XP and RAM performance

Lots of sites post info on RAM performance with Leopard. Is the performance benefit the same with XP? Does XP manage the memory the same way?

I couldn't split the solved points and Fortuny took both Helpful points at once. You both however provided very good info.
I contacted the OWC helpdesk and they said RAM should run equally fast under both OSes. They did not address management as I had asked.
I have a 2.16 MB and a 2.4 MB. Both have 2GB RAM. The 2.16 with XP runs Quickbooks and Office. The 2.4 with XP runs Adobe Master and Office. I could bump 2GB RAM to either one, to both, exchange for 4GB in one or both so I'm considering my options.
I would think the 2.16 with Quickbooks would run fine with 2GB. Given the graphic chip limitations of the 2.4 MB I am pondering what to do about bumping the RAM.
I would expect to jump to the MBP in 6 months to a year.
Your input would be appreciated. When faced with a decision, I usually opt to do nothing until I get more input.

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How to check the usage of ram and cpu Performance for the particular application like sqlserver ,ms word

how to check the usage of ram and cpu Performance for the particular application like sqlserver ,ms word
ranki

Hi,
You can use Performance Monitor and add the required counters.
Check the below Technet article on Performance Monitor.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749249.aspx
Below are the steps to monitor the process in Performance Monitor.
- Go to the Performance Monitor.
- Right-click on the graph and select "Add Counters".
- In the "Available counters" list, open the "Process" section by clicking on the down arrow next to it. Select "% Processor Time" (and any other counter you want).
- In the "Instances of selected object" list, select the process you want to track. Then click on "Add >>" button. Click on OK.
Regards,
Jack
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T400s Question of RAM and overall performance

I have a T400s. P9600 @ 3.53 GHz, 4 GB of RAM, Windows 7 64bit, 64 GB Solid state hard drive
Recently while writing my Masters thesis using microsoft word, the computer was very slow and had difficulties switching between Microsoft office 2003 Word and Excel. The Word doc. became rather large, filled with pics and files, etc. However working on other desktop computers with much slower processors and less RAM available I had no difficulties.
Furthermore, I used my wife's notebook, from another company, that has the same processor and RAM but operates on a 32 bit system and has a much better video card with 512 MB of memory with no problems. Also, when monitoring the system performance I never see the RAM operating at higher than 34% which the 64 bit system needs to operate. The last observation is what leads me to believe something is not working properly with my notebook that is only 6 months old.
Other than this issue this is the best computer I have ever owned, but I bought it mainly because it was ranked as the most powerful notebook in the industry, and I have problems with Microsoft office??
Is there a problem with using Office 2003 with windows 7 64bit?
Is this caused by the performance of the video card?
Or is there an issue with my RAM or Notebook?

A few questions:
1) Has the performance always been this way, or is it a new occurance.
2) Which video card do you have? If you are using the integrated intel video make sure you have the most up to date Windows7 drivers from Lenovo, if that doesn't seem to help you could try different releases to see which performs the best, a good way to see if the video is the issue is to do something video intensive (1080p video or the likes). It is somewhat unlikely that the video driver could influence the speed of office however since for the most part these are non-graphic intensive apps. Another thing would be to try using the Windows Basic theme, if you still have issues it is unlikely the video card.
3) There are alot of factors which can influence memory usage in 64bit windows, keep in mind in most situations only 64 bit applications can access memory above 3gb. What is the size of the page file? If the system is reporting the full amount of memory it is unlikely that it isn't available to the system. 34% of your ram seems high for just the system since my 3gb system has 1.1 gb in use with firefox, aim, openoffice.org and all the lenovo apps and avira anti virus going.
4) What antivirus software are you using, has the system been scanned recently and have you tried to reproduce the issue with the antivirus disabled?
5) How full is your HD. Even with SSD's things slow down quite a bit as the drive reaches it's capacity.. 64GB is a little on the tight side for Windows7.
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Lenovo Yoga 11s SSD and RAM Upgrade - Great Results

Picked up a Lenovo Yoga 11s from Best Buy. I chose Best Buy for price, color, and processor. They had a slightly better deal than Lenovo.com. The clementine color looks great. Quality is great. I'm very happy with the purchase. It has the i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD.
I upgraded the SSD and RAM and found the upgrade relatively easy. Here is a basic step by step and results. (note the parts I chose increased the cost by close to $400. I chose these parts based on quality, performance, and power usage. There are cheaper alternatives, but I wanted an upgrade and money was not my concern.)
Upgraded Parts
RAM - Patriot Memory 8GB PC3-12800 1600MHZ CL11 1.35V - Purchased at Newegg, but could have saved a couple dollars on Amazon.
I chose this part based on previous experience with Patriot and the low voltage RAM. A lot of the RAM is higher voltage and I wanted to make sure I reduced heat and power usage. When you look for 1.35V RAM, there are not a lot of options...
MSata SSD Drive - Intel SSD 525 Series 240GB Drive
Intel SSD Page
I purchased through Newegg
I chose the Intel drive based on previous experience with Intel. They cost more, but I've found their performance to be good and reliability good. There is also a good review on this drive on Tomshardware Tomshardware Intel 525 Review. Toms review shows top performing drive and low power. I also looked at many other manufacturers and Intel had the lower power consumption. This means less heat and longer battery life.
Cloning Software
Intel provides a free cloning software from Acronis
My Digital SSD MSata external case
I purchased through Newegg.
Nice quality device. I used this to help in cloning the OEM SSD to the new Intel drive.
T5 Torx Screw Driver
I purchased this from Home Depot T5 Torx Home Depot
I read all the reviews, posts and issues around cloning the Win8 SSD drives. Many people have/had issues. I was prepared for problems. Another reason I chose Intel, as they have migration software that I felt would be top notch.
You need to have the Hardware Manual handy. I read how to remove keyboard and top cover. This is required to upgrade RAM and SSD. It was very easy. Take your time. Note, this is very different than the Yoga 13 youtube video for part removal. I think it's easier. Here is the link to download manual Yoga 11s Hardware Manual.
How to clone your SSD
I expect if you're doing this project you can learn how to use the Intel software for cloning. Read the web, watch their youtube video. Read the manual...
Remove your factory SSD and insert new Intel SSD (note, you must insert Intel drive in notebook for cloning. Do not try and clone on the USB external drive. Intel software will not detect drive properly). Create a bootable version of the Intel software on a USB drive. Install your factory OEM SSD in the external MSata SSD drive. Go to BIOS and set boot to support legacy, no fast boot, boot to USB.
Boot to the Intel Acronis app on the USB drive. Then connect your OEM SSD via second USB port.
Then follow the wizard on Intel's software. Cloning process took less than 5 minutes.
Unplug your USB devices, go to BIOS and set all all your boot settings back to factory UEFI, fast boot etc.
The PC booted to windows second try. The first time it said it has issues and went through a process to repair. It then said it failed. I rebooted again and it went straight to windows. Did all my windows updates and everything is fine.
Performance
Windows Performance Improvement
Memory - Factory score was 5.9 - Patriot Memory is 8.2 *** Nice Improvement
Hard Drive - Factory score was 6.2 - Intel 525 Drive is 8.2 *** Nice Improvement
This pc is crazy fast booting and shutting down. It boots in 7 seconds. Not sure it's really faster than OEM, but I've never seen a pc boot this fast.
Over all performance is fast. I installed Office 2010 pro from a USB drive in under 5 minutes. Web browsing is crazy fast. I'm super impressed with the speed of this pc. Much faster than I expected.
Size, Shape, Weight, color is great. Performance is great. Happy with upgrades and quality of parts. May be my best notebook purchase to date. I don't have any battery life numbers to report yet. Everything is new and I haven't really spent much time off the charger.
Issues I've experienced during this upgrade of parts
I first tried to clone the SSD drive by putting the Intel drive in the USB enclosure first. The intel software would not work as the PC detects the external SSD drive as a SCSI drive and Intel cloning software could not identify the drive as an Intel Sata drive. I called Intel and they had no advice or help. I also tried a few other cloning softwares that ultimately did not work. As a last resort I switched the drives and everything worked great. Lesson learned, swap the drives first and use Intel software to clone.
Factory restore - doesn't work. Not sure why the factory restore is not working on my new Intel drive. Windows works great! All the partitions are there. I suspect I messed up the OEM restore portion of the drive. At one point I thought I had booted to the Intel drive, and tried the restore (I had about 7 failed cloning tries before the final one worked as I outlined above). It went through the restore process and then failed. However, what I later found was that I had actually booted to the OEM drive in the external USB case and I may have corrupted the restore functionality.
I contacted Lenovo Support and explained I could not restore using the 1 key restore. They walked me through some basic troubleshooting and then opted to mail me factory restore disk. I have the disk and will keep them available for when/if I ever need to restore.
Solved!
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I upgraded from the Yoga 13 to the 11S and am happy to report that the machines are so identical that apparently you can just yank the SSD from one and drop it in the other. I had upgraded my 13" to 240gB SSD + 8gB RAM and simply plopped the two components into the 11S and after about 30 seconds of Windows alerting me that it was 'setting up devices' the machine booted normally and has been working perfectly since!

