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 Aug 2, 2005 - 5:35 PM
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anyone have any ideas on how to make my computer any faster. I have a Dell Dimension 4400. its pretty old. i dont want anything to big, but stuff that will give it that extra oomph.
1.8Ghz 512 MB DDR SDRAM Nvidia GeForce3 Ti 200 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive Microsoft Windows XP Home Thankey |
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Aug 2, 2005 - 7:34 PM
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defrag your hard drive too
the 300megs of ram space is normal. you have to remember that a whole OS is running in the background. consider upgrading the computer sometime soon. 1.8ghz is pretty old by computer standards. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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Aug 2, 2005 - 7:42 PM
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QUOTE(lagos @ Aug 3, 2005 - 12:34 AM) defrag your hard drive too [right][snapback]319691[/snapback][/right] i do that a lot. disk cleanup as well QUOTE consider upgrading the computer sometime soon. 1.8ghz is pretty old by computer standards. ehh i just want to make the best out of this processor for now. if i got a new processor i might as well get a whole new computer =/ |
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Celicaca faster computer Aug 2, 2005 - 5:35 PM
mr_dude QUOTE(Celicaca @ Aug 2, 2005 - 2:35 PM)anyone... Aug 2, 2005 - 5:43 PM
Celicaca QUOTE(mr_dude @ Aug 2, 2005 - 10:43 PM)QUOTE(... Aug 2, 2005 - 6:04 PM Digndoug More ram will help if its slow when your multi tas... Aug 2, 2005 - 5:49 PM mr_dude Well if you don't already, definitely get Fire... Aug 2, 2005 - 6:25 PM Celicaca QUOTE(mr_dude @ Aug 2, 2005 - 11:25 PM)Well i... Aug 2, 2005 - 6:41 PM mr_dude Yup. You can Google them too. The problem is tha... Aug 2, 2005 - 6:54 PM Celicaca QUOTE(mr_dude @ Aug 2, 2005 - 11:54 PM)To tel... Aug 2, 2005 - 7:23 PM Digndoug QUOTE(lagos @ Aug 2, 2005 - 7:34 PM)defrag yo... Aug 2, 2005 - 7:41 PM mr_dude I wager Norton is at least half of your memory usa... Aug 2, 2005 - 7:56 PM celicast3sgte here is the best fix for a slow pc...
1) unplug t... Aug 2, 2005 - 9:42 PM lagos xp is basically the windows2000 32bit kernel with ... Aug 2, 2005 - 10:14 PM jojobombiest Here are some things to try:
go to start>run a... Aug 2, 2005 - 10:35 PM macavely you can store the programs you want in cache ... y... Aug 2, 2005 - 11:11 PM mr_dude QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Aug 2, 2005 - 6:42 PM)5... Aug 2, 2005 - 11:40 PM rocky2006 http://tweakxp.com/performance_tweaks.aspx
i have... Aug 3, 2005 - 12:10 AM dahoman9 upgrade your video card for gaming.
http://every... Aug 3, 2005 - 7:40 AM Celicaca can someone give me a pix of their list of service... Aug 3, 2005 - 4:50 PM |
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