When I first installed Win XP back in Dec. I installed the Intel Application Accelerator hoping to get some really good performance. I can't recall what version it was that I had, but I do remember it being a bunch of crap. It did actually speed up my pc, but it also made it crash all of the time. I was getting STOP errors and such all the time. One thing though, I had a Voodoo4 installed when I had IAA installed. That may have created problems because I was trying to find the right drivers that allowed me to use OpenGL, Glide, and Direct3D for my Voodoo card. So I uninstalled IAA and haven't used it since. Also, I have gotten a GeForce 3 since then and am now considering trying out the latest version of IAA.
Does it seem to be any more stable than it was since Dec.? How about the performance? Does it really speed things up? What about any issues w/ SMART hard drives? I have read that IAA does not have SMART drivers in it.
Here are my current specs: MSI 815EP w/ P3 866 and 512 MB RAM. 60 GB HD w/ Win XP, 7200 RPM, DMA 100, and NTFS. 13 GB HD, 7200 RPM, DMA 66 and FAT32. Soundblaster Live! w/ latest driverpack from creative. GeForce 3 Ti200 and 23.12 drivers. Norton Utilities 2002 w/ all updates. EZ CD Creator 5.1 Platinum.
I included those programs because I have read that there were issues w/ some older versions of the above programs. So included what I have to clear things up. Thank you for any info!
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When I first installed Win XP back in Dec. I installed the Intel Application Accelerator hoping to get some really good performance. I can't recall what version it was that I had, but I do remember it being a bunch of crap. It did actually speed up my pc, but it also made it crash all of the time. I was getting STOP errors and such all the time. One thing though, I had a Voodoo4 installed when I had IAA installed. That may have created problems because I was trying to find the right drivers that allowed me to use OpenGL, Glide, and Direct3D for my Voodoo card. So I uninstalled IAA and haven't used it since. Also, I have gotten a GeForce 3 since then and am now considering trying out the latest version of IAA.
Does it seem to be any more stable than it was since Dec.? How about the performance? Does it really speed things up? What about any issues w/ SMART hard drives? I have read that IAA does not have SMART drivers in it.
Here are my current specs: MSI 815EP w/ P3 866 and 512 MB RAM. 60 GB HD w/ Win XP, 7200 RPM, DMA 100, and NTFS. 13 GB HD, 7200 RPM, DMA 66 and FAT32. Soundblaster Live! w/ latest driverpack from creative. GeForce 3 Ti200 and 23.12 drivers. Norton Utilities 2002 w/ all updates. EZ CD Creator 5.1 Platinum.
I included those programs because I have read that there were issues w/ some older versions of the above programs. So included what I have to clear things up. Thank you for any info!
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