Laptop tweaks?...

go through the link i posted earlier, this video explains it all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-YiiXpwoM
this page: http://www.native-instruments.com/kn...dio+processing
here's the problems i was having and how it was sorted http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34010

also there was a video that someone on here sent me a link to, showing how to change core settings on processor (ie: allow both cores to run upto 100%), and sort out lots of other niggly issues, but i cant find it, if anyone remembers it help me out :)

finally, put as much ram in as possible, you should be able to put upto 8gb in but 4 should do the trick, check out this site to tell you what and how much you can use http://www.crucial.com/uk/

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Originally Posted by brian_johnstone

finally, put as much ram in as possible, you should be able to put upto 8gb in but 4 should do the trick, check out this site to tell you what and how much you can use http://www.crucial.com/uk/

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thanks for all the links and advice!

on RAM.. I've had up to 2 in here once, ill put those chips in again. I know I can go up to 8, but ive heard using more RAM than my computer is made for/can handle can actually do bad things for my computer? is that true?

Your laptop will only accept certain kinds of RAM and will also specify the maximum amount you can upgrade to. HPs are generally good machine's but these specs indicate a machine that's more than 2 years old. I am guessing you can upgrade to 2GB or possibly 4GB. Your laptop manual will tell you what you can upgrade to. Do not go over that or try using RAM other than what's supported by your system.

If you really went to town you could probably get Win7 down to burning around 550MB of RAM (with no apps running). If you coupled that with any upgrade to at least 2GB (and ideally 4GB) you should start seeing improvements.

So RAM is my biggest issue here most likely?

that and processor, upgrade your ram and get rid of everything you dont need, follow all the steps above and youll definately see improvements, may not be amazing but better.

Not at all. Your biggest issue is an under-powered PC. RAM just happens to be one thing you can do to improve performance with Traktor. The CPU you reference is slower and it's likely that you also have a bunch of programs, drivers and services that are eating up what resources you do have. Traktor is a hungry little panda and wants those resources to itself.

There are dozens and dozens of threads on this and you'd do well to spend a few hours reading them. There's nothing we could cover here that hasn't been covered before. If search on SmiTTTen you will find a bunch of stuff.

and what he said :D

you shouldn't even be running windows 7 with 1.5 gb ram mate. 4gb+ highly recommended!

At the very least:
Disable all network drivers
Disable ACPI.sys
Disable Card Reader
Disable CD Rom
Turn Off themes
Use Smitten's Script to kill processes in one hit or download gamebooster 3 and use it in combination.

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The CPU you reference is slower and it's likely that you also have a bunch of programs, drivers and services that are eating up what resources you do have. Traktor is a hungry little panda and wants those resources to itself.

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before loading traktor onto it i did a complete factory restore of my computer, so basically nothing is on it

Not true, factor restores are riddled with additional software and services that don't come as standard with a clean Windows install. Seriously, there's huge amounts of info on this on this forum. I think I even did a factory restore versus clean install comparison on here. Come back to us if you have any really specific questions.

Good luck!