Where can I purchase compatible Fan, HD, and RAM to upgrade my T400s?

Hey so I posted before but my T400s has been performing very slow. Clicking on applications freezes the computer and takes 30 seconds for it to actually click (delayed). At this point I am willing to upgrade my Fan, my HD, and my RAM since I believe those are the main causes..
1) Do you guys have any advice on how EXACTLY to clean the fan area? I tried dusting it off but I got a "fan error" which means I probably didn't do it properly.
2) Do you know where I can buy cheap compatible harddrives and RAM? What do you think I would need?
3) Is their a site that explains step-by-step how to insteall the fan, HD, and RAM?
Thank you!!

So you opened the system and cleaned out the fan or did you just spray computer duster into it? Spraying duster into the fan can damage it, you should clean it out with a q-tip after removing the keyboard. You can replace the HDD with any 2.5" laptop drive. Your RAM is probably fine. And you can find the fan on eBay. Lenovo has service manuals for all the ThinkPad on their support site and those contain instructions, they even have videos.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-70069

Can I Upgrade My Processor And RAM?What Is Compatible?

Hello, I Got A New Laptop Recieved From A Trade,And Was Wondering What And How To Upgrade My CPU And RAM? My Laptop Info: -Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU B800 @ 1.50GHz, 1500Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processors-BIOS Ver. Hewlett-Packard F.33-SMBIOS Ver. 2.7-x64 Bit-2GB RAM(MAX 8GB) Basically I Wanna Upgrade The Laptop For Better Speed/Performance.Im Not Using It For Gaming Etc.Just For Faster Internet Browsing Etc....So Basically A Laptop For Google,YouTube Etc. NOTE: MY INTERNET MBPS IS AROUND 600Mbps WIRELESSLY. My Questions: 1.What Processor's Are Best?,And What Processor's Are Compatible With My Laptop? 2.Do I Just Replace The Processor?Or Motherboard? 3.What RAM Is Compatible With My Laptop? 4.Also What Is The Best Hard Disk Upgrade?(DONT NEED MORE THAN 500GB) 5.How Do I Go About Replacing And Installing The Processor? Thank You!!

Huffer wrote:
This is the source of information about your laptop: the Service Manual: Download Manual here Unfortunately if you look on page 19 you see that Celeron models have their own type of motherboard which means you could only install a different Celeron processor. You could theoretically buy one of the i3/i5 motherboards and install it but that would mean a new motherboard and processor. The cost will approach a new laptop price. How much memory do you have? Your model was a WalMart Black Friday special a few years back and came with 2 gigs. Increase it to 8 or at least 4. 4 would be cheap as all you would have to do is add a 2 gig module. Here is the part number for a 4 gig module: 4 GB 621569-001 Here is the 2 gig on amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-100-6100ix-PC3-10600-1333MHz-PARTS-QUICK/dp/B00FDV69CE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1437999207&sr=8-6&keywords=621565-001 Then save that money you want to spend on the motherboard and processor and just buy a solid state drive. You can get a 250 gig solid state drive for under $100 now. Install it and do a clean reinstall of Windows onto it and you will think you have installed an i5 processor and 8 gigs of RAM. Makes everything pop open, boots way, way faster, etc. The solid state drive is the same physical configuration as a hard drive and is a drop-in replacement. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1437999378&sr=1-1&keywords=Samsung+850+Evo Pages 45 and 46 of the Manual show memory upgrade and hard drive removal and reinstallation. Good luck. If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. so would i be able to upgrade to a Intel Core i5-2430M 2.40-GHz processor (1333-MHz FSB, 3.0-MB L3 cache, dual core, 35 W; not supported on computer models equipped with Windows 7 Starter 32-bit operating system)???

