Surface RT/2 Performance Comparison

[Christian Kallevig]

IE 11 is definitely better than IE10 on Surface RT. There used to be some places I flat out couldn't visit or it would lock up the the browser completely

However it is still slow and doesn't load in much beyond what's immediately visible on the page.

 

[HarisA1]

New drivers will soon be released by NVidia for the tegra 3 in the RT it is still under development in the beta process so expect surface speeds to increase once the new driver is released .. Please read this forum. http://forums.windowscentral.com/mi.../225788-can-surface-rt-go-faster-updates.html

 

[Dos101]

IE 11 is definitely better than IE10 on Surface RT. There used to be some places I flat out couldn't visit or it would lock up the the browser completely

However it is still slow and doesn't load in much beyond what's immediately visible on the page.

That is my experience as well. Gmail and Google Apps would crash or lock up IE10, IE11 handles it better but if I open too many tabs it'll crash.

New drivers will soon be released by NVidia for the tegra 3 in the RT it is still under development in the beta process so expect surface speeds to increase once the new driver is released .. Please read this forum. http://forums.windowscentral.com/mi.../225788-can-surface-rt-go-faster-updates.html

I don't really have much faith in newer drivers to fix all the performance issues. They will probably help smooth things out a bit but not much else. Unfortunately though nowhere does it say that the new drivers will be released soon, all we have to go on is the note on the website about the RT support still being under development. In all honesty Microsoft should have gone with Qualcomm with the Surface RT.

 

[WillysJeepMan]

As I've mentioned before, I was quite pleased with the performance bump going from 8.0 to 8.1 RTM.

But this talk of potentially even better performance had me digging around. I then applied the following 3 tweak and the performance is significantly improved even above the bump provided by 8.1. I take no credit for these tweaks, nor do I take any blame. They're not exhaustive instructions... if you are unable to "fill in the blanks" on how to do it, then you probably shouldn't attempt it.


Reduce Touchscreen lag

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? SOFTWARE/Microsoft/TouchPrediction
3. Double click on ?Latency? and change the Value Data from 8 to 2.
4. Double click on ?Sample Time? and change that Value Data from 8 to 2.

Disable SuperFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: services.msc
2. In the Services panel, locate "Superