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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:10 pm
Post subject: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performance wise?
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Hi everyone,
Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently an
old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
(luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec of
my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in the
spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
bigger hard drive, etc etc.
So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is just
nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in Cubase.
With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res (several
meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external drive
plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at the
same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing the
music etc etc.
THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and dont
play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to render
(left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again with
the little blue bar marking progress.
Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to that
at the moment.
But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
(despite this machine being USB 2).
So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
other machine? I truly am puzzled.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:10 pm
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"Mr.Will" <mr.will DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently an
> old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
> (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
>
> I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec of
> my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in the
> spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
> bigger hard drive, etc etc.
>
> So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is just
> nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
>
> I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in Cubase.
> With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res (several
> meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external drive
> plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at the
> same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing the
> music etc etc.
>
> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
> system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and
> dont
> play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
> slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to render
> (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again with
> the little blue bar marking progress.
>
> Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to
> that
> at the moment.
>
> But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
> renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
> machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
> (despite this machine being USB 2).
>
> So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
> possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
> other machine? I truly am puzzled.
>
> Mr.Will
Let me guess . . . you upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows XP or Windows
Vista? Or, you upgraded from XP to Vista? -Dave |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:10 pm
Post subject: Re: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performance wise? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Feb 3, 2:10 pm, "Mr.Will" <mr.w....TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
> system hanging...
> [...]
That is enough reason right there to take it back to the people who
built it -- and show them. Tell them how many photos your old system
will open. Maybe you have a bad stick of ram. Ask them to re-test your
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:10 pm
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Sounds a great deal like the boys at the shop did
not do a fresh OS install, and rather tried to migrate
your OS and apps to the new machine ... and
failed. Also, I'm willing to bet that your old machine
had a fairly good video card, and your new machine
has a more modern, but weaker video card. Without
knowing the parts in each machine, I can only
speculate. If you list the parts for me, I can quickly
tell you the problem.
johns >> Stay informed about: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performa.. |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:26 pm
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"Dave" <never RemoveThis @not.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Mr.Will" <mr.will RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:1%5xh.62356$RL5.6266@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently
an
> > old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
> > (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
> >
> > I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec
of
> > my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in
the
> > spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
> > bigger hard drive, etc etc.
> >
> > So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is
just
> > nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
> >
> > I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in
Cubase.
> > With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res
(several
> > meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external
drive
> > plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at
the
> > same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing
the
> > music etc etc.
> >
> > THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
> > system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and
> > dont
> > play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
> > slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to
render
> > (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again
with
> > the little blue bar marking progress.
> >
> > Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to
> > that
> > at the moment.
> >
> > But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
> > renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
> > machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
> > (despite this machine being USB 2).
> >
> > So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
> > possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
> > other machine? I truly am puzzled.
> >
> > Mr.Will
>
> Let me guess . . . you upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows XP or Windows
> Vista? Or, you upgraded from XP to Vista? -Dave
>
>
Hi Dave,
No - I kept all the same software and OS from before - Windows XP.
As an aside is there any resource online that can help? One of my thoughts
is I want to take the machine back to where I got it built and tell them
"look I need to work on photos therefore put XXXX parts in this machine"?
Im just confused and wanting to see how parts fit together etc in this.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:26 pm
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> Hi Dave,
>
> No - I kept all the same software and OS from before - Windows XP.
> As an aside is there any resource online that can help? One of my thoughts
> is I want to take the machine back to where I got it built and tell them
> "look I need to work on photos therefore put XXXX parts in this machine"?
> Im just confused and wanting to see how parts fit together etc in this.
>
> Mr.Will
>
>
Uhhhh . . . you did have to reinstall all your software, RIGHT? -Dave >> Stay informed about: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performa.. |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:15 pm
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"Mr.Will" <mr.will.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently an
> old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
> (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
>
> I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec of
> my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in the
> spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
> bigger hard drive, etc etc.
>
> So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is just
> nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
>
> I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in Cubase.
