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windows 7 not folding as good as xp..

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The Fryer
i don't know if it is me or what. but i formatted and installed windows 7 ultimate 64bit. installed all my drivers, fahmon and [email protected] my ppd has dropped over 500ppd.. i don't get it.. right now i even have my cpu and gpu overclocked trying to get it up again and it is not helping much.. am i missing something?
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xdanisx
What theme are you using? The Win7 themes are more demanding than xp.

My Computer > System Settings > System Properties > Advanced Tab > Performance Settings > Adjust for best performance.

Good luck!
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The Fryer
hmm i didnt think about that. i have aero and everything maxed out. might have to try that..lol
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xdanisx
Tell us how it goes.
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MAD_J
Check your clocks? Sometimes the drivers downclock randomly, the newer ones fixed that issue though. There should be no difference between XP Vista and 7 in terms of folding performance.
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i don't know if it is me or what. but i formatted and installed windows 7 ultimate 64bit. installed all my drivers, fahmon and [email protected] my ppd has dropped over 500ppd.. i don't get it.. right now i even have my cpu and gpu overclocked trying to get it up again and it is not helping much.. am i missing something?
That's been my experience on several quads and duo's. I've tried W7 Ult -64 compared to XP Pro 32. I figure about an 11% decrease in smp production. That's running VMWare and notfreds smp client. I see no difference in gpu performance.
I tried turning Aero off and that made W7's performance even worse.

So, I've given up on W7 and will stick with XP for my smp folding.
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The Fryer
well i went it and set it to performance and it looked like crap. so i turn it to auto and everything looks ok. i have gone up 200 points so i can deal with that i guess. i just dont feel like installing everything again because i fold when i am not home or on, and game when i am on.
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