Qn about speeding up the com

• davidche

  30 Nov 07, 14:14

  Does repeatedly going into standby mode help to speed up the comp?
  
  My friend does that
• tut4nkh4m3n

  30 Nov 07, 14:16

  huh?!?!
  
  never heard of this way.
  
  does a better graphics card help?
• kenn3th

  30 Nov 07, 15:14

  Originally posted by davidche:

  Does repeatedly going into standby mode help to speed up the comp?
  
  My friend does that

  It does, Help to startup faster, cause your computer is in standby mode.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  30 Nov 07, 17:20

  In my opinion, it spoils the computer faster. Anything that is left dangling between half dead and half alive will make it dead sooner.
• coolgeek84

  1 Dec 07, 00:43

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  In my opinion, it spoils the computer faster. Anything that is left dangling between half dead and half alive will make it dead sooner.

  Agreed..
  If you want it faster, maintain it properly. Defrag, have clean installations, perform maintenance on your registry and such.
• thoreldan

  1 Dec 07, 21:48

  add more ram
  uninstall un-needed programs
  clean up registry
  regular virus/spyware scanning
  get better graphics card if using graphics-intensive programs (like games)
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  etc
  
• davidche

  2 Dec 07, 20:29

  One more qn, does compressing a drive help to speed up the computer??
  
  Under c drive > right click >properties > (tick box) compress
• wonderamazement

  2 Dec 07, 20:34

  What's defragging for?
• abao

  2 Dec 07, 20:44

  Originally posted by davidche:

  One more qn, does compressing a drive help to speed up the computer??
  Under c drive > right click >properties > (tick box) compress

  
  Compressing a drive will SLOW down your computer performance.
  
  It can free up extra space for you to use, at the expense of higher CPU cycle when accessing the data and harder to recover if a data on the compressed drive is corrupted.
• abao

  2 Dec 07, 20:45

  Originally posted by wonderamazement:

  What's defragging for?

  Defrag arranges the files on you harddisk so that they can be read sequentially, which makes reading data faster.
• davidche

  2 Dec 07, 20:47

  Originally posted by abao:

  
  Compressing a drive will SLOW down your computer performance.
  
  It can free up extra space for you to use, at the expense of higher CPU cycle when accessing the data and harder to recover if a data on the compressed drive is corrupted.

  can mayi or some pros reconfirm that??
• abao

  2 Dec 07, 20:57

  Originally posted by davidche:

  can mayi or some pros reconfirm that??

  since you dun trust me, go read yourself
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_compression#Performance_Impacts
  
• manyu882

  2 Dec 07, 21:46

  Originally posted by abao:

  since you dun trust me, go read yourself
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_compression#Performance_Impacts
  

  yes it slows. u are right but then u are wrong again.. its faster in the sense when you open and read the data..
  
  when data are saved to a compressed disk, it takes around 10% more time to save into hard disk due to compression of files.
  
  but then when its time to read them, its faster by 10%( or more). mainly because the data are expanded in the RAM.. ram is running in high frequency.. faster than your hard disk rotates.. thus it saves 10% of the time.
  
  overall, it depends on TS usage. if u frequently read and save the same data in your drive, i recommend not to compress it.
  
  hoewever, its for storage... backup..or just to read datas...the same data in the drive, its ok to compress it. but beware of the disavantages listed in wiki.
  
  Note: u wont feel the effect unless u are reading a file like 1GB of size or more
  
• davidche

  2 Dec 07, 22:56

  Originally posted by manyu882:

  yes it slows. u are right but then u are wrong again.. its faster in the sense when you open and read the data..
  
  when data are saved to a compressed disk, it takes around 10% more time to save into hard disk due to compression of files.
  
  but then when its time to read them, its faster by 10%( or more). mainly because the data are expanded in the RAM.. ram is running in high frequency.. faster than your hard disk rotates.. thus it saves 10% of the time.
  
  overall, it depends on TS usage. if u frequently read and save the same data in your drive, i recommend not to compress it.
  
  hoewever, its for storage... backup..or just to read datas...the same data in the drive, its ok to compress it. but beware of the disavantages listed in wiki.
  
  Note: u wont feel the effect unless u are reading a file like 1GB of size or more
  

  So i am thinking that if it is a game file, i should compress it yea? So as for faster 'read'
• davidche

  2 Dec 07, 22:56

  Originally posted by abao:

  since you dun trust me, go read yourself
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_compression#Performance_Impacts
  

  its not that i dont trust you, its that i dont know you at all.
  
  thx for the info.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Dec 07, 23:06

  Originally posted by davidche:

  can mayi or some pros reconfirm that??

  Why is there a need to reconfirm?
• davidche

  3 Dec 07, 09:01

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Why is there a need to reconfirm?

  to make sure he is right.
• manyu882

  4 Dec 07, 01:09

  Originally posted by davidche:

  So i am thinking that if it is a game file, i should compress it yea? So as for faster 'read'

  yea u can but then dont forget about the other files in the hdd too ^^... windows have to shut down slow ectect
• airgrinder

  4 Dec 07, 01:46

  Originally posted by davidche:

  to make sure he is right.

  then u might say "Hey Mayi, can I check if....."