> With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res (several
> meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external drive
> plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at the
> same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing the
> music etc etc.
>
> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
> system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and
> dont
> play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
> slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to render
> (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again with
> the little blue bar marking progress.
>
> Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to
> that
> at the moment.
>
> But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
> renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
> machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
> (despite this machine being USB 2).
>
> So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
> possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
> other machine? I truly am puzzled.
>
> Mr.Will
>
If your old PC did what you wanted, could you not have had the viruses
removed and XP and your apps reinastalled?
Out of interest, did you tell the system builders the sort of resource
hungry apps that you run?
And do you have the spec of the new PC to hand?
SteveH >> Stay informed about: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performa.. |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:00 pm
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"SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE.DeleteThis@THISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Mr.Will" <mr.will.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:1%5xh.62356$RL5.6266@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently
>> an
>> old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
>> (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
>>
>> I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec
>> of
>> my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in
>> the
>> spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
>> bigger hard drive, etc etc.
>>
>> So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is
>> just
>> nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
>>
>> I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in Cubase.
>> With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res (several
>> meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external
>> drive
>> plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at
>> the
>> same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing
>> the
>> music etc etc.
>>
>> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
>> system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and
>> dont
>> play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
>> slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to render
>> (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again
>> with
>> the little blue bar marking progress.
>>
>> Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to
>> that
>> at the moment.
>>
>> But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
>> renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
>> machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
>> (despite this machine being USB 2).
>>
>> So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
>> possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
>> other machine? I truly am puzzled.
>>
>> Mr.Will
>>
> If your old PC did what you wanted, could you not have had the viruses
> removed and XP and your apps reinastalled?
> Out of interest, did you tell the system builders the sort of resource
> hungry apps that you run?
> And do you have the spec of the new PC to hand?
>
Now, that's a good question. I'm surprised that no one else asked it.
Better still; also, let's have the spec. of the old one.
Sylvain.
> SteveH
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:50 pm
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"Sylvain VAN DER WALDE" <sylvain.vanderwalde.RemoveThis@which.net> wrote in message news:IB7xh.89475$Qa6.20328@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
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> "SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE.RemoveThis@THISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Mr.Will" <mr.will.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:1%5xh.62356$RL5.6266@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped. Recently
>>> an
>>> old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
>>> (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
>>>
>>> I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the spec
>>> of
>>> my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in
>>> the
>>> spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
>>> bigger hard drive, etc etc.
>>>
>>> So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is
>>> just
>>> nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
>>>
>>> I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in Cubase.
>>> With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res (several
>>> meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external
>>> drive
>>> plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at
>>> the
>>> same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing
>>> the
>>> music etc etc.
>>>
>>> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without the
>>> system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise and
>>> dont
>>> play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar that
>>> slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to render
>>> (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again
>>> with
>>> the little blue bar marking progress.
>>>
>>> Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable to
>>> that
>>> at the moment.
>>>
>>> But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via USB
>>> renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
>>> machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
>>> (despite this machine being USB 2).
>>>
>>> So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how its
>>> possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than the
>>> other machine? I truly am puzzled.
>>>
>>> Mr.Will
>>>
>> If your old PC did what you wanted, could you not have had the viruses
>> removed and XP and your apps reinastalled?
>> Out of interest, did you tell the system builders the sort of resource
>> hungry apps that you run?
>
>> And do you have the spec of the new PC to hand?
>>
>
> Now, that's a good question. I'm surprised that no one else asked it.
It's the first thing that occurred to me, but I pass up posts that
have the character of, "My car won't start, what could be wrong?".
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:30 am
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"Bob Day" <xxxxxx.TakeThisOut@yyyyyy.com> wrote in message
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> "Sylvain VAN DER WALDE" <sylvain.vanderwalde.TakeThisOut@which.net> wrote in message
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> > "SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE.TakeThisOut@THISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:OX6xh.5509$9S5.4724@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> "Mr.Will" <mr.will.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1%5xh.62356$RL5.6266@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I am totally stumped.
