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My son has just rebuilt his PC. It's spec is good, but not bleeding
edge. He is running XP Home on it and has also bought and installed XP
x64. It all works, but x64 runs very slowly, even simple things like web
browsing are slow.

For the last nine months I've been running XP x64 on my main PC with a
similar spec to his, and that runs about the same as I'd expect 32-bit
XP to run on it (apart from glacial resumes from hibernation, a known
problem), so I know x64 isn't intrinsically slow.

Any suggestions where to start looking for why x64 would be so much
slower on his system than 32-bit XP?

Graham.

What motherboard are you using? nVidia firewall is a known problem on
Win x64.


Graham wrote:
> My son has just rebuilt his PC. It's spec is good, but not bleeding
> edge. He is running XP Home on it and has also bought and installed XP
> x64. It all works, but x64 runs very slowly, even simple things like web
> browsing are slow.
>
> For the last nine months I've been running XP x64 on my main PC with a
> similar spec to his, and that runs about the same as I'd expect 32-bit
> XP to run on it (apart from glacial resumes from hibernation, a known
> problem), so I know x64 isn't intrinsically slow.
>
> Any suggestions where to start looking for why x64 would be so much
> slower on his system than 32-bit XP?
>
> Graham.

Rick wrote:

> What motherboard are you using? nVidia firewall is a known problem on
> Win x64.

I'll check whether he has it installed or not. I used to use the nVidia
firewall on mine without any problems, but I found the nVidia NIC
drivers would not activate the NIC properly 50% of the time, so I just
stuck in a PCI NIC and eliminated all nVidia networking stuff: a great
improvement. I've not seen anyone claiming that the nVidia firewall
slows the whole machine down though.

He's using an ASUS SLI m/b with nForce 4, but he's not using SLI 'cos
he's got an ATI AIW X1300 PCI-E (don't know why he bought an SLI board
since he always uses ATI, but then, who does understand the way their
sons think?)

Graham.

Has he done a defrag, cleared his temporary files? Also, as Rick said, if
you using an nVidia chipset, try removing the nVidia Firewall by installing
and the uninstall it. You could also check your processes to see there are
any unnecessary programs running in the background that might be slowing
down the system.
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"Graham" <> wrote in message
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> My son has just rebuilt his PC. It's spec is good, but not bleeding edge.
> He is running XP Home on it and has also bought and installed XP x64. It
> all works, but x64 runs very slowly, even simple things like web browsing
> are slow.
>
> For the last nine months I've been running XP x64 on my main PC with a
> similar spec to his, and that runs about the same as I'd expect 32-bit XP
> to run on it (apart from glacial resumes from hibernation, a known
> problem), so I know x64 isn't intrinsically slow.
>
> Any suggestions where to start looking for why x64 would be so much slower
> on his system than 32-bit XP?
>
> Graham.

I don't have nVidia chipset, but from what's been posted here, you have
to install it and then un-install it.

Graham wrote:
> Rick wrote:
>
>> What motherboard are you using? nVidia firewall is a known problem on
>> Win x64.
>
> I'll check whether he has it installed or not. I used to use the nVidia
> firewall on mine without any problems, but I found the nVidia NIC
> drivers would not activate the NIC properly 50% of the time, so I just
> stuck in a PCI NIC and eliminated all nVidia networking stuff: a great
> improvement. I've not seen anyone claiming that the nVidia firewall
> slows the whole machine down though.
>
> He's using an ASUS SLI m/b with nForce 4, but he's not using SLI 'cos
> he's got an ATI AIW X1300 PCI-E (don't know why he bought an SLI board
> since he always uses ATI, but then, who does understand the way their
> sons think?)
>
> Graham.

If it's an nForce4, it has the Nvidia firewall. Install it, and uninstall
it.

Also, make sure it's got the latest BIOS update from ASUS, and has the all
the system drivers installed. AND that it has "cool and quiet" turned off.


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Graham wrote:
> Rick wrote:
>
>> What motherboard are you using? nVidia firewall is a known problem on
>> Win x64.
>
> I'll check whether he has it installed or not. I used to use the nVidia
> firewall on mine without any problems, but I found the nVidia NIC
> drivers would not activate the NIC properly 50% of the time, so I just
> stuck in a PCI NIC and eliminated all nVidia networking stuff: a great
> improvement. I've not seen anyone claiming that the nVidia firewall
> slows the whole machine down though.
>
> He's using an ASUS SLI m/b with nForce 4, but he's not using SLI 'cos
> he's got an ATI AIW X1300 PCI-E (don't know why he bought an SLI board
> since he always uses ATI, but then, who does understand the way their
> sons think?)
>
> Graham.

How much RAM?
What CPU?

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"Graham" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My son has just rebuilt his PC. It's spec is good, but not bleeding edge.
> He is running XP Home on it and has also bought and installed XP x64. It
> all works, but x64 runs very slowly, even simple things like web browsing
> are slow.
>
> For the last nine months I've been running XP x64 on my main PC with a
> similar spec to his, and that runs about the same as I'd expect 32-bit XP
> to run on it (apart from glacial resumes from hibernation, a known
> problem), so I know x64 isn't intrinsically slow.
>
> Any suggestions where to start looking for why x64 would be so much slower
> on his system than 32-bit XP?
>
> Graham.

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> If it's an nForce4, it has the Nvidia firewall. Install it, and uninstall
> it.

It only has it if it's been installed, which it hasn't! Does it cause
general performance problems if it has never been installed? If so I
have to wonder what skill nVidia possesses which manages to make
something that has never been installed cause problems!

> Also, make sure it's got the latest BIOS update from ASUS, and has the all
> the system drivers installed. AND that it has "cool and quiet" turned off.

We'll do that. He's gone off to the Grand Canyon for a few days so it
won't be 'til he gets back unfortunately. FWIW, mine has no performance
problems with Cool'n'Quiet enabled, but it's certainly worth disabling
it on his to check.

Graham.

NO. It has it even if it has NOT been installed. See my blog, but take my
word for it. Install it. Then UNinstall it.

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Graham wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> If it's an nForce4, it has the Nvidia firewall. Install it, and uninstall
>> it.
>
> It only has it if it's been installed, which it hasn't! Does it cause
> general performance problems if it has never been installed? If so I
> have to wonder what skill nVidia possesses which manages to make
> something that has never been installed cause problems!
>
>> Also, make sure it's got the latest BIOS update from ASUS, and has the
>> all the system drivers installed. AND that it has "cool and quiet"
>> turned off.
>
> We'll do that. He's gone off to the Grand Canyon for a few days so it
> won't be 'til he gets back unfortunately. FWIW, mine has no performance
> problems with Cool'n'Quiet enabled, but it's certainly worth disabling
> it on his to check.
>
> Graham.