Comparing two or more computers for speed requires that you
have same configurations in software, same startup, same
background programs and services, same settings.
File searches depend on the hard drive speed which varies by
the speed of the drive (5400, 7200 and 10,000 rpm are
common, and the buffer size). The more files and folders
you have the longer it takes to find and load the file.
Also, is file indexing turned on or off?
The will be much less file paging (virtual memory use) with
512 MB and 1 GB will reduce it further, nut you should
always have some amount of virtual memory allowed and the
system and some programs will always use some of it.
Schools may not have as much "stuff" loading as a home -user
who installs all the freeware that is available. Or they
may have more security software and run slower.
Get a program called EVEREST, free at
www.lavalys.com and
run it on each computer and check its benchmark. Also run
the tests at
www.pcpitstop.com to see what is running and
how it scores. Do this on each commuter in question if you
can.
Turning anti-virus and firewalls off may speed up a computer
for a short while, until the viruses and spyware infect the
system, which happens very soon without the protection
turned on.
Turning the "eye candy" in Windows off will speed up the
computer, such things as animated menus, take time as does
using every other computer operation. There can be hundreds
of cycles just to open a program, everything adds up and
some of it is not seen so you may not know what or why
without considerable research.
Celeron computer systems are "budget systems" which means
that in order to be sold a lower prices the maker probably
chose to use hard drives with smaller buffers, slower rpms,
a slower mobo FSB and less RAM. RAM might be SDRAM or DDR,
fast computers generally cost more.
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| (From [Tsuniper-X])
| Thank you for your reply. i didn't know that Celeron is
slower than P4. i
| also didn't know about paging when running with low RAM.
Well, since you
| replied, i wonder how much memory is required for NOT
paging, which makes
| computer faster. My question arose because of my school
computers. i don't
| know about it's performance, but it definitely searched
and display the files
| and folders in explorer fast like a snap and the result
was up. Also, the
| school computers take about less than 10 seconds to FINISH
starting up
| personal settings, which my computer doesn't. FYI, i
checked computer errors,
| defragment, NT-Virus, firewall, etc. i simply turned them
off. i wonder if i
| could modify the memory use of my graphic card to 64MB,
giving more memory
| for faster process. Thaaaaaaaaaaaank you very much for
reading.
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > chain, weakest link, max speed depends on slowest needed
| > function at the particular instant,
| >
| > More RAM is always helpful because when you run low on
RAM
| > the computer OS begins to page data onto the hard drive
| > which is slow. The Celeron CPU is not as fast as the P4
| > because it doesn't have as much cache memory. Your mobo
may
| > be running at 400 or 533 MHz.
| > If your graphics applications are intensive (new games)
your
| > speed will improve with a better, fester dedicated
graphics
| > card, which will also free more system RAM.
| > If you're doing on-line games or even browsing, a slow
| > connection or slow server on the connection will bog
things
| > down.
| >
| > If your cooling is poor, the Intel CPU will detect high
heat
| > and slow down to keep the CPU from burning up.
| >
| > If the hard drive is fragmented, it will slow the
computer
| > down.
| >
| > If your anti-virus and firewall are settings are secure,
| > they may slow the operation.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| > some support
| >
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
| >
| >
| >
in
| > message
| >
| > | *What are the factors of "fast" computer speed?
| > | -If memory is the solution, you don't have to read all
| > below.
| > | -My computer is Intel Celeron 2.80GHz, 240MB RAM with
96MB
| > for graphic card,
| > | so the actual memory is 144MB, only one hard drive
with
| > about 80GB on C:\,
| > | 4GB on D:\. Now this computer is way better than the
| > computer i used last
| > | year, about half the performance of my current
computer,
| > but the "speed"
| > | doesn't look so different. Although i used XP Pro last
| > year, i don't think it
| > | matters.
| > |
| > | My Brother's computer, i'm not sure about its actual
| > performance, uses
| > | resolution 1280x960 with 64MB graphic card, about
130GB of
| > hard drive, but
| > | that computer accesses way faster than my computer.
| > |
| > | If the ammount of memory for my computer is problem, i
| > don't understand it.
| > | i understand about "available" ammount of memory,
which
| > means if the programs
| > | keep eating available memory, the available memory
will
| > reach 0, needing more
| > | time to execute commands. My usual available memory is
| > about 60MB, and i have
| > | no idea where those 84MB of memory is used for. Of
course,
| > i turned off all
| > | unnecessary stuffs.
| >
| >
| >