Recently
> >>> an
> >>> old PC was retired due to becoming virused and the hard drive crashing
> >>> (luckily everything backed up on external hard drive).
> >>>
> >>> I had a new PC built by in town computer specialists. They had the
spec
> >>> of
> >>> my old machine and came back delightedly telling me that everything in
> >>> the
> >>> spec of the old machine they could improve - faster and MORE RAM, much
> >>> bigger hard drive, etc etc.
> >>>
> >>> So excitedly I get the thing built, yet for some reason the system is
> >>> just
> >>> nowhere near as good, and I can't figure out why?
> >>>
> >>> I do ALOT of photo editing in photoshop and also music editing in
Cubase.
> >>> With my old system I was able to open a large number of high res
(several
> >>> meg) photo files, edit them and save them, whilst having my external
> >>> drive
> >>> plugged in to back up the data, maybe have some of my music playing at
> >>> the
> >>> same time or actually have photographs open of my group whilst editing
> >>> the
> >>> music etc etc.
> >>>
> >>> THIS machine - I am lucky if I can open FIVE photos at once without
the
> >>> system hanging - any music files seem to turn into screeching noise
and
> >>> dont
> >>> play at the same time - if I edit a photo I get the little blue bar
that
> >>> slides across the screen and the photo then takes a few seconds to
render
> >>> (left to right in rows till complete) then saving it takes ages again
> >>> with
> >>> the little blue bar marking progress.
> >>>
> >>> Its impossible to have cubase run any audio and edit, so I am unable
to
> >>> that
> >>> at the moment.
> >>>
> >>> But the biggest is that the external hard drive when plugged in via
USB
> >>> renders all system useless except if I want to pull files back onto my
> >>> machine hard drive to work on, and then it takes ages to trasfer files
> >>> (despite this machine being USB 2).
> >>>
> >>> So while I havent any experience here, can someone just tell me how
its
> >>> possible to have a better spec machine that runs far far worse than
the
> >>> other machine? I truly am puzzled.
> >>>
> >>> Mr.Will
> >>>
> >> If your old PC did what you wanted, could you not have had the viruses
> >> removed and XP and your apps reinastalled?
> >> Out of interest, did you tell the system builders the sort of resource
> >> hungry apps that you run?
> >
> >> And do you have the spec of the new PC to hand?
> >>
> >
> > Now, that's a good question. I'm surprised that no one else asked it.
>
> It's the first thing that occurred to me, but I pass up posts that
> have the character of, "My car won't start, what could be wrong?".
>
> -- Bob Day
>
Ah right, you are one of THOSE types mr.Day.
I get you.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:38 am
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"johns" <johns321 DeleteThis @moscow.com> wrote in message
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> Sounds a great deal like the boys at the shop did
> not do a fresh OS install, and rather tried to migrate
> your OS and apps to the new machine ... and
> failed. Also, I'm willing to bet that your old machine
> had a fairly good video card, and your new machine
> has a more modern, but weaker video card. Without
> knowing the parts in each machine, I can only
> speculate. If you list the parts for me, I can quickly
> tell you the problem.
>
> johns
>
Thanks I will get the full spec tommorow from the shop, funnily enough they
did mention a video card, but when I asked what its use was they said it was
for playing video games and 3D lara croft style stuff, so I just said I
wasnt bothered, so they put something in obviously but with you mentioning
it here that makes me think that would be the issue.
The shop did do a fresh install because the virus totally wrecked the hard
drive of the original machine and several components - video card included.
Now sorry to you and everyone to be so ignorant, but how do you figure out
what sort of parts you need for the purposes I use the machine for? What
would be a good video card for the sorts of operations I do? And are there
any other requirements such a computer would need? I will get full spec of
both machines in the morning so thanks everyone for replies and patience.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:38 am
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> Thanks I will get the full spec tommorow from the shop, funnily enough
they
> did mention a video card, but when I asked what its use was they said it
was
> for playing video games and 3D lara croft style stuff, so I just said I
> wasnt bothered, so they put something in obviously but with you mentioning
> it here that makes me think that would be the issue.