Upgrading graphics card and ram on late 2011 macbook pro?

Hi. I have a late 2011 macbook pro, and I wanted to know if i could upgrade my graphics card and ram for better performance while gaming. I play WoW and diablo 3 and often notice lag and can only run on low settings. So my graphics are Intel HD 3000 which is integrated, and i was wondering if i could upgrade to a graphics card like AMD or nvidia. Also, would upgrading from 4 gb of ram to 8gb of ram help my performance? Thanks.

You cannot upgrade the graphics card on your MBP. It is soldered to the logic board.
RAM can be increased to 8 or 16 GB. The correct specifications are; 204-pin PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM.
The best vendors for Mac compatible RAM are OWC and Crucial.
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Laggy and Slow Performance

We are an architectural company, and we use photoshop to create masterplanning, arhitectural, landscape plans. So keep in mind that theres a bunch of layers with drop shadow, textures, bevel & emboss etc in it.
We recently upgraded to CS6, our PC's are installed with Windows 7 64-bit, 16 Gb or RAM, 1 Gb NVIDIA Quadro 2000D Graphics cards.
As Graphics Support, I make sure that updates, fixes are installed and all that stuff. But still, we experience some laggy and slow performance from Photoshop. The file is 660 MB, and is set to 150 Resolution. Takes a while to open, I can understand that it might be reading all those details, but once opened you wont get a realtime response from Photoshop. This happend before but was able to fix with the update that Adobe had released.
With our PC build, I cant find any reason why would still we get this kind of performance.
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CUDA is (and always will be) NVIDIA Proprietary.
Apple has made a strong commitment to OpenCL (not to be confused with OpenGL) to harness the power of every manufacturer's GPU. OpenCL will work with NVIDIA/CUDA or AMD cards.
Adobe has committed to OpenCL for the newest versions of their Premiere PRO CC software.
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Gaming, on the other hand, may not feel that same pressure. Those guys tend to do what they want.
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Fcs 2 and cs3 performance

Hello, i am looking to get a macbook pro (15" basic configuration) and i wanted to ask how fcs 2 and cs3 perform. Is the 8600m GT graphics pretty good? how's overall performance when editing? i'm not looking to do heavy work, mainly just family videos, and learning more about the software.
thx

I had a Powerbook G4 1.67 ghz with Adobe CS. I upgraded to a MacBook Pro 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo with 256 mb of VRAM and Adobe CS3.
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As I know, the switch performance are depends on switch fabric bandwidth and packet forward efficiency..
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Hi there,
a colleague of mine raised some doubts on installing Oracle database 11.2 on the same host server where multiple Virtual Box guest instances are running.
He pointed that threads allocation and consequently performance could be unbalanced.
Database server is not for production but it must supply its services for about 20 enterprise applications, so I do not expect to serve thousands of requests but definitely complex queries.
Considering these points, does it make sense what he's said?
Where can I find more information about Oracle DB 11.2 threads allocation?
thanks in advance
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G50-45 Processor and RAM upgrade?

Hello, currently I own a Lenovo G50-45 Laptop with Windows 8.1 and I am looking to see if I can upgrade the upgrade the Processor and RAM. Currently in the system is the AMD A8 6410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics and 6 GB of RAM and I'd like to upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and the Processor to something with much higher performance. Thank you!

Hi Trident1,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
The Processor this unit is Embedded to the motherboard and can't be replaced or upgraded.
Your Processor AMD A8 6410 APU is part of the Beema Architecture which supports 16GB RAM
YES you can upgrade up to 8GB DDR3L 1600
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I want to upgrade my daughter's early 2008 white MacBook - both internal drive and RAM. I know how to install both and have done so before. I have purchased the internal drive, the RAM and a large external drive for Time Machine backups now and for the future. I also want to install Lion. I'm not sure of the sequence... Here is what I propose:
1) format the new external hard drive and then back up the current internal drive using Time Machine.
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3) Test the clone by booting to the external drive
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While i was working on a fairly big psb file (2gb), photoshop kept prompting that I was out of memory, but in fact the utilization was only 75% (i had 16gbs total, photoshop was only using 7gb, and i allowed PS to use up to 14gb in total). when it says out of memory, it was actually my scratch disk at fault ( i only set 1 scratch disk, which was my 120gb SSD running out of space).
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