DV5T suddenly got really slow?

when i first got it, right out of the box without messing with services or changing anything, startup was around 40seconds. i could crysis on super high at about 27fps.

Now, i installed GTA4, which is the only other thing i did after crysising, no messing with services or installing other stuff, and my startup = about 1min, even though i take out the rockstar social club from startup.

I got really ticked off, so i reinstalled vista. complete format, everything. didn't mess with services or startup or anything, just let it run on its own. my startup is now 1min 45 seconds! and i can only crysis on medium at 23fps.....which really sucks.

does anybody have any ideas why? I have posted this question in yahoo answers and i get all sorts of people who don't read and tell me to disable this service, disable stuff in my startup....how is that going to help? i have the exact same number of startup items and services running on those 3 scenarios.....

 

hmm. You got all your drivers off the HP site?

 

Performance probably dropped off because the installation of GTA4 fragmented your file system. I suppose you know how to remedy that. Some other things to consider:

- to hell with boot performance, it is meaningless and Vista is a pig in this department whatever you do. Try to keep the system up for as long as possible to save your time instead.

- use modified drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com (for Nvidia cards); stock drivers tend to be very shoddy. For ATI cards, DL their desktop driver for the specific card and then use a program called Mobility Modder, which, after a modification of the driver INF files, will allow you to install the desktop drivers normally.

 

Check your processes when your system is idle. Make sure the cpu is <10%.

Are you running nvidia? Put the "manage setting with 3D" to maximum performance instead of quality.