Solved computer speed and windows 8 (archived by Mimus)

[kidzmurder]

first i wanted to ask if there is anyway to stop my laptop from being so slow ... (its a new laptop)
like it becomes so slow even on teamspeak people sound like robots like SO slow ...
and second i wanted to ask you guys about windows 8 .. is it any good?
any advices?
thank you

[Syne]

http://board.twcclan.org/thread-2627.html

Check this one

[jantsi]

like it becomes so slow even on teamspeak people sound like robots like SO slow ...

Sounds more like a bad connection than bad computer

[Surma]

like it becomes so slow even on teamspeak people sound like robots like SO slow ...

Sounds more like a bad connection than bad computer

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first i wanted to ask if there is anyway to stop my laptop from being so slow ... (its a new laptop)
and second i wanted to ask you guys about windows 8 .. is it any good?
any advices?

What laptop you have? Laptops are not made for gaming, there's few laptop what are made for example, alienware and razer, but they are overpriced. Next time you buy computer, build it yourself. It will be cheaper and way better.

About windows 8. What I have understood, it's not made for computers which doesn't have touchscreen. I suggest win 7.

[Rote]

Windows 8 works with same method as 7, but just looks different/theme is changed.
Start menu is full of boxes, and settings are hard to change.
You can have own desktop like in Win7, but it doesn't have all features.
If you have touchscreen laptop, Win8 would be nice. Otherwise Win7 best. :P

1. Try changing your windows theme to original (grey one).
2. Go to power settings and change it to performance mode/balanced.
3. Download latest drivers & utility for your GPU, set your GPU to stress performance most.
4. Close un-necessary programs/tasks (Shift+Ctrl+Esc) open task manager and click "processes" tab. Close processer you dont need at that moment and performance will raise.
5. Buy latop cooler (Like I did :P), it will blow cool air from bottom of your laptop, CPU cooler will get cooler air = runs better as cool. (Other parts get cooler too)
6. Delete useless programs and setups, setups can be deleted after you installed any program.
If you dont really need any file or program, delete/uninstall it.
7. Delete shortcuts from your desktop, as much as you can. PC will startup and load desktop faster.
8. Download CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard
Clear browsers and other locations from junk and useless stuff. (You can also uninstall stuff with CCleaner)
Scan/Fix registrys with CCleaner.
9. Clear your HDD with disk defragmenter http://www.sendspace.com/file/6pvw7e Scan and fix, it will arrange files and make them open faster.
10. Scan threats with HitmanPro and Malwarebytes (Scan for viruses)
11. Scan PC with AdwCleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ (Tap scan, and then delete button)
12. Dont use much tabs same time (Btw use Chrome) and especially any players like youtube.
13. Use low settings, ask for ultra low graphic configs if you are playing ET.

Just minimize usage and increase performance.
Hope it helped, just ask if you got questions.

[Chuck]

Dont know stuff about win8 but i do know best for you is to rollback at win7 but if you like win8 wait for the 8.1 cause that one is special designed for laptop/pc without a touchscreen due to what rote said, that the win8 is made for touch

The almighty Chuck. Proud supreme & Supporter of -TWC|

[kidzmurder]

i have an HP laptop 500GB HDD core i3 4GB ram
and about the programs i've used them it did no good honestly :/

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and about jantsi nope mate my connection is okay for teamspeak its the laptop.. its speed drops suddenly :/
by the way my D: and C: arent separated like the C has 445GB and the D has only 20GB .. could that be the problem?

[jantsi]

i have an HP laptop 500GB HDD core i3 4GB ram
and about the programs i've used them it did no good honestly :/

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and about jantsi nope mate my connection is okay for teamspeak its the laptop.. its speed drops suddenly :/
by the way my D: and C: arent separated like the C has 445GB and the D has only 20GB .. could that be the problem?

your D: and C: are separated because D: section has the factory image in it.
Your laptop is better than my computer and i have no issues with teamspeak so it's either your connection or you messed up some settings pretty damn badly.

[Dope]

Best thing to do first is to have a look at your device manager and see if there is any hardware not installed/installed with wrong drivers, if so, install correct drivers/update drivers and check everything again.
Windows 7/8/8.1, personal preference really, but indeed, windows 8 has been built more with mobile/touchscreen devices in mind, whereas 7 is like the "classic" feel we all know of, but 8.1 will be somewhat of a mixture where the regular startmenu/button will reappear and settings will be more configurable towards the "classic" feel, so it's really up to you what you fancy.

Also, latops WEREN'T made for gaming in the past, but nowadays most of them (with dedicated gfx card and vram) can live up to the task, and not limited to the ones Surma said, Asus, Acer, MSI,..... etc. all have their lines of high-end laptops which all do fine for gaming.

Grtz.........................

[jantsi]

Oh, and for windows 8 you can't turn off aero theme which may cause issues with some games (for example osu! gets input lag with aero on when played in window mode)