Too slow to do anything

I'd start with a fresh ATI Catalyst driver for that 9600 just for giggles.
The CPU's got plenty of horsepower, but I wouldn't recommend less than 1GB
(despite the minimum requirements stated on the upcoming box). At start up,
my Vista installs have been hovering between 400-600MB without any bells and
whistles running.

I've got a few sluggish issues on my latest iteration of RC2 when I
installed over the top of RC1 (which was snappy). I played with some
drivers and other easy fixes, but it looks like I'll haul off a clean
installation for giggles.


"Roy Coorne" <rcoorne@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> BlackRicoh schrieb:

>> I can get to the desktop, and after about 1-2 mins, the mouse starts to
>> move slowly, then it cuts out all together and I can't do a thing
>>
>> Pentium D 2.93GHz

>

>> 512MB DDR RAM

> = Problem No 1 (not enough)
>

>> Radeon 9600 256MB

> = Problem No 2 (some users report probs - google, perhaps)
>
> Other hardware? Drivers? (-> other probs?)

this is happening to me as well, I have athlon 64 dual core x 2 - 2 gig ram
- Radeon x1300

After about 2-3 minutes the entire computer grinds to a hault

"zr1" wrote:

> I'd start with a fresh ATI Catalyst driver for that 9600 just for giggles.
> The CPU's got plenty of horsepower, but I wouldn't recommend less than 1GB
> (despite the minimum requirements stated on the upcoming box). At start up,
> my Vista installs have been hovering between 400-600MB without any bells and
> whistles running.
>
> I've got a few sluggish issues on my latest iteration of RC2 when I
> installed over the top of RC1 (which was snappy). I played with some
> drivers and other easy fixes, but it looks like I'll haul off a clean
> installation for giggles.
>
>
> "Roy Coorne" <rcoorne@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:en%23pKz0$GHA.4472@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> > BlackRicoh schrieb:

> >> I can get to the desktop, and after about 1-2 mins, the mouse starts to
> >> move slowly, then it cuts out all together and I can't do a thing
> >>
> >> Pentium D 2.93GHz

> >

> >> 512MB DDR RAM

> > = Problem No 1 (not enough)
> >

> >> Radeon 9600 256MB

> > = Problem No 2 (some users report probs - google, perhaps)
> >
> > Other hardware? Drivers? (-> other probs?)

>