Slow!

[lostmodz26]

Today and actually right now I'm on my dad's computer.

 

It is a Desktop Lenovo computer, here are the specs:

 

1GB RAM

Windows Vista Premuim (yes, it is very sad)

1.6 Ghz Intel Pentuim Processor

 

Yes, I know that is pretty low, but belive it or not this computer is only 1 year old and cost $749.

 

However, the graphics on this computer sucks:

 

The computer came with a monitor that is 19 inches diagonal so the computer runs at the resolution of 1440 * 900 * 59 Hertz and the graphics card is an Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family. Yes, I know that is sucky and I think it is so slow because of the resolution and graphics card.

 

Should I get a new graphics card? Oh and also, when I tried to install Halo 2 on this computer, it gave me 8 warning messages, and when it finished installing I couldn't even see the game open to crash, it just crashed on the spot and gave me a memory dump.

 

Trust me, there are no viruses or anything like that, plus my dad destructively formatted it twice and it is still slow. And by slow I mean a literally 5 Minute Bootup (just to get into the login screen) and then it takes another 6 Minutes to actually log on and load up. No I am not exagerating I actually timed it with an iPhone timer.

 

Also once it is logged in seems to be finished loading, I cannot open more than 1 program at a time without it lagging, but after about an hour it starts speeding up and I can open up probrably 5 programs/windows at a time.

 

Also there are no unecessary processes or services and all of the visual effects are turned down:

 

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7633/testhqd.jpg

 

Any help? I was thinking about getting a 512MB or 256MB Nvidia 8600GT for it as the video card and upgrade the RAM to at least 2GBs.

[Quinn]

I can see that there is a lot of bloatware on there (in my opinion), clean the registry using regcure or similar tool (if you havn't already), my parents PC is the same way, its an HP and has so much bloatware that its unbelievable.

[ixGAMEOVERxixx]

Holy sh*t, any computer with that many processes running would be slow! Even mine! And I have a state of the art 1 month old pc! XD Plus some of those apps look dodgy, you might want to run a antivirus... OR (and this will speed up your PC alot) Format your disk

[lostmodz26]

Thanks, I have CCleaner, I'll correct the registry errors and do a Cleanup with TuneUp Utilities.

[Quinn]

Holy sh*t, any computer with that many processes running would be slow! Even mine! And I have a state of the art 1 month old pc! XD Plus some of those apps look dodgy, you might want to run a antivirus... OR (and this will speed up your PC alot) Format your disk

Format, and install a basic XP home edition, no bloatware, I can rip the disk that I use if you want.

Edit:

What in gods name are you doing with Vista on there, get XP, its much faster for a PC like that.

Edit No.2: I run my parents PC at 1440 by 900 and 32 bit colors, doesn't slow it one bit.

Edited May 19, 2009 by XxQuinnzoxX