Can somebody recommend me any good web links for Windows XP tweaking for DAW laptop? Or maybe you can share your own personal tips, anything besides "disabling everything running in a background" kind of advice?
Also, any good sources for overclocking cpu (in laptop)?
Windows XP tweaking for music production?
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- KVRist
- 298 posts since 23 Nov, 2003 from nj
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- KVRAF
- 6519 posts since 13 Mar, 2002 from UK
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- KVRist
- 49 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from stockholm, sweden
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 298 posts since 23 Nov, 2003 from nj
Great, thanks! What about overclocking CPU? There was a good article in one of the latest CM magazine, but only talked about desktop. Anybody had any luck overclocking their laptop, preferably Thinkpad brand?
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- KVRian
- 591 posts since 5 Feb, 2004 from southwest england
if your DAW is being used for a business then don't overclock - it will compromise stability.
If it's a home computer then it wont matter so much - it depends on your bios as to how simple it is to achieve.
I would recommend XPlite - www.litepc.com - and get rid of ie, outlook express, and anything else in there you dont need - I'm using firefox and thunderbird very successfully here - and it's nice to have the lower RAM load and the slight cpu performance increase.
Kind regards
Dave Rich.
If it's a home computer then it wont matter so much - it depends on your bios as to how simple it is to achieve.
I would recommend XPlite - www.litepc.com - and get rid of ie, outlook express, and anything else in there you dont need - I'm using firefox and thunderbird very successfully here - and it's nice to have the lower RAM load and the slight cpu performance increase.
Kind regards
Dave Rich.
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- KVRist
- 360 posts since 23 Feb, 2001 from San Rafael, California
I would not ever try to overclock a Laptop... sounds like a sure way to fry it... they get hot enough under load as it is...