Simviation Forum - The OS question

Reply #15 - Feb 26^th, 2009 at 1:03pm

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well, a quick follow up is in order:

i don't know why, i was under the impression that all this procedure would take only a day... i completely forgot about the fact that tech guys usually have more then ONE client Tongue

so... my simming is on hold until Saturday Roll Eyes

but when it gets back... omg too cool for words Cool

at least i still have my laptop here so i'm not completely disconnected from the outside world

Cheers

NEW PC SPECS: Intel Core i7 920 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 PC12800 RAM- Intel DX58SO Mobo - Geforce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 - 3x LG1952h LCDs through Matrox's TH2Go - 640GB Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 200GB Maxtor 7200Rpm - Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Keyboard - 5.1 Surround and a Saitek X52 Pro and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals -- Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

My 8800 GTX has at last retired... may it rest in peace in GPU heaven.

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Reply #16 - Feb 27^th, 2009 at 10:59am

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Wingo wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2009 at 6:03am:

[quote author=wenham link=1235291422/0#7 date=1235361588]
or go with a current OS which is still in the prime?

Vista has a prime? Huh

stevehookem wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2009 at 2:12pm:

The boot time on the i7 is so fast that I don't even notice it. From boot to desktop is only a few seconds. Vista seemed to lag and try to run other processes before the desktop would appear.

my boot time is slow. just to give you an idea since I don't know the exact time, the bar goes through more than 15 times... lol. but when it's up and ready... it goes!

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Reply #17 - Feb 28^th, 2009 at 12:13am

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15 bars is a long boot Shocked

(i too count boot time by the number of bars)

my current rig, newly formatted, boots in 6 bars... although, it was formatted last week, and it didn't even have all the necessary programs in yet

well, it doesn't really matter if it's getting it's job done the way it should right? plus, i usually just hibernate the computer, and only reboot when necessary

Cheers

NEW PC SPECS: Intel Core i7 920 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 PC12800 RAM- Intel DX58SO Mobo - Geforce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 - 3x LG1952h LCDs through Matrox's TH2Go - 640GB Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 200GB Maxtor 7200Rpm - Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Keyboard - 5.1 Surround and a Saitek X52 Pro and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals -- Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

My 8800 GTX has at last retired... may it rest in peace in GPU heaven.

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Reply #18 - Feb 28^th, 2009 at 9:31am

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HarvesteR wrote on Feb 28^th, 2009 at 12:13am:

15 bars is a long boot Shocked

(i too count boot time by the number of bars)

my current rig, newly formatted, boots in 6 bars... although, it was formatted last week, and it didn't even have all the necessary programs in yet

well, it doesn't really matter if it's getting it's job done the way it should right? plus, i usually just hibernate the computer, and only reboot when necessary

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when you get that new system, go through Nick's tweak list

he mentions that hibernating is bad and causes many performance problems. you will be asked to shut it off... Wink

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Reply #19 - Feb 28^th, 2009 at 1:51pm

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Hibernation takes up disk space and essentially does not allow the memory to completely clear because it reloads a snapshot of the systems last state into PM on boot. Its known for having issues with some video drivers too. I see absolutely no reason to use the function for a system one wishes clean performance on. Office systems, yes.. gaming and perf towers.. no

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Reply #20 - Feb 28^th, 2009 at 3:37pm

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Hi Nick, i was kind of expecting to hear something about hibernation Wink

i usually do that on my laptop... which is mostly a Skype + SimV platform with occasional light development on Flash... so performance is not what i'm after with it, since i doubt it could run even FS2002 Roll Eyes

the big computer sleeps soundly every night... and trust me i will do every tweak to squeeze even the last drop of perf juice out of it Wink

Cheers

NEW PC SPECS: Intel Core i7 920 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 PC12800 RAM- Intel DX58SO Mobo - Geforce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 - 3x LG1952h LCDs through Matrox's TH2Go - 640GB Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 200GB Maxtor 7200Rpm - Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Keyboard - 5.1 Surround and a Saitek X52 Pro and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals -- Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

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