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    lost gaming performance from upgrade vista basic to business

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by 660hpv12, Jun 30, 2008.

  1. 660hpv12

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    just did the upgrade from vista basic to business without formating and reinstalling. But I have lost nearly all my gaming performance. eg WoW used to run 30-50 fps now runs at 8-15fps. how is that possible. please enlighten me, cant take this choppyness anymore thanks
     
    660hpv12, Jun 30, 2008
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    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    seems weird, did you install all
    your drivers
     
    jonhapimp, Jun 30, 2008
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    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I get max FPS in wow with vista business, granted Im on a 8600gt. But being as though I got the same maxed FPS on my old 128mb x1600 2 years ago and that card is not as good as yours. Personally Id reformat and reinstall the OS. Doing an overwrite of software never performs right.
     
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    no I did not use the install option, I used the upgrade which keeps all my existing software on, nothing should have been changed apart from business extras. so it was weird
     
    660hpv12, Jun 30, 2008
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    That's not how it works. It doesn't just "Add the Business Features". It over-writes all existing OS files with the Business ones. This can cause A LOT of software compatability issues.

    I, like said above, recommend a clean install.
     
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    ohh, I didnt know its doing that, ill seek out a new driver if thats the case, or maybe reinstall everything again
     
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    I would reinstall the OS with your new Vista Business. (May have to obtain a CD, not for sure) You may want to try just reinstalling you GPU driver, and reinstalling the games. That may fix it, and would be easier than reinstalling the OS.
     
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    yep going to try driver first, if it fails thats going to be another day of installing operating systems
     
    660hpv12, Jun 30, 2008
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    Don't forget that upgrading to another version of vista means you may need all of the updates again. Check them, I've used the Upgrade facility to fix a couple of computers that were failing to get updates, this fixed the and meant that I needed to get all of the updates again, including SP1.
     
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    OFC you did lose performance, because Vista business has more bloatware than basic. Besides as other guys said, do you have all updates installed?
     
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    Brainer, By bloatware I assume you are talking about Vista Aero. As business doesn't have much more than basic really. A few extra's aimed at businesses but not a lot else. If you want the Games (Solitare etc, ) you need to add them to Business through Add/Remove programs.
     
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    It was acturally downclocked for some reason, it wasnt going into the performance 3d setup, I had to reinstall the OS to get my gaming back. It is right now on a one year old dell stock driver and I got my 40fps back. trying the forceware later today. thanks for the help guys
     
    660hpv12, Jul 1, 2008
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    What features made you choose Buisness over Premium?

    I'm just curious.
     
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    Well aero is hefty in of itself, but business opens up alot of networking services that arent on home, these also tax your system more. But personally think a clean vista business install and new drivers will fix the issue. Every time I do an overwrite install (sometimes to recover a system that crashed) it never runs right, rather just enough to recover the files I need.
     
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    the answer is simple, I can get a genuine copy of vista business for free lol, my university provides only business rather that premium, and anything is better than basic I had assumed
     
    660hpv12, Jul 1, 2008
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