P4 1.7GHz seems sluggish

[VBboy]

I'm too lazy to read what everyone else posted, so...

(All in BIOS)
1. Make sure both Level 1 and Level 2 caches are ENABLED (otherwise, you get extremely bad performance, but it's a nice way to play really really old games without them running at 100000 fps)
2. "Video memory caching" - ENABLE this unless you have problems.
3. May be different in your case, "BIOS or system memory caching" - ENABLE unless you have problems.

(Other)
4. Overclock
5. Enable DMA modes on all your drives (but first for HD's) by going to "Control Panel | System | Device Manager" and opening properties of all drives.
6. Run a benchmark and see if it matches Sandra's results for a similar PC. I don't like Sandra but you can at least trust its computer-speed comparisons.
7. Overclock some more, it never hurt anyone. Actually it did, but..
8. Do some benchmarking under DOS - there are a lot of tools out there. Maybe your Windows is slow, but not the PC itself. Don't do any video benchmarking unless you really want to - just do CPU and FPU benches.

There is more, but I am sleepy. G'night.

 

[friedchickenbutt]

Maybe it's all the bloatware that Dell put in!

 

[Anaconda]

bloatware is soooo cool

 

[dowxp]

<< &quot;AMD AND VIA RULES, INTEL AND DELL SUCKS BALLS.&quot;

&quot;im getting regular crashes, just freezes there when im browsing the net. weired&quot; --novalogic88


Riiiigghhtt. >>




i found that extremely funny at 145 am. hahahaha. <sigh> wingznut is sooo funny sometimes.

 

[jamesbond007]

LOL@novalogic88.

You should watch your mouth, son.

I had those problems he listed with my AMD system until some BIOS updates came out. Then most of them were gone, but having to watch my rear on what hardware to put in there is a pain in the arse.

Enter the world of Intel.

 

[Wingznut]

Thanks, NOX and Bangs...

Note: I wasn't trying to bash AMD/Via. I was just pointing out that since he couldn't even get his AMD/Via system stable, he probably wasn't qualified to judge who &quot;sucks balls&quot;. (Judging by the thread that I linked, his problems most likely are because he doesn't know how to install the 4-in-1 drivers, or if he even needs to.)

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

When you boot the computer, do you get a nice Dell logo on the Bios screen? It's not unlikely they've used a dumbed-down Bios that's geared more for stability than performance. If that's the case there's not much you can do short of flashing it to a &quot;real&quot; Bios. But that's risky and would most certainly kill the warranty if it ever needed to be sent back.

 

[damocles]

AMD AND VIA RULES, INTEL AND DELL SUCKS BALLS. id rather spend money build my own oem PC, after all we all use the best components.

Hmm, guess he's at one of those Kindergartens with the net connections

 

[Wingznut]

Here are some more quotes from our fine friend novalogic88...

• &quot;win2k is to complicated i cant use it coz im dumb so win98SE and winME is my only two choices&quot;
• &quot;but i just realy hate those VIA drivers&quot;
• &quot;my abit kt7 feezes all the time, for example when im playing counter strike it just suddenly freezes, ive got no idea what to do, this is with the latest 3c bios and the latest via 4in1 driver &quot;
• &quot;i have a MS intelli mouse, plain, no optical crap, just a mouse with one of those web ball thingy, and it doesnt seem to work on my abit kt7&quot;
• &quot;ive got a system for sale, i was just wondering if there are any australians here who wants to buy it&quot;

 

[jamesbond007]

Wingznut, are you sure you want to work for Intel and not the FBI or CIA?!?!?!

ROTFLMFAO @ Novalogic88. I wonder if he dares to post again in Anandtech?

 

[MrWhiteUK]

<< &quot;win2k is to complicated i cant use it coz im dumb so win98SE and winME is my only two choices&quot;

&quot;but i just realy hate those VIA drivers&quot;

&quot;my abit kt7 feezes all the time, for example when im playing counter strike it just suddenly freezes, ive got no idea what to do, this is with the latest 3c bios and the latest via 4in1 driver &quot;

&quot;i have a MS intelli mouse, plain, no optical crap, just a mouse with one of those web ball thingy, and it doesnt seem to work on my abit kt7&quot;

&quot;ive got a system for sale, i was just wondering if there are any australians here who wants to buy it&quot; >>



Bwwwaahhaaaahhhaahahaaa, doing that should be standard issue to anyone that has the word RULEZ anywhere in their posts. [but not this one]

<hopes nobody does a search for my previous topics:>

&quot;I can't turn my computer on, HELP!!!&quot;
&quot;Electronic coffee cup holder not opening!&quot;

 

[Dark4ng3l]

LOL that guy a pure idiot, Wingznut you are hte l337 est Intel employee I have ever seens LOL, you rock.