Does Service Pack 2 slow you down?

Dom · Oct 17, 2004, 08:45 PM

"Does the old saying go "newer, better, faster" or "you can only rework the plumbing so many times"? Service Pack 2 brought enhancements to Windows XP including a very handy pop-up stopper and the much needed firewall security. A new Service Pack does improve upon some features of an operating system besides plugging up the holes but do the improvements come as extra weight or is some code jettisoned in favor of newer, leaner code?"

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BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Oct 17, 2004, 09:47 PM

definitely see better memory management, whenever anyone would startup and had stuff load it was normal to get a little lag, sp2 i can clcik the start menu start browsing and everything normally before everything is loaded

PoopyTheJ · Oct 17, 2004, 10:12 PM

SP2 definitely slower for games

Shadow Lady · Oct 17, 2004, 10:16 PM

i can see it is "faster" somehow, of course after i disabled the annoying security center all was ok, cant complain at all

**MIG-31** · Oct 17, 2004, 10:21 PM

no complaints about sp2 here.a good improvement imo.only complaint is the new download mangement style.

Mocca · Oct 18, 2004, 02:05 AM

I had problems with SP2 when I used the webupdate. I saw slowdowns in everything, system, games... all.
I then got a SP2 integrated CD of WinXP, reformatted - and everything runs fine now. I almost tend to say: It runs better than before.

ninjawolf · Oct 18, 2004, 04:59 AM

I found SP2 to be alot slower, so i removed it. It also caused major problems for a couple of the games i play.

qweqaz5 · Oct 18, 2004, 08:37 AM

Did a reformat with XP Pro + SP2 integrated and so far everything's running as smooth as before. Only PowerDVD is acting a lil quirky. And I tend to tweak my system(few services, no xp themes, no security center, etc) a lot so I guess my results may differ from those with default SP2 installs...

Zardon · Oct 18, 2004, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninjawolf

I found SP2 to be alot slower, so i removed it. It also caused major problems for a couple of the games i play.

What games?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 18, 2004, 10:42 AM

Sp2 final = almost flawless

performance differance about 0%, stabilty +, securty+, useabilty+, hardware support +, file shareing limits

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... btw that guys numbers are off for resousre useage.... 1st page
windows auto update in running in one but not the other

to me looks like XP no sp vs XP sp2

unless hes cloded or disabled some services and sp2 re enabled them wich it does, plus it resets alot of tweaks! and settings to defults... you have to re tweak after sp2!

in responce to bech results alot of people saw large gains from DX9C, and those diffs are so small thier with in error if he didn't run each bench 3-5x and adverage

Ive had zero problems with it.... I've tested it since the early beta all the way up till now... the did a pretty darn good job!

even with this guys results 0.5% acually a coulple tweaks, disabled features will make xp about 10% faster so PPPPPPPPT!

violat3 · Oct 18, 2004, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow Lady

i can see it is "faster" somehow, of course after i disabled the annoying security center all was ok, cant complain at all

how do you go about disabling the security centre

Oct 17, 2004, 08:45 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Does Service Pack 2 slow you down? "Does the old saying go "newer, better, faster" or "you can only rework the plumbing so many times"? Service Pack 2 brought enhancements to Windows XP including a very handy pop-up stopper and the much needed firewall security. A new Service Pack does improve upon some features of an operating system besides plugging up the holes but do the improvements come as extra weight or is some code jettisoned in favor of newer, leaner code?" -Article

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Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	i can see it is "faster" somehow, of course after i disabled the annoying security center all was ok, cant complain at all __________________ Oblivion ftw

Oct 17, 2004, 10:21 PM	#5
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	no complaints about sp2 here.a good improvement imo.only complaint is the new download mangement style. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Oct 18, 2004, 02:05 AM	#6
Mocca Somewhere in time Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 133 Rep Power: 0	I had problems with SP2 when I used the webupdate. I saw slowdowns in everything, system, games... all. I then got a SP2 integrated CD of WinXP, reformatted - and everything runs fine now. I almost tend to say: It runs better than before. __________________ AMD64 3800+ Dualcore Asus A8N-E Nforce4 Ultra Chipset 2048MB Kingston HyperX Dualchan pc3200 Ram Asus 7800GTX PCI-E 16x Graphicscard

Oct 18, 2004, 04:59 AM	#7
ninjawolf DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I found SP2 to be alot slower, so i removed it. It also caused major problems for a couple of the games i play.

Oct 18, 2004, 08:37 AM	#8
qweqaz5 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 88 Rep Power: 0	Did a reformat with XP Pro + SP2 integrated and so far everything's running as smooth as before. Only PowerDVD is acting a lil quirky. And I tend to tweak my system(few services, no xp themes, no security center, etc) a lot so I guess my results may differ from those with default SP2 installs...

Oct 18, 2004, 10:42 AM	#10
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Sp2 final = almost flawless performance differance about 0%, stabilty +, securty+, useabilty+, hardware support +, file shareing limits - , ... btw that guys numbers are off for resousre useage.... 1st page windows auto update in running in one but not the other to me looks like XP no sp vs XP sp2 unless hes cloded or disabled some services and sp2 re enabled them wich it does, plus it resets alot of tweaks! and settings to defults... you have to re tweak after sp2! in responce to bech results alot of people saw large gains from DX9C, and those diffs are so small thier with in error if he didn't run each bench 3-5x and adverage Ive had zero problems with it.... I've tested it since the early beta all the way up till now... the did a pretty darn good job! even with this guys results 0.5% acually a coulple tweaks, disabled features will make xp about 10% faster so PPPPPPPPT! __________________