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Thread New PC
Tue, Jun 12 2007 9:26 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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I now have my first Vista PC and I must say I can't think of a prettier way to make a PC go slooow.

Roy Lambert
Tue, Jun 12 2007 5:03 PMPermanent Link

If you have a decent graphics card, the PC can actually go faster as the
windows have to refresh less, and the fancy stuff is done by the graphics
card thus saving the processor work. On a low spec video card, it will
indeed slow it down.

/Matthew Jones/
Tue, Jun 12 2007 7:00 PMPermanent Link

Jon Lloyd Duerdoth
But what about important stuff like compiling... I don't play video
games so video is low on my priorities.

Jon

matthew@matthewdelme-jones.delme.com (Matthew Jones) wrote:
> If you have a decent graphics card, the PC can actually go faster as the
> windows have to refresh less, and the fancy stuff is done by the graphics
> card thus saving the processor work. On a low spec video card, it will
> indeed slow it down.
>
> /Matthew Jones/
Wed, Jun 13 2007 3:25 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Jon


No idea. This was bought because I bought an ION USB turntable to transfer LP's to digital format. The old W2K server I was going to use was great when stuck in its own little room but was driving me mad where I could hear it. Tesco had some Gateway notebooks going for a reasonable price.

Gut feeling is that converting the file into mpg format isn't any faster on this much higher spec pc.

Roy Lambert
Wed, Jun 13 2007 4:42 AMPermanent Link

That will be unaffected. The key is that when the really fancy Aero
graphics is in use, each app never gets to actually be overlaid with any
other app. Thus it never has to repaint when you move another app around,
or it is all whizzing about in the selector thingy. Thus the best graphics
mode actually reduces the overhead of just redrawing things (and having to
pull in code again that was otherwise idle). So it might actually benefit
a compile, but I'd not say by much.

/Matthew Jones/
Wed, Jun 13 2007 3:55 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Roy,

<< No idea. This was bought because I bought an ION USB turntable to
transfer LP's to digital format. >>

No way ! I didn't even know you could get such a thing.  I'll have to look
into that because I've got a lot of old LPs that need converting.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thu, Jun 14 2007 3:10 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Tim

I tried years ago with a pre-amp between record deck and PC. I could get a good enough signal through but the software was naff. Audacity which it comes with may not be the best but it seems to work well enough for me.

A quick check shows Amazon selling them.

Roy Lambert

ps remember the RIAA - be very afraid
Fri, Jun 15 2007 6:32 PMPermanent Link

Jon Lloyd Duerdoth
ffrr!

Jon

Roy Lambert wrote:
> Tim
>
> I tried years ago with a pre-amp between record deck and PC. I could get a good enough signal through but the software was naff. Audacity which it comes with may not be the best but it seems to work well enough for me.
>
> A quick check shows Amazon selling them.
>
> Roy Lambert
>
> ps remember the RIAA - be very afraid
>
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