CPU issue with Vista?

[SteadySystems]

Alright I just got a brand new HP duo core 2.20ghz with 3GB RAM and I dont see much of a difference compared to my 1gb ram, custom built Pentium 4 XP box from three years ago.

Is this thing just a resource hog or what? is it all relative? I expected this to be blazing fast. The sidebar gadget CPU monitor is constantly at 38% or more all the time.

 

[chipk]

Vista sucks. Maybe after their upcoming service pack things will improve for you. XP is known to perform twice as fast as Vista on the same hardware.

 

[SteadySystems]

should I wipe this drive and install XP?

 

[NeilOrangePeel]

It is relative....think how fast 3.11 would run on your rig if it could be installed....XP would be a dog compared to it.
Vista has a lot of crap that runs that can be turned off to free up some resources, with 3Gb it should run ok....although i have seen it run differently on similarily specced machines with different hardware. The SP and improved drivers etc should make a difference hopefully....dual boot it - your going to have to switch eventually so may as well start using it now

 

[harebrain]

>The sidebar gadget CPU monitor is constantly at 38% or more all the time.

Well, there's one of your problems right there. Take a look at Task Manager and see what hogs sidebar and gadgets turn out to be.

 

[Glenn9999]

Vista is a resource hog which offers little beyond what standard XP does. As I wrote in the other thread, consider patching your Vista box so it is up-to-date - this will help matters somewhat.

But if I were in your position and had a copy of XP Pro laying around, I would definitely wipe the drive.

 

[Sympology]

There is also a Vista forum.....

One thing with most software, never be an early adopter. I always wait until the first SP comes out for MS gear (well NT4 SP4 was the decent one).

So you may want to hold off wiping for a month or two and see if the SP fixes all your woes.

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[bchizary]

must agree vista is sooooo power hungry. until at least SP1 comes out for vista i would stick with XP.