How do you increase computer performance?
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As far as hardware upgrading, I believe a system with the 1700+ (I used to have the 1800+) is compatible and upgradeable to the 2200+.  You probably won't really notice the increase.  You can try to find and purchase ultra low latency RAM for your system, but you will want any pairs to match for best performance.  Usually, increasing RAM capacity by purchasing a larget stick is a decent cheap upgrade.  This will allow you to run more programs at once and will speed up the system noticeably.  However, this is not the only performance factor.  For example, purchasing a high density (cheap) 512MB stick of RAM will increase performance by 10% (just an example, mind you).  But, purchasing a 512MB stick of low or ultra low latency RAM will increase performance by 35%.  As long as the RAM is compatible with your system.  According to your specs I would say you need PC 2100 DDR DIMM SDRAM (133MHz - 266DDR).\n\nA better graphics adapter would significantly increase video performance and system performance to a degree.  If you have integrated graphics, then it will also increase overall system performance noticably.  According to your system specs, I'm assuming you have an AGP 4x, possibly 8x.  I believe the best card for this setup would be an AGP GeForce 7800 GS or a Radeon X800 XL.\n\nBetter hard drives will provide big performance boosts as well.  One with quick access time and fast read/write speeds.  Especially in a RAID0 array.\n\nIf you want to increase performance through system tweaks (at no cost, of course), then I suggest you download, unzip, and read the following.  It will help.  Trust me.  Try doing a before and after benchmark test such as on pcpitstop.com.  You will notice significant difference in performance.  Good luck.\n\nhttp://www.tweakguides.com/files/TGTC_3.0.zip
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#1 is RAM - always improves performance\n#2 Video card - check if you have pciExpress or AGP
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u can do repartition on hdd to inrease the size of local drive c\nyou can add more memory{ram 512mb min} and put a graphic card of atleast 256mb to run games smoother\n\nprocessor is the brain of computer which do all calculations for computer.
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You go to Start Menu.\nControl Panel.\nSystem.\nAnd then click on the Advanced Tab.\nUnder Performance there is a settings tab.\n\nYou can increase your virtual memory there, but I wouldnt touch it because it usually allocates it the best way possible so that your computer and your graphics card gets the most from your memory.\n\nIt usually means you might need to upgrade your memory. Go to control panel again, then system, and then check your computer information and see how much memory you have. If you only have 128MB RAM, which is the standard that new computers come in, then you might need to add more RAM.\n\nThe more the RAM, the better performance of your computer. If you only have 128MB RAM then that basically means that you cant have much more than maybe 3 or 4 programs opened at the same time.\n\nIf you need more help or if you want instructions on how to install more memory, then contact me in my profile.
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increase it\nright click on my computer>>>properties>>>>\nadvanced>>>\nperformance>>>settings\n>>>advanced\nhere you can increase it\nincrease it to about 3 times your ram
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here is a list of different windows emulators you can try.\nalso on this page is vpc helper it says that it is a utility thats designed to increase the performance Virtual PC.
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i dont understand your question. Memory is hardware. so if you read into what type of slot your mother baord has you can upgrade memory with that type. If you want a performance boost  you can look into what services you have on that you don't need. After obtaining a spreadsheet of the services and there function along with weather you need it or not. You can go to services and deactivate the ones you dont need. Like the one that makes the blue windows interface, that slows your computer down so much that its rediculus. You can also increase the virtual ram?\n\nOK in order to do this. You right click the My computer Icon first. Then you select preferances. Then you select the advanced Tab. Then you hit the settings tab under performance. There select the advanced tab.\n\nyou will see the virtual memory section there. Hit change.\n Under your C drive local disk you can selct custOm size.\n\nThere is an equation to give  you the best posible size depending on your processor and hard drive. It must be a hex number meaning it is dividable by 8.
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Upgrading your computer's memory (RAM) is one of the quickest, most efficient and most cost-effective ways to boost performance. Many new computers come with only a bare minimum of memory installed. Adding more RAM can add more zip to your system. And installation is not that complicated. Sometimes getting the case off takes more time than installing the actual RAM itself. \n\nMemory upgrade provides:\n  Smoother multitasking\n  Faster Web surfing\n  Enhanced printing\n  More efficient video editing\n  Optimized Windows XP processing\n  Spectacular gaming\n  Enhanced multimedia presentations\n  Efficient networking
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If you're not running at least 2 GB of RAM I would not suggest that you do this!  But here's how you accomplish what you've asked for.click start, then control panel.  Then performance and maintenance, then system.  On the tabs that open up click advanced.  In the box marked performance click settings.  In the new window that opens click advanced.  At the bottom of this page you will see memory settings, on the next page that opens click no cached memory.  Click OK and apply your done
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1) Increase RAM (memory).\n2) Increase free disk space (remove unneeded programs from hard drive, delete temp files and folders, switch to a larger hard drive, add a second hard drive)\n3) Reduce the number of programs running in your system tray/at startup. You can do this by going to Start > Run > type "msconfig" > go to the StartUp tab and deselect everything except critical programs like your anti-virus.\n4) Scan for/remove spyware/adware/malware. \n\nCheck out Advanced Windows Care, it will help with most of this automatically and it's free: http://www.iobit.com/
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You can do this by updrading ur RAM, PROCESSOR, etc...\n\nBy here is a good and cool software which speeds up ur system:\n\ndownload it from here:\n\nhttp://www.webiz.designoman.net/speedxp/speeder.zip\n\nIts really Cool But be sure not to use it while playing Movies or videos..\n\nIf this helped u vote me as best answer...\n\nThanks,\n\nbye..
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It will make no difference if you lower your desktop (monitor)resolution. You need to go to the settings in the game (normally under options in the game) and change it there. That should increase performance.\n\nIf it doesn't, try setting all to max and you'll see slower performance! If not, you're a lucky guy and all is ok :-)
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Get more memory.  The owners manual will tell you how to upgrade it and what type of memory to get.  Defrag your harddrive.  This will cost you less than 100 dollars.
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Defragment hard drive, add more memory, run virus scanner and spyware scanner. To begin with...
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Norton slow down the  performance of the PC. However you could try the steps in the link below to increase the performance of the PC.\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=us&docname=bph06569&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
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u can speed ur pc by utilising less amount of ram in housekeeping functions , such as exitting any unneccessary startups, through msconfig command on the command prompt you can reach the startup list and u can uncheck any unneccessary process such as windows messenger etc. from automatically loading , then u can defragment your disk from startup>system tools>disk defragmentor.\nalso increasing ram is good option but it requires investment, then keep your registry cleaned by using any good registry cleaner , but only full versions will benifit you.
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Generic Advice on How to Make your Computer Run Faster and More Efficiently\n\n\n1.Get (Download & Update) AVG Anti-Virus from Grisoft.com. (FREE).\n2.Get (Download & Update) Windows Defender from Microsoft.com (FREE).\n3.Get (Download & Update) Ad-Aware from Lavasoft.com (FREE).\n4.Get (Download & Update) Spy-bot Search and Destroy from Downloads.com (FREE). Get tutorial by Keith from pc-plususa.com (FREE).\n5.Get Belarc Advisor (FREE).\n6.Remove un-needed programs in Control Panel, Add and Remove Programs.\n7.Do a Defrag. Click on “My Computer”, right click on “C” drive, select “Properties”, click on the “Tools” tab, click on the “Defragment” button.