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| Thread ID: 100474 | 2009-06-09 08:23:00 | Windows 7 Performance on Asus Eee Box | Chemical Ali (118) | Press F1 |
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| 780853 | 2009-06-09 08:23:00 | Hi I have just installed Windows 7 RC on my Asus Eee Box PC (Atom N270 CPU; 1GB DDR2-800 RAM; 140GB 4300rpm HDD) - this is essentially a netbook performance level PC in a (very) small form factor desktop PC. Had the idea of using it in the lounge to stream ripped DVDs from my main media centre PC downstairs via a wired ethernet connection. Windows 7 itself runs okay but media centre is sluggish to say the least and any streamed DVDs (from downstairs Media Centre PC) are constantly stuttering and droppping frames, etc. When I initially conceived of this project I envisaged upgrading the hard drive to a 16MB cache/7200rpm one and the RAM to 2GB. In your guys opinion will these 2 upgrades be enough to overcome current performance issues? Do I need to do both upgrades (harddrive & RAM) or would just upgrading the RAM be sufficient? Cheers Paul |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 780854 | 2009-06-09 08:28:00 | I would wait for the final to come out, since you'll have to start all over again. If you decide to buy it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 780855 | 2009-06-09 08:35:00 | Have you tried using something like VLC then increasing the cache size? Happened to me once, and this fixed it Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 780856 | 2009-06-09 08:41:00 | I want to stick with media centre if at all possible so I'm really seeking advice about improving that aspect via hardware upgrades and/or software tweaks. Cheers |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 780857 | 2009-06-09 08:42:00 | Can you please test with VLC first please? My opinion here is that the machine is powerful enough but stutters because of network issues. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 780858 | 2009-06-09 08:52:00 | Network issues may well account for the stuttering in the streamed DVD but not the very sluggish menu naviagtion and file viewing/selection performance within Windows 7 Media Centre itself. Other users are reporting similar issues with W7 Media Centre too but no definitive solutions posted (that I can find anyway ...). Not interested in VLC at all sorry - have found it really painful to use in the past to stream media. |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 780859 | 2009-06-09 09:01:00 | Ah ok, I'm not sure if that 1.6ghz Atom is up to it but you can try upgrading the RAM. Don't bother with the hard drive, its unlikely that thats the problem. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 780860 | 2009-06-09 09:23:00 | Note: that should read 5400rpm for the existing hard drive not 4300rpm!! | Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 780861 | 2009-06-09 09:26:00 | Note: that should read 5400rpm for the existing hard drive not 4300rpm!! Yeah I thought so...and it should be 160gb:p |
Blam (54) | ||
| 780862 | 2009-06-09 09:30:00 | So right you are ... Too many kids running around while I'm trying to type! |
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