Vista Boot Time

[kevinali]

Hey guys and gals

I am planning on installing 4 x 1GB DDR2 (PC-5300) RAM in my new build. (so far looking like a p35 or x38 based board). The question i have is the boot time with 4 GB of ram installed...does it slow the process down?

I asked because installing 4 x 1 GB of DDR ram in my old 875 p4 board, really slows the vista boot time down (over a few minutes) versus the 30 sec or so with only 2 x 1GB sticks installed?

And yes i know i may lose 700 to 800 mb of ram in a 32-bit environment like Vista 32

Kevin

So far i have the Q6600, 4 x 1 GB of Samsung PC-5400 DDR2 RAM modules and will plumage my current system for the rest of the parts

 

[Skott]

I would think it would help speed it up some but from what I hear no matter what you do Vista has a very slow boot process no matter the system specs. Its all that start up stuff thats loaded onto Vista.

 

[chizow]

Your old results with the 975 board may have been BIOS related. For me, after upgrading to 4GB Vista took forever to boot (because of memory conflicts) and once in, apps/games would simply not run without stuttering horribly. I had to update the BIOS which fixed this and boot times are probably a bit faster than when I was running with just 2GB.

 

[kevinali]

Thanks.

Since MSI has not produced a BIOS update since Oct 2004, it is very unlikely that it will ever get fixed, no matter i have 2 GB in there and very shortly will retire the P4 and the NEO 875 into the closet of spare parts. Any one want a P4 with 2 GB DDR, MSI Neo 875 and 5900 XT for cheap

At least a modern board will have updated bios fixes as the needs arises, so i am going a head and getting the 4 x 1GB of Samsung PC-5400 RAM

Kevin

 

[Griswold]

Originally posted by: Skott
I would think it would help speed it up some but from what I hear no matter what you do Vista has a very slow boot process no matter the system specs. Its all that start up stuff thats loaded onto Vista.

First hand experience > hearsay. :roll:

 

[bka4u2c]

I guess it probably depends on how Vista is configured and what hardware it is running on. I use 4x1GB sticks and from the time I press the power button until Vista desktop is up is under a minute. Of course I used vlite to create a Vista install disc and removed services and features that I don't use and only have Logitech keyboard/mouse software that loads during startup. So it really depends on how your system is configured.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: Griswold

Originally posted by: Skott
I would think it would help speed it up some but from what I hear no matter what you do Vista has a very slow boot process no matter the system specs. Its all that start up stuff thats loaded onto Vista.

First hand experience > hearsay. :roll:

A lot of people are saying Vista is a slower boot than XP. I read message board users that have it say it. Seen reviewers reviewing it say it and I've seen the game mags say it. Must be some truth to it somewhere but since I havent used it personally yet thats why I did say "I heard"

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Vista is slower than WXP with the same PC configuration.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal
Vista is slower than WXP with the same PC configuration.

Not here... it's faster in every way (gaming aside due to drivers).

 

[lopri]

I dual-boot XP/Vista on separate HDDs on the same rig. I don't see any difference in booting speed. Although once booted, Vista will always try to fill up the physical RAM from HDD data, so I tend to leave it (SuperFetch) for a few mins.