I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :

CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore

I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my securities
enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
want to experience the WOW. :)

CPU: Athlon XP 4400+ Dual Core 5.3
Memory: 2 Gig OCZ Dual Channel PC 400 5.2
Graphics: Dual BFG 7900 GT's in SLI Mode 5.4
Gaming graphics: 512mb. 5.2
Hard Drives 4 WD 250 Gig in Raid ) Arrays 5.7

Even with my scores I seem to wait a lot as well. Wait for folders to open,
Wait for programs to close Etc Etc Etc.
I'm not impressed with Vista at all. I even have problems burning disks in
Vista but not with XP. Media center crashes all the time. Games run like
crap if they do run at all.


My XP Pro partition runs perfect - No waiting for anything.
I feel that I wasted my money on an incomplete operating system. Most of my
friends and relatives are not impressed with Vista either.

I know someone will reply to this stating that it is a new system and
problems should be expected but there should not be this many problems with
it. I have updated all drivers to the newest and even some of those just
make things worse.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. I use XP Pro 95% of the time now.
It's proven , It works Right !





"WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
>
> CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
>
> I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> securities
> enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]

CPU: Athlon XP 4400+ Dual Core 5.3
Memory: 2 Gig OCZ Dual Channel PC 400 5.2
Graphics: Dual BFG 7900 GT's in SLI Mode 5.4
Gaming graphics: 512mb. 5.2
Hard Drives 4 WD 250 Gig in Raid ) Arrays 5.7

Even with my scores I seem to wait a lot as well. Wait for folders to open,
Wait for programs to close Etc Etc Etc.
I'm not impressed with Vista at all. I even have problems burning disks in
Vista but not with XP. Media center crashes all the time. Games run like
crap if they do run at all.


My XP Pro partition runs perfect - No waiting for anything.
I feel that I wasted my money on an incomplete operating system. Most of my
friends and relatives are not impressed with Vista either.

I know someone will reply to this stating that it is a new system and
problems should be expected but there should not be this many problems with
it. I have updated all drivers to the newest and even some of those just
make things worse.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. I use XP Pro 95% of the time now.
It's proven , It works Right !





"WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
>
> CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
>
> I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> securities
> enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]

Not quite a 5, but here's what I have:

Processor: 5.3
Memory: 5.9
Graphics: 4.7
Gaming Graphics: 4.2
Primary HD: 5.3

My system is a Dell E521, AMD Dual-Core 2.8 5600+, 2GB ram, 160 GB SATA II,
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256mb video card. I'm running Vista Enterprise x64.
Before you look at spending a lot of money upgrading your box, I'd suggest
you do like I did and take a look at Dell's outlet site. This is the 4th
box I've bought from there and I've had great luck with all of them. I
saved over $400 on this box, when compared to the same system's MSRP.

Andre

Not quite a 5, but here's what I have:

Processor: 5.3
Memory: 5.9
Graphics: 4.7
Gaming Graphics: 4.2
Primary HD: 5.3

My system is a Dell E521, AMD Dual-Core 2.8 5600+, 2GB ram, 160 GB SATA II,
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256mb video card. I'm running Vista Enterprise x64.
Before you look at spending a lot of money upgrading your box, I'd suggest
you do like I did and take a look at Dell's outlet site. This is the 4th
box I've bought from there and I've had great luck with all of them. I
saved over $400 on this box, when compared to the same system's MSRP.

Andre

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>[/color]

My security software are the following:
AVG antivirus (its free you guys should try it)
Spybot search and destroy
Windows Firewall
and Windows Defender

It looks like if i want speed i need to build myself another computer. Dual
core processor and so on. :( I have always liked microsoft products, but
vista is such a memory hog. sighs. Thanks everyone for their response.



"Paul Smith" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "WOW" <WOW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53CE0208-000B-41BF-85B7-CE6878BDDFBB@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I was just wondering if anyone has a base score 5. If so, can you describe
> > your system. This is my system of base score 2.7 :
> >
> > CPU: Intel Celeron 2.00 GHz 2.7 subscore
> > Memory: 1 GB 3.5 subscore
> > Graphics: RADEON 9600 series 3.8 subscore
> > Gaming graphics: 383MB 3.3 subscore
> > Primary hard disk: 75GB total 5.3 subscore
> >
> > I plan on upgrading CPU to 3.00GHz and add 1GB of memory. I like playing
> > games like BF2142 and Call of Duty 2. Games works fine, but when running
> > regular programs Vista is sluggish compared to XP. I have disabled all
> > visual effects, yet find my self waiting alot. I do have all my
> > securities
> > enabled. Antivirus, spyware, etc. so i know im not being attacked. I
> > want to experience the WOW. :)[/color]
>
> If you want to get a system of 5 you'll need a dual core system, so just
> sticking in a 3Ghz CPU probably won't bring you up that high.
>
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.3
> Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.5
> Graphics Radeon X1900 Series 5.9
> Gaming graphics 1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
> Primary hard disk 111GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
>
> What security software do you have installed? Things like Norton will quite
> badly slow your system way way down.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> [url]http://www.windowsresource.net/[/url]
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