old single core outperforming homebuilt quadcore. :(

[diabolical81]

ok so im installing a patch for world of warcraft

on my old compaq laptop that overheats if you just look at it it took 30 minutes or so to install the 1.5gb patch
1.8ghz single core amd processor
its running vista off 1 gb ram
has an ati mobility videocard
again it took about 30 minutes to install


my homebuilt system
2.4ghz intel q6600 quadcore
4gb dual channel ram
8800gt geforce videocard

it's been about 3 hours now and its only at 16%

wtf... whats going on? any ideas? anything i can check?

 

[Proximon]

So your download speed is slower and you think it's your computer? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just trying to be clear.

 

[diabolical81]

no the download was fine, the slow part is the installation

 

[Proximon]

Did you reformat the HD on your new system?

Is it SATA? Did you install the latest IDE drivers from your MB makers website?

Did you manually configure your RAM in BIOS?

 

[diabolical81]

the hard drive was reformatted
its pata, no i have not upgraded anything in regards to the motherboard

no i just installed and booted.

looking at the task manager its showing under 30% cpu usage with plenty of free memory so it wouldnt seem im running too many processes.

when you talk about the mobo are you suggesting it could need to be flashed? or just drivers may need installing.

 

[diabolical81]

another issue is that it takes wow a long time to draw the screen when i log in. i have everything at max settings but it runs fine once everything is fine.

the old crappy laptop with the ati mobility draws the screen quicker and neither systems have any mods or ui changes.

I wouldnt mind checking for bios updates but I just don't get it.

 

[Proximon]

I'm thinking you have an IDE problem, possibly you just need a driver update. Anti-virus software can also interfere with something like that.

 

[diabolical81]

i do run avast in the background. Im about to go to bed but will look at the mobos website tomorrow for updates,

which reminds me i may need to update the videocard anyway. the install will be done by then so no real way to tell unless i want to reinstall the patch lol..

but if i have updates, anything is worth trying, waiting all this time to play on my main pc is ridiculous

 

[jludvig]

Might help to simply disable the real time virus protection while installing - it sounds like more than just a virus scanner interfering though.
You should probably check your harddrive performance using a benchmark like HDtach, post your speeds and access times - write speeds are obviously important for your specific problem. If the harddrive is oldish you should consider upgrading. Very cheap way of adding life to an older system - get one of the cheap two platter 640gig drives by samsung or WD.

 

[yonef]

Install this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
make a screenshot of all processes and monitor them for a while, see if there are any processes that drain more than 5-6% CPU load while in idle mode; Paste screenshots here.

 

[dhvd79a]

FYI - WoW patch times VISTA vs XP.

VISTA(64 bit) 4GB, Q6600, 3hrs total. (No Firewall, No AV and no Boinc Seti)

XP 2GB E6400, 20 minus total. (FIREWALL, AV, and BOINC/SETI)

The interesting thing was I started the download on VISTA 30 mins before the XP one.

The XP one finished over an hour sooner. The download on the Vista machine took many times as long as the XP one. The Vista update too about twice as long as the XP one.

The XP and Vista run the same AV and firewall software. I disabled the AV and firewall on the Vista one thinking they were causing a problem. I also terminated BOINC/SETI on VISTA

 

[Zorg]

Yay Vista.

 

[hairycat101]

They just don't build 'em like they used to.

 

[Zorg]

:lol: