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System Performace Tweaking?
A not-so Anonymous Coward asks: "After being on a rather slow PC for some time now, I have finally made the jump to a 1GHz+ PC. Being fairly new at having a rather fast PC, I am not very sure where to go for system performance tweaking. A few friends pointed me to Monroe World and TweakXP. Both are pretty good sites, however I find that my system still doesn't perform as well as it should when running a benchmarking test like 3dMark 2003. My score is just under 2000. I know people who have slower systems than mine and get a score around 5000. So I am turning to the Slashdot community to ask: Where do you go to find out the latest and greatest hardware and system tweaks? Do you have your own tweaks, and if you do would you mind sharing your secret tweaking tips?"
You don't seem to have mentioned the steps you took to improve your performance.
Have you shut down unnecessary services if you're running Windows XP? Do a google search and you'll find a page telling you which services it's ok to turn off.
What programs are starting up when you boot your computer? Stuff you dont need? Axe it!
Downloaded any "free" programs? Go get adaware and clean up any spyware that might have been installed.
There's plenty more you can do, go google for ideas!
Does it feel fast enough for the work you're doing on it? If so, great. If not, address the problems directly, not through synthetic benchmarks. If you're swapping, buy more ram. If your CPU is maxing out, upgrade it. What's the big deal? It's a tool, not a dick measurer.
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