ways to make your computer run faster?

[locked&loaded]

i have a gateway computer, its about 4 years old. and i was wondering if there where anyways for me to get my computer to run faster. its not bad with the internet i have road runner. but when i try to play games its a bit laggy. which is really annoying. i have a 6800 nvidia graphcis card . 1.99 ghz, and 256 mb of ram. thanks.

 

[the kid 05]

more ran, maybe upgrade your video card, nothing to out landish. but deff the first thing is to upgrade your ram, that allows the programs to do things.

 

[Yeagermeister]

i have a gateway computer, its about 4 years old. and i was wondering if there where anyways for me to get my computer to run faster. its not bad with the internet i have road runner. but when i try to play games its a bit laggy. which is really annoying. i have a 6800 nvidia graphcis card . 1.99 ghz, and 256 mb of ram. thanks.

Depending on the games you definately need more ram.

 

[locked&loaded]

more ran, maybe upgrade your video card, nothing to out landish. but deff the first thing is to upgrade your ram, that allows the programs to do things.

alright, so 512... would be good?

 

[Mash]

google microsoft xp tweaks.....if you can find viper tweaks for services.msc........it will tell you what u should disable in services.....Microsoft has alot of services that arent needed running.

go to start>run and type in msconfig.....goto startup tab and uncheck anything other then sound....systray....and antivirus.........things like quicktime....microsoftword....etc....uncheck.....if not they will be working in the background and take up resources.....

biggest improvement is to upgrade your memory.....1G should be the min...IMHO...

also....do disk cleanup....and defrag your hard drive.....

also....some utilities like.....adaware....spybot...etc should be run.....hijack this is another cool utility that finds programs working in the background....

 

[locked&loaded]

google microsoft xp tweaks.....if you can find viper tweaks for services.msc........it will tell you what u should disable in services.....Microsoft has alot of services that arent needed running.

go to start>run and type in msconfig.....goto startup tab and uncheck anything other then sound....systray....and antivirus.........things like quicktime....microsoftword....etc....uncheck.....if not they will be working in the background and take up resources.....

biggest improvement is to upgrade your memory.....1G should be the min...IMHO...

also....do disk cleanup....and defrag your hard drive.....

also....some utilities like.....adaware....spybot...etc should be run.....hijack this is another cool utility that finds programs working in the background....

ya thanks for the unchecking, there were tons of programs running. my computer seems quicker alreaady. but could you explain the "tweaks", do i have to download it etc...?

and where can i get the ram, at bestbuy?

 

[Yeagermeister]

bestbuy is a good place to start looking for the memory but you can find it cheaper online. Have you also ran a virus and spyware scan?

 

[Mavs Man]

Try chasing it.

 

[Mash]

The tweaks are just information to alter registry files.....setting up a static page files....etc...

****be carefull in editing the registry*******

There is alot of info on tweaking your video card and gameplay.....also if your on high speed there is also bandwidth tweaks......

Sorry I cant be more help......I remember those days of tweaking...overclocking etc to play better online games ...etc...

running spyware programs will also help with internet speeds.....adaware and spybot are free programs......can download those at download.com.

http://www.tweak3d.net/autoexec/halflife/
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
http://www.geocities.com/nobleelectronics2000/downloads.html

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43128
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=21

http://www.mvktech.net/index.php?option=com_remository&func=fileinfo&filecatid=806


If your looking for a good manual on tweaking your services.......try finding a page with a gentleman called viper.....he used to have his won web page....but I dont have the bookmark for it....sorry

 

[Yeagermeister]

The tweaks are just information to alter registry files.....setting up a static page files....etc...

****be carefull in editing the registry*******

There is alot of info on tweaking your video card and gameplay.....also if your on high speed there is also bandwidth tweaks......

Sorry I cant be more help......I remember those days of tweaking...overclocking etc to play better online games ...etc...

running spyware programs will also help with internet speeds.....adaware and spybot are free programs......can download those at download.com.

http://www.tweak3d.net/autoexec/halflife/
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
http://www.geocities.com/nobleelectronics2000/downloads.html

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43128
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=21

http://www.mvktech.net/index.php?option=com_remository&func=fileinfo&filecatid=806

The real fun was trying to clear up conventional memory in the good ole DOS days. It was a real art.

 

[Mash]

Damn those days......



There were sure alot of long nites trying to make a lousy 486 comps run quicker....

 

[CF74]

google microsoft xp tweaks.....if you can find viper tweaks for services.msc........it will tell you what u should disable in services.....Microsoft has alot of services that arent needed running.

go to start>run and type in msconfig.....goto startup tab and uncheck anything other then sound....systray....and antivirus.........things like quicktime....microsoftword....etc....uncheck.....if not they will be working in the background and take up resources.....

biggest improvement is to upgrade your memory.....1G should be the min...IMHO...

also....do disk cleanup....and defrag your hard drive.....

also....some utilities like.....adaware....spybot...etc should be run.....hijack this is another cool utility that finds programs working in the background....

also in addition to that:

start
run
type in: c:windows/temp
hit ctrl a delete

those pesky temp files appear everytime I start my comp and if I don't dump em they slow my comp down.

Another program I use is

CCleaner

scan for issues and remove them...

 

[Yeagermeister]

Damn those days......



There were sure alot of long nites trying to make a lousy 486 comps run quicker....

Or having to use a boot disk just so you could play a game

 

[locked&loaded]

bestbuy is a good place to start looking for the memory but you can find it cheaper online. Have you also ran a virus and spyware scan?

yes i have spybot and avage. are there any time of cards that are better or ones that you woudl reccomend? should i jus type in 512mb ram on eaby or does it have to be a gateway one..? im not good with computers. : . thanks everyone though.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

yes i have spybot and avage. are there any time of cards that are better or ones that you woudl reccomend? should i jus type in 512mb ram on eaby or does it have to be a gateway one..? im not good with computers. : . thanks everyone though.

Go to www.crucial.com and use their memory configurator. It will ask you your computer maker, model etc. They will tell you exactly what you need and how much it is new (they make great memory at great prices BTW). If you are not happy paying their prices, go to eBay and do a search on the type of memory they recommend.

I agree with the suggestion from above that 1GB should be your min memory, which is about 4 times what you have now.

Secondly, if you are gaming, you should definitely consider a new video card. Again, these can be found on eBay for cheap.

 

[yesfan]

Try MajorGeeks.com good place for computer software.

 

[Kangaroo]

If he is gaming he needs to upgrade from the 4 year old PC. If you plan to game the new games all the time your PC will have about a 3 year shelf life

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

You need a flux capacitor but you will also need 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to make it run.

 

[trickblue]

You need a flux capacitor but you will also need 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to make it run.

 

[Concord]

Go to www.crucial.com and use their memory configurator. It will ask you your computer maker, model etc. They will tell you exactly what you need and how much it is new (they make great memory at great prices BTW). If you are not happy paying their prices, go to eBay and do a search on the type of memory they recommend.

I agree with the suggestion from above that 1GB should be your min memory, which is about 4 times what you have now.

Secondly, if you are gaming, you should definitely consider a new video card. Again, these can be found on eBay for cheap.

I've used Crucial many times...Very good site.