> The shop did do a fresh install because the virus totally wrecked the hard
> drive of the original machine and several components - video card
included.
First off...a virus cannot physically damage your harddrive or other
components...
If your original machine was virus infested beyond redemption...
all you would have had to have done is to reload the OS and your apps.
Also, in your fist post when you mentioned that you backed *everything*
up...
I hope you did not also backup your viruses. I'd run a virus check on your
backup...
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:36 am
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"Mr.Will" <mr.w... DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "johns" <johns... DeleteThis @moscow.com> wrote in message
> >.[...] Also, I'm willing to bet that your old machine
> > had a fairly good video card, and your new machine
> > has a more modern, but weaker video card. Without
> > knowing the parts in each machine, I can only
> > speculate. If you list the parts for me, I can quickly
> > tell you the problem.
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> > johns
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> Thanks I will get the full spec tommorow from the shop, funnily enough they
> did mention a video card, but when I asked what its use was they said it was
> for playing video games and 3D lara croft style stuff, so I just said I
> wasnt bothered, so they put something in obviously but with you mentioning
> it here that makes me think that would be the issue.
> The shop did do a fresh install because the virus totally wrecked the hard
> drive of the original machine and several components - video card included.
>
> Now sorry to you and everyone to be so ignorant, but how do you figure out
> what sort of parts you need for the purposes I use the machine for? What
> would be a good video card for the sorts of operations I do? And are there
> any other requirements such a computer would need? I will get full spec of
> both machines in the morning so thanks everyone for replies and patience.
>
Often the easiest way to proceed is to ask others who are using the
same software you plan to run for advice on your next pc. If you are a
big Photoshop user you might ask other Photoshop users for component
advice; http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.windows/topics?
lnk=sg&hl=en
Your particular situation may become more understandable once you can
tell us more details about each system, but basically it sounds like
your new pc needs to go back to those who built it for
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:24 pm
Post subject: Re: I don't get it? Much higher spec PC and its WORSE performance wise? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <dIixh.81225$KT2.76443@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>,
mr.will.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com says...
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> Thanks I will get the full spec tommorow from the shop, funnily enough they
> did mention a video card, but when I asked what its use was they said it was
> for playing video games and 3D lara croft style stuff, so I just said I
> wasnt bothered, so they put something in obviously but with you mentioning
> it here that makes me think that would be the issue.
No, the opposite would generally be true. If you want to play 3D style
games, or just the latest PC games in general you want as powerful a
graphics card as you can get. This capability transposes over to when
using other graphics intensive applications also.
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Pete Ives
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:42 pm
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"philo" <philo.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> > Thanks I will get the full spec tommorow from the shop, funnily enough
> they
> > did mention a video card, but when I asked what its use was they said it
> was
> > for playing video games and 3D lara croft style stuff, so I just said I
> > wasnt bothered, so they put something in obviously but with you
mentioning
> > it here that makes me think that would be the issue.
> > The shop did do a fresh install because the virus totally wrecked the
hard
> > drive of the original machine and several components - video card
> included.
>
> First off...a virus cannot physically damage your harddrive or other
> components...
> If your original machine was virus infested beyond redemption...
> all you would have had to have done is to reload the OS and your apps.
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> Also, in your fist post when you mentioned that you backed *everything*
> up...
> I hope you did not also backup your viruses. I'd run a virus check on your
> backup...
> but whatever virus software you had is probably not the one to use
>
Hi - well we assumed it was a virus, though it WAS never proved, you are
correct.
Quite simply the OS was removed from the hard disc, then the next time we
switched it on, the drive didnt spin.
My friend loaded it into his machine to get data off it (a slave drive?) and
his machine suddenly went down.
Basically the hard drive ceased to be.
Thanks for the tip on the backup files - I did get the external drive
scanned and it was ok as far as we can tell!
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