AVG 8 and slow computer

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:03:39 GMT, Tim923 <tws0923.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Is it a problem
>with my computer being relatively old, celeron 2.4ghz and 500mb ram or
>could it be something else not related?

If you're running XP, can you upgrade to 1GB of RAM. If Vista, 2 GB?
John Jones, Detroit
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John Jones wrote:
>If you're running XP, can you upgrade to 1GB of RAM. If Vista, 2 GB?
>John Jones, Detroit

It is XP. I don't know how much RAM costs these days. I'll have to
find out. 1GB used to seem like, uh, science fiction.
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Tim923 wrote:
> John Jones wrote:
>> If you're running XP, can you upgrade to 1GB of RAM. If Vista, 2 GB?
>> John Jones, Detroit
>
> It is XP. I don't know how much RAM costs these days. I'll have to
> find out. 1GB used to seem like, uh, science fiction.


RAM is dirt cheap - around $15-$20 a GB, the high performance stuff
about twice that. Plus shipping, of course. Unless you overclock,
you don't need the high performance RAM.

A 2.4GHz Celeron is a pretty good chip, but it's choking on 500MB of
RAM. 1GB would be a bare minimum IMO. Check your motherboard specs, and
install as much RAM, of the fastest supported speed, as it will take.
Toss your current RAM, and install matched pairs adding up to the
maximum. I also suggest considering a video card instead of relying on
on-board video. Ones that will suit your older board (I'm assuming PCI
Express slots) should cost well under $100.

I have been satisfied with Tigerdirect, built my latest machine starting
with one of their parts bundles. My grandson prefers Newegg. Both are
good sources of parts, and they stand behind their products.

HTH

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wolf k.
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On 28/04/2008 in message <jbnb14lo305d9a70685rnta2rkbndopbon RemoveThis @4ax.com>
Tim923 wrote:

>John Jones wrote:
>>If you're running XP, can you upgrade to 1GB of RAM. If Vista, 2 GB?
>>John Jones, Detroit
>
>It is XP. I don't know how much RAM costs these days. I'll have to
>find out. 1GB used to seem like, uh, science fiction.

Crucial are pretty well giving it away - as long as you don't need DDR3.

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Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
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John Jones wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:03:39 GMT, Tim923 <tws0923 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it a problem
>> with my computer being relatively old, celeron 2.4ghz and 500mb ram
>> or could it be something else not related?
>
> If you're running XP, can you upgrade to 1GB of RAM. If Vista, 2 GB?
> John Jones, Detroit

Hi John.
I doubt that this is much help, but, I have installed AVG Free 8 on six
computers since it came out. (some about the same specs as yours)
I have not seen a slowdown much worse than the 7.5 version (which is close
to nothing)
I do think they are going Hollywood with the graphics and that alone will
slow a PC a smidge.
I wonder if it is your shared ram built on board graphics chip? (I assume
because your ram should be 512MB)
I would try going into control panel then system then advanced then
performance and then visual effects and set it for best perfomance.
worth a try...
Clark...
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:43:42 +0100, "alansd" <alansd.DeleteThis@btinternet.com>
wrote:

>However my cure was to uninstall AVG 8 and then system restore to the point
>before AVG 8 was installed - It seemed as if AVG 8 had affected Windows
>Explorer as opening windows was very slow. I would suggest uninstalling
>AVG 8 to see if it resolves your problem

Back to normal speed with AVG8(not free) removed.
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