media center performance horrendous

Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

It could well be UAP. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Byron" wrote in message

Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Everything works pretty fast for me, but am I the only one that lost the "full fidelity" of 2005? I mean the fluid menu transtions, the pretty effects, etc. Is that just off now until an update to the console comes out?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

It could well be UAP. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Byron" wrote in message Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

It could well be UAP.

Remember Andre, it's UAC - User Account Controls.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

It could well be UAP. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Byron" wrote in message Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Whatever, it still says UAP in Vista, so I am not the only one who's wrong. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

It could well be UAP.
Remember Andre, it's UAC - User Account Controls.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message It could well be UAP. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Byron" wrote in message Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Oops, sorry I didn't clarify on that one. The full fidelity loss is when using the Xbox 360 MCX.
"Brad Gravesen" wrote in message

Everything works pretty fast for me, but am I the only one that lost the "full fidelity" of 2005? I mean the fluid menu transtions, the pretty effects, etc. Is that just off now until an update to the console comes out?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message It could well be UAP. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Byron" wrote in message Performance on PC my side is ok.. however on the 360 its always complaining about network speed failing :(
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...

Snap!
:-(

At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
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--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message

Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh> -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
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--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
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--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

In XP MCE I have no issues what so ever, everything works fine.
when I remove one graphics card I still have the same issue.
JW, what TV card are you using.

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"JW" wrote in message I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

I have a Intel graphics chip on my MOBO. Please respond to the last two questions in my previous post. "Anthony Davis" wrote in message In XP MCE I have no issues what so ever, everything works fine.
when I remove one graphics card I still have the same issue.
JW, what TV card are you using.

-- System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"JW" wrote in message I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

JW, My Dell Dimension E510 has on-board integrated video (Intel 945G express) and both Vista-32 and Vista-64 have WDDM drivers that support it. Glass works fine on this system.
Also, the system has integrated Sigmatel audio wich is also supported as a 'high-definition audio device' in both 32 and 64-bit Vista.
With regards to MCE, Live TV pays just fine. No audio or video stuttering at all. However, I have yet to get the darn ting to buyn a recorded TV show to a DVD. It gets to the part where you decide whether you want a Data or Video dvd, then it just hangs.
I have not taken the time yet to try palying a recorded DVD. "JW" wrote in message I have a Intel graphics chip on my MOBO. Please respond to the last two questions in my previous post. "Anthony Davis" wrote in message In XP MCE I have no issues what so ever, everything works fine.
when I remove one graphics card I still have the same issue.
JW, what TV card are you using.

-- System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"JW" wrote in message I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

HDRDTD, The post to which you replied was in response to Anthony Davis's latest post. "HDRDTD" wrote in message JW, My Dell Dimension E510 has on-board integrated video (Intel 945G express) and both Vista-32 and Vista-64 have WDDM drivers that support it. Glass works fine on this system.
Also, the system has integrated Sigmatel audio wich is also supported as a 'high-definition audio device' in both 32 and 64-bit Vista.
With regards to MCE, Live TV pays just fine. No audio or video stuttering at all. However, I have yet to get the darn ting to buyn a recorded TV show to a DVD. It gets to the part where you decide whether you want a Data or Video dvd, then it just hangs.
I have not taken the time yet to try palying a recorded DVD. "JW" wrote in message I have a Intel graphics chip on my MOBO. Please respond to the last two questions in my previous post. "Anthony Davis" wrote in message In XP MCE I have no issues what so ever, everything works fine.
when I remove one graphics card I still have the same issue.
JW, what TV card are you using.

-- System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"JW" wrote in message I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

Ooops, my mistake. "JW" wrote in message HDRDTD, The post to which you replied was in response to Anthony Davis's latest post. "HDRDTD" wrote in message JW, My Dell Dimension E510 has on-board integrated video (Intel 945G express) and both Vista-32 and Vista-64 have WDDM drivers that support it. Glass works fine on this system.
Also, the system has integrated Sigmatel audio wich is also supported as a 'high-definition audio device' in both 32 and 64-bit Vista.
With regards to MCE, Live TV pays just fine. No audio or video stuttering at all. However, I have yet to get the darn ting to buyn a recorded TV show to a DVD. It gets to the part where you decide whether you want a Data or Video dvd, then it just hangs.
I have not taken the time yet to try palying a recorded DVD. "JW" wrote in message I have a Intel graphics chip on my MOBO. Please respond to the last two questions in my previous post. "Anthony Davis" wrote in message In XP MCE I have no issues what so ever, everything works fine.
when I remove one graphics card I still have the same issue.
JW, what TV card are you using.

-- System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"JW" wrote in message I have almost the same configuration and only 512MB of memory and it works without any stuttering. The PQ is not as good as on an XP system. I believe that ATI has separate video card dirvers for Vista Beta 2 so try and find them if you are not using them already. Did you have any problems with the same configuration using MCE 2005? Do you have any stuttering problems if you only use one display? Does your Audio also stutter? Do you have the same problem with recorded TV or with playing of DVDs in Media Center?
"HDRDTD" wrote in message Works fine here in Vista32 and 64 running on a Dell Dimension E510 3.0Hz 630 CPU 1gig ram Happauge 150 tuner Intergrated audio Integrated video.
"Anthony Davis" wrote in message has anyone had success using Live TV in media center?
I get constant stutter, but everything else in Vista works fine for me.
Any input would help
System Specs: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz 1Gig of RAM ATI 9600 Pro Series 128 Mb Envision 17" Monitor connect on VGA 40 inch Zenith on Component Output ATI e-HomeWonder ATI 7500 card (Deactivated in Vista) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Davis
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Again, you misinterpreted - I'm happy with that amount of RAM - I was on about two of my more "basic" machines, 1 with 128MB and the other with 256MB - got a few others with 1GB+ but I was on about those particular machines.
But at the moment, they've done a lot of work since 5308 so I'm more than pleased.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And you are the same one talking about Performance Optimizations still not implemented in Vista? <sigh -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message At the moment, with Windows Aero enabled, the RAM stands at about 450MB thereabouts as well. Without Aero and just the Classic skin, it runs up to about 350MB with most of the non-essential services not running.
Gonna have to replace a few computers soon...
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Nick" wrote in message Hi Andre,
It uses about 400mb for me! Vista uses about 450mb when it's just logged in and sitting about doing nothing... But then again I haven't modified any settings in order to save on memory etc.
It's surprising, I would have though that game architechture would have lead itself excellent to Media Centre, I'm not quite sure how they have gone about designing it but it's slower than any game I've tried lately.
Maybe it should be re-written in WinFX, or is that currently in progress?
Nick.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Is it me or is Media Centers Performance truly horrendous in BETA 2? I just launched it and nothing is up yet, but the process is running and eating up all my RAM. 67,160 k of it too.
AMD Sempron 2600 - 1.6 Ghz 512 MBs of DDR Ram nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP Vista x64 - Build 5384 -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta