[Curt6887]

Are there any common performance tweaks for a fresh windows 7 install?

 

[King Nothing]

Not that I can think of. Win7 is pretty good the way it is.

If you wanna get the best performance, go to:

Control Panel>Performance Information and Tools>Adjust Visual Effects and then select the "Best Performance Button"

That pretty much fixes almost everything. I'm sure there are some registry tweaks but that may only make minor differences or kill your OS.

 

[Plex]

There are tons. Just Google "windows 7 tweaks" and you'll get a solid list. There's a good amount of bloat and indexing changes you can make to get a nice boost.

edit: If a guide recommends disabling SuperFetch, I would advise against it. You can safely turn off Pre-fetch (in the registry somewhere, IIRC), but keep Super-fetch on.

 

[TwoCables]

Why should Superfetch be left alone?

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables;12999426
Why should Superfetch be left alone?

Because people realized that when they disabled SF years ago in Vista, there was more memory available. They didn't realize what the memory was actually being used for. The testing procedures have gotten smarter since then. The caching is immensely useful in the current architecture. Most guides have been updated to advise against disabling it.

Here are a couple articles that I just swiped real quick:

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/12/why-you-should-not-disable-superfetch-in-windows-7/
http://blog.tune-up.com/myth-buster/myth-busted-why-disabling-superfetch-on-vista-and-windows-7-is-a-bad-idea/

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plex;12999490
Because people realized that when they disabled SF years ago in Vista, there was more memory available. They didn't realize what the memory was actually being used for. The testing procedures have gotten smarter since then. The caching is immensely useful in the current architecture. Most guides have been updated to advise against disabling it.

Here are a couple articles that I just swiped real quick:

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/12/why-you-should-not-disable-superfetch-in-windows-7/
http://blog.tune-up.com/myth-buster/myth-busted-why-disabling-superfetch-on-vista-and-windows-7-is-a-bad-idea/

Well yeah, I wouldn't disable it if I didn't have a solid state drive. I mean, solid state drives are fast enough that having Superfetch enabled is redundant; it doesn't make enough of a difference to matter. You have a solid state drive, so try it for yourself: disable it, reboot, and then go about your usual routine and see if there's a noticeable difference.

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables;12999712
Well yeah, I wouldn't disable it if I didn't have a solid state drive. I mean, solid state drives are fast enough that having Superfetch enabled is redundant; it doesn't make enough of a difference to matter. You have a solid state drive, so try it for yourself: disable it, reboot, and then go about your usual routine and see if there's a noticeable difference.

I did.

Used to have it disabled. Read about the new research a few months back and reenabled it. Noticed performance gains immediately.

 

[TwoCables]

K. Then I'll do the same I guess.

However, do you know that it performs a ton of writes every day?

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables;12999952
K. Then I'll do the same I guess.

Let me know how it goes

. There are two reasons why:

1) not everything is saved to the SSD and;
2) RAM is still faster anyway. Given that it's volatile and all.

 

[TwoCables]

It performs a ton of writes every single day.

After all, memory isn't permanent storage.

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables;12999985
After all, memory isn't permanent storage.

That's just the point though. Memory is volatile, meaning everything is dropped when it loses power. The trade-off is the speed.

 

[[email protected]]

Well that's what ccleaner is for to clean the Pre-Fetch Data upon boot or whatever.

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plex That's just the point though. Memory is volatile, meaning everything is dropped when it loses power. The trade-off is the speed.

I see. So there's a risk.

Well, now I'm not so sure I want it. Besides, I don't have any hard drives, so I probably won't notice any difference at all.

However, I enabled it about 5 minutes ago and then rebooted, so time will tell.

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables I see. So there's a risk. Well, now I'm not so sure I want it. Besides, I don't have any hard drives, so I probably won't notice any difference at all. However, I enabled it about 5 minutes ago and then rebooted, so time will tell.

A risk? All superfetch is doing is caching application information for faster startups.

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plex A risk? All superfetch is doing is caching application information for faster startups.

Yeah, it sounds like there's a risk of corruption or some other serious data issues if I suddenly lose power or something.

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables Yeah, it sounds like there's a risk of corruption or some other serious data issues if I suddenly lose power or something.

Heh, it might "sound" like it, but I assure you, there isn't. Without Superfetch on, you're not caching anything at all. With it on, you're caching data based on programs you use the most, and it makes them faster. No risk.

. I wouldn't lead you astray.

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plex Heh, it might "sound" like it, but I assure you, there isn't. Without Superfetch on, you're not caching anything at all. With it on, you're caching data based on programs you use the most, and it makes them faster. No risk. . I wouldn't lead you astray.

I know. I'm not doubting you, nor am I doubting either of those 2 articles (even though one was written 1 year ago, and the other was written 2 years ago). However, every single SSD tweaking article I have ever read explains how there's virtually no performance difference with it enabled or disabled. Plus, it performs a ton of writes every single day. Therefore, they recommend disabling it since it's obviously completely unnecessary and obsolete if you have a decent solid state drive.

Although, I'm still going to leave it enabled just because I am always looking for the best possible performance (like I said, I enabled it about 10 minutes ago). Unfortunately, I don't notice a difference yet, so I do have to wait.

 

[Plex]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables;13000274
I know. I'm not doubting you, nor am I doubting either of those 2 articles (even though one was written 1 year ago, and the other was written 2 years ago). However, every single SSD tweaking article I have ever read explains how there's virtually no performance difference with it enabled or disabled. Plus, it performs a ton of writes every single day. Therefore, they recommend disabling it since it's obviously completely unnecessary and obsolete if you have a decent solid state drive.

Although, I'm still going to leave it enabled just because I am always looking for the best possible performance (like I said, I enabled it about 10 minutes ago). Unfortunately, I don't notice a difference yet, so I do have to wait.

Give it some time to learn what programs you use the most and cache up. A day or two I'd wager.

 

[The Duke]

Try Blackviper, his Win tweaks have always been good.
blackviper.com

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plex;13000316
Give it some time to learn what programs you use the most and cache up. A day or two I'd wager.

I know. That's why I said time will tell. Based on what the 1 year-old article said (this one), I expect to know whether or not it's worth it after about 3 days because it should take about 2 days to learn my entire routine.