- May 26, 2010
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I have recently changed to Win 4 64 from XP 32. With XP I could play any format of music as SPDIF digital optical. It played fine even if other programs ran or transfers were being made. Ii also played any format of video including ts files with 2 monitors cloned or with one playing the movie and the other being used for work. I never really used more than half of the CPU unless I ran something like a memory test program.
When I changed to 7 I went from 4g to 8g of faster ram (the max). I also changed the C drive to a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB. I downloaded the newest versions everything and the newest drivers for all things musical or important. My music and video is on a separate SATA drive.
The music in both audio only and video drops out every minute or so or skips a bit like a CD skipping backward over a scratch but just for an instant. In the beginning video jerked too and it did it even if I was not doing anything else. After making changes it will now play music most of the time but still has trouble if backup runs, files transfer or I am browsing the net or working online. Here is what I have done so far.
Changed from AVG to Avast to reduce to free up usage. Reduced the number of things that run in background (to a nearly crippling extent).
Boosted the priority in Winamp. Tried all. No change.
Boosted priority and added caching in Directsound and changed the output to Digital output (Asus xonar DX audio Device) and allowed hardware acceleration.
Enabled Rapid Mode on the SSD>
Configured the SSD for maximum performance.
Disabled the on board HD audio.
These things have brought it from unusable up to where it can play music but only if I do nothing else. I used to be able to play music and do anything I needed. What can I try to get the performance back? Is it Win 7 sucking up all of the resources? Am I just plain sunk? It really seems as if I just no longer have the resources but I had plenty before the OS change. I sure could use any idea of where to turn here. Thanks in advance.
Here is what I have
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad
Board: Intel Corporation D975XBX2
8190 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB [Hard drive]
Seagate Backup+ Desk USB Device [Hard drive] (3000.58 GB)
ST4000DM000-1F2168 [Hard drive]
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series [Display adapter](new drivers and Cat suite
ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device
When I changed to 7 I went from 4g to 8g of faster ram (the max). I also changed the C drive to a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB. I downloaded the newest versions everything and the newest drivers for all things musical or important. My music and video is on a separate SATA drive.
The music in both audio only and video drops out every minute or so or skips a bit like a CD skipping backward over a scratch but just for an instant. In the beginning video jerked too and it did it even if I was not doing anything else. After making changes it will now play music most of the time but still has trouble if backup runs, files transfer or I am browsing the net or working online. Here is what I have done so far.
Changed from AVG to Avast to reduce to free up usage. Reduced the number of things that run in background (to a nearly crippling extent).
Boosted the priority in Winamp. Tried all. No change.
Boosted priority and added caching in Directsound and changed the output to Digital output (Asus xonar DX audio Device) and allowed hardware acceleration.
Enabled Rapid Mode on the SSD>
Configured the SSD for maximum performance.
Disabled the on board HD audio.
These things have brought it from unusable up to where it can play music but only if I do nothing else. I used to be able to play music and do anything I needed. What can I try to get the performance back? Is it Win 7 sucking up all of the resources? Am I just plain sunk? It really seems as if I just no longer have the resources but I had plenty before the OS change. I sure could use any idea of where to turn here. Thanks in advance.
Here is what I have
2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad
Board: Intel Corporation D975XBX2
8190 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB [Hard drive]
Seagate Backup+ Desk USB Device [Hard drive] (3000.58 GB)
ST4000DM000-1F2168 [Hard drive]
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series [Display adapter](new drivers and Cat suite
ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device
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