Hi guys - Dont know if this is the right section to post this.
I currently run Vista 32bit Ultimate (Dual boot with XP Pro aswell)
Now before anyone flames up and says yes its yer hardware what did you expect - please just take a mo to read my post, I just want some advice
I have streamlined Vista's services and any other unnecessary additions (readyboost, superfetch etc) have about 50 services running atm.
I have the page file on a seperate HDD to where Vista is installed.
My PC Specs are:
Antec P160 with 2x Vantec Stealth 120mm fans
AMD 64bit Dual Core 4800+ @ 2.5Ghz OC
Thermalright SI-128 CPU Cooler with Vantec Stealth 120mm fan
3Gb OCZ DDR3200 Platinum revision 2 (2-2-2-5 @ 420Mhz DDR OC)
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Mobo
EVGA 8800 GTS 512 (Core @ 740Mhz, GDDR3 @ 2001Mhz, Shader Clock @ 1800Mhz OC)
Enermax Noisetaker 600W PSU
Creative X-fi XtremeGamer
1TB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA2 7200RPM (this is divided between 3 HDD's though)
I use Vista for DX10 gaming - I have disabled anything Vista doesnt need for gaming (read about 10 guides on this).
Problem is: I play Lotro with ultra High settings and every now and then it stutters which I assume its loading graphics into memory.
Do you think its my memory or CPU or both that is the bottleneck in my pc?
Whilst playing games I notice there is a particular instance of scvhost.exe that uses about 15-20% CPU - process explorer says it controls DCOM Server launcher (think thats the wording) and Plug n Play services. Is this normal? - I would rather have that CPU time for games tbh.
Using Vista benchmark my scores are:
Memory = 4.1
Cpu = 5
Everything else is 5.9
Did i perhaps miss something to make Vista quicker or is my hardware failing me and I need to upgrade? Ill have to *duck* when I tell the wife I may need to upgrade memory,mobo,cpu bear in mind
Thx for any replies/assistance.
(or should I post this in the hardware section?)
I currently run Vista 32bit Ultimate (Dual boot with XP Pro aswell)
Now before anyone flames up and says yes its yer hardware what did you expect - please just take a mo to read my post, I just want some advice
I have streamlined Vista's services and any other unnecessary additions (readyboost, superfetch etc) have about 50 services running atm.
I have the page file on a seperate HDD to where Vista is installed.
My PC Specs are:
Antec P160 with 2x Vantec Stealth 120mm fans
AMD 64bit Dual Core 4800+ @ 2.5Ghz OC
Thermalright SI-128 CPU Cooler with Vantec Stealth 120mm fan
3Gb OCZ DDR3200 Platinum revision 2 (2-2-2-5 @ 420Mhz DDR OC)
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Mobo
EVGA 8800 GTS 512 (Core @ 740Mhz, GDDR3 @ 2001Mhz, Shader Clock @ 1800Mhz OC)
Enermax Noisetaker 600W PSU
Creative X-fi XtremeGamer
1TB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA2 7200RPM (this is divided between 3 HDD's though)
I use Vista for DX10 gaming - I have disabled anything Vista doesnt need for gaming (read about 10 guides on this).
Problem is: I play Lotro with ultra High settings and every now and then it stutters which I assume its loading graphics into memory.
Do you think its my memory or CPU or both that is the bottleneck in my pc?
Whilst playing games I notice there is a particular instance of scvhost.exe that uses about 15-20% CPU - process explorer says it controls DCOM Server launcher (think thats the wording) and Plug n Play services. Is this normal? - I would rather have that CPU time for games tbh.
Using Vista benchmark my scores are:
Memory = 4.1
Cpu = 5
Everything else is 5.9
Did i perhaps miss something to make Vista quicker or is my hardware failing me and I need to upgrade? Ill have to *duck* when I tell the wife I may need to upgrade memory,mobo,cpu bear in mind
Thx for any replies/assistance.
(or should I post this in the hardware section?)
