Soldato
performance.
vista just seemed to be sluggish on my system... so disabling what would be useful services helped keep it up to speed.
with win7 i dont have that issue...it all just works a lot snappier
Superfetch On Or Off?
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performance.
vista just seemed to be sluggish on my system... so disabling what would be useful services helped keep it up to speed.
with win7 i dont have that issue...it all just works a lot snappier
Don
Man of Honour
I couldn't disagree more. I've used Vista since Nov 2006 and superfetch never affected performance to a noticeable effect.
Don
yes it does, but it does it in a good way, gives you a quicker os
without superfetch, I would have stayed with XP instead of using Vista
Man of Honour
Absolutely, it's never been turned off here.
Soldato
Vista took the micheal a little bit with memory usage, and i do believe it is rather excessive considering Windows 7 performs quicker and uses up a good 25-40% less memory. I'd leave it on any system that has 2gb+ on Windows 7, and 4gb+ on Vista.
At the moment Win7 32-bit (4gb) on my laptop is using 720mb of memory. On my desktop with 8gb, it peaks at just over 1gb idle.
The one thing i always turn off though is indexing. I never use it and it just constantly slows your machine down. Its the first thing i disable.
At the moment Win7 32-bit (4gb) on my laptop is using 720mb of memory. On my desktop with 8gb, it peaks at just over 1gb idle.
The one thing i always turn off though is indexing. I never use it and it just constantly slows your machine down. Its the first thing i disable.
Soldato
What about with SSD? Off to enable longer life?
Man of Honour
The one thing i always turn off though is indexing. I never use it and it just constantly slows your machine down. Its the first thing i disable.
Don't you use the search box in the start menu?
Soldato
yes it does, but it does it in a good way, gives you a quicker os
without superfetch, I would have stayed with XP instead of using Vista
well im not going to argue with you both....if you cant accept someone else had a different experience as to yourselves then everything i said would fall on deaf ears.
On for sure on my Vista and Win7,infact even my Vista x64 is fast with Superfetch on,no reason to turn it off IMHO,btw I'm using old X2 3800+ CPU and its still fast even on Vista
.I personally think Superfetch is one of the better features for Vista and Win7.
Soldato
I turn indexing off, I never use search.
Soldato
On for sure on my Vista and Win7,infact even my Vista x64 is fast with Superfetch on,no reason to turn it off IMHO,btw I'm using old X2 3800+ CPU and its still fast even on Vista
im not saying its a bad feature as everything runs very smooth with win7....it was just vista 32bit that seemed to take forever to load and wasnt very responsive so disabling certain features helped make it a lot snappier.
but this is just my experience. i guess vista just didnt work aswell for everyone.
You're right, when it's not setup properly, it doesn't work very well.
I have Superfetch enabled on my Vista x86 laptop too, again fast and no issues,normally you find its 3rd party bloatware is the main cause of issues with any OS.
Soldato
Off because Superfetch is pointless on a SSD.
Man of Honour
No it's not. Programs still need to be moved from SSD to RAM to be used and that takes time.
Soldato
Soldato
So why do Microsoft say when Windows 7 detects a SSD it disables all forms of prefetching then?
Are you saying Microsoft are wrong?
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-solid-state-drives-ssd,7717.html
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The thing is, most SSD's sold recently have been of the slow performance variety (with the exception of the Intels). Recent controllers have upped the game markedly, but I would leave windows to manage it rather than assuming SSD = turn superfetch off.