EnableULPS non-existent in Regedit, it seems.

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h.b-ribou Posted messages 25 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello,
The old PC that was given to me came with an outdated and locked Windows 7. After cleaning and changing a RAM stick, it started working again.
I bought a Windows 10 Home for €7.00 with the idea of updating it for free later to Windows 11.
Under Windows 10, it remains very slow as it takes nearly 2 minutes to respond to each command.
All my searches yield the same response: open "Regedit" and change "EnableULPS=1" to "EnableULPS=0" for all graphics cards.
In "Regedit," my searches for "EnableULPS" always return "Search complete" but do not show the command.
What other means can I use to find this command and update it?

This PC is equipped with an Intel Core i5 CPU 650; 4 cores at 3.20 GHz
x64 system, 64 bits
10 GB DDR3 RAM
ASUS P7H55/USB3 graphics card
OS: Windows 10 Home version 21H2
FLATRON W2361V screen

Looking forward to your reply, with thanks in advance.
Best regards.
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h.b-ribou

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  1. brucine Posted messages 24882 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 175
     
    Hello,

    ULPS is an option for AMD multi-GPU: if the graphics card doesn't have these capabilities, there's no ULPS.

    The graphics chipset is not necessarily the only culprit in an old machine, and it will only perform poorly in the presence of complex graphical content; if, as is likely, the RAM or the processor are not up to par, there's no solution.
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  2. h.b-ribou Posted messages 25 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     
    Good evening,
    Thank you for reaching out.
    I have checked the RAM which is compliant, the verification being done by the list of accepted DDR3 as well as the installation conditions.
    Are you saying that I shouldn't have installed this card under Win10?
    Best regards.
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    h.b-ribou
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  3. brucine Posted messages 24882 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 175
     
    I don't know: either the machine is barely set up and already has too many services and programs running at the same time which it doesn't like, or something is indeed preventing it from running quickly, but let's not kid ourselves.

    No matter how much we tinker here and there, there will always be a component that isn't working right, a slow and tired hard drive, and it'll never be good enough.

    Not long ago, I threw out an old tower that had become useful only as a secondary network storage (it had 3 disks on it); whenever I had to physically intervene on it (it went better with remote control), it was a nightmare even though it had very few programs, no startup entries, and all non-essential services were set to manual or stopped.
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