns which
right now
| appears to be around 512 MB of memory unless you do
video/audio/image
| editing or other memory intensive things :)
|
| Nathan McNulty
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| > Are you sure your mobo supports 2 512 MB sticks?
| >
 
Yeah, any kind of multimedia editing will really eat up the memory. I do
audio/image editing all the time. Stay away from the video editing as it
is expensive for the software and very difficult (to me anyways).

Nathan McNulty
 
Having more ram doesnt mean your pc runs faster. 512 mb
is about the limit in speed increases. if the cpu's bus
is faster than the ram speed then you wont notice any
more improvement, since bus's go up to 800mhz+ and your
memory is stuck at 133
 
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