Re: PC slow on task switches
From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/04/05
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:48:10 -0600
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Stefan Kriebel wrote:
> I'm not sure if I am right at this place, if not, please let me know
> the correct newsgroup. Thanks.
You cannot get more general than.. microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.. heh
> Problem:
> If I use applications which handle massive amount of data (like Nero,
> ProjectX, TmpEngDVD) and want to switch to another -already open- app
> like a browser or so, it take "ages" to switch, more than a minute is
> not a rare case. Even during the usage of the browser every action
> takes very long time. Apparently XP is all the time busy with
> swapping fore and back the whole memory. In fact the PC is not usable
> for anything else during these data-intensive apps. Is this normal,
> do I have to live with it?
Well, technically you stated the problem and reason yourself. "Large
amounts of data" and then you want to switch to something else. Although
Nero (unless you are using it to convert the video to a VCD format of some
type) shouldn't lock your machine too much - the others are applications
that use not only the memory to store the data they are reading but the
output before writing to disk in LARGE quantities. The processor on these
apps is likely quite high when they are processing their data and switching
to something else "hurts". For example, TMPGEnc (Although I don't belive
the DVD Author version does) should have a "Task Priority" setting so that
when the application is at the forefront, it believe it can use whatever
processor is available, but if it is minimized (loses focus) - it gives up
an appropriate amount of processor to help you continue working.
> Would another 512MB RAM or more help?
> Would a faster hard disk speed this *substantially*? Or does anybody
> know a "magic" tip which solves this without spending money?
> (I already defragmented the disk, no change)
Not really - although if you only have 512MB RAM and you edit much video -
get at least 1GB total. I edit a lot of recorded TV shows and such - and
the extra RAM helps. I also have a RAID configuration (two parallel RAIDs
actually - one where the original sits and one where the output goes.) The
RAID helps as well. However, I also have a separate machine - and don't do
such work on my normal productivity machine if I can help it.
> Environment:
> XP-Prof-SP2, Athlon 3000, 512MB RAM, 160GB Hard Disk (HDS722516VLAT20)
Yeah - get 512MB more RAM and another hard drive to write to when editing.
You didn't say how the drive was partitioned, but no matter what you are
still technically writing to the same physical piece of hardware. Get
another drive and put it on another channel.
-- <- Shenan -> -- The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are getting into before you jump in with both feet.
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