just got a new processor with my new comp and wondering what better performance i am goin to get with it compared to my origional processor and what times i will be looking at for laoding applications .,what i want to no is old processor: intel pentium 4 2.8ghz 533fsb 512 cache,256 ram new processor: intel pentium dual core 3.4ghz 800fsb 2x2mb cache,1gb ram on my old processor it took 6-7 mins for it to fully load from when i first pressed the power button to wen i was able to use it.it took 60 seconds to load a web page up.took roughly 50 secons to load windows media player up.rouyghly 5 mins to load a game aswell.what do u think the times will be for loading these up with my new processor?im excited about it as i have herd alot of good review but not sure about loading times.thanx
Loading programs is going to matter much more upon the hard drive and amount of RAM in the system. A CPU might help in the processing of some things, but most of the process is loading the OS into RAM. Likely, you've got a 4200RPM drive, which is pretty pokey. The older the laptop is, the less dense the hard drive is likely to be. I put a 5400RPM drive in my laptop, and it's a new machine. It's really snappy. I have very little loaded on the machine besides XP, but this loads as fast as some my desktops. The CPU on mine is an 800MHz Pentium III. If your theory was correct, my laptop should still load like a snail. If you haven't defragged your hard drive, that could really help. If anything is affecting the CPU, it could be some malware, like spyware or a virus. Those could eat up CPU cycles and slow down the system. However, I'm more inclined to think this is the hard drive.
my laptop hard drive is only 40 gb but i got 80 on my new pc.the hard drive isnt on its own.so what about loading times now u no my hard drive capasity.i have no spyware or virus's i search every 3 days,as for defragment.i tend to do it every 3 months or so.guess i need to run it agen to try refresh it.
Whatever drive the OS is on is going to determine a lot of the speed. The size is irrelevant. The spindle speed is the most critical. Depending on how much you add and delete and/or install and uninstall programs and files will affect how fragmented your drive is. Theoretically, a defrag every few months may be all thats needed. Besides spyware, there may be other programs that set themselves to startup with your system. Pull up the run box off the Start menu and type 'msconfig' no quotes, and hit OK. Go to the last tab and see what's running. Some programs or suites like MS Office and Quicken have start up entries. If you're not sure what it is, LEAVE IT ALONE. [google]BootVis[/google] might also be of some help, as it can help speed your boot times. Now, this probably should've been asked earlier, but has this system always taken this long to boot up?
