KeddyBear

I was wondering, In Vista, should I close the Windows Sidebar ? Will it speed up gaming by abit ?

Sorry if this is a dumb question because I'm new to Vista. I had to do it because I heard about the XP Blackout rumour. Anyway, can people tell me more about Vista why does it use 800MB of my RAM ? Thanks.

EDIT : And is Vista like XP in gaming ? I heard from people that its slower .. By the way, I've just installed SP1 from the Microsoft site. UT3 Was abit Choppy but high FPS when I wasn't using SP1 .. But I deleted it ..

SZayat

I dont think that the ~10MB Sidebar should affect gaming at all.

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If sidebar effects performance to the point where you can see if a difference in your gaming if its open vs closed then yes you should close it. However if it does cause a decrease in performance you should look into getting more ram. Can't really say cause we can see your system specs. Get em filled in under the User Control Panel.

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Well my 3700 @ 3.0Ghz chokes with Vista in new games but does quite well in XP. I am getting a Q6600 very soon and really see if Vista need a Dual or Quad or its just Vista that games work slower.

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The Hundred Gunner

Don't the sidebar apps sometimes access the internet? I would imagine that that would generate CPU usage as well as network traffic (which can cause lag spikes in multiplayer games).

I close anything like that which might have some impact on my system's performance when I want it to focus only on games.

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The main reason I close it is because I have gadgets on the desktop (slideshow and weather) and they get pushed around when the resolution changes. That bugs me so I close it. Other than that, it is a bit pointless since I use mine for time, cpu, etc. that I can't see while gaming. So for me, I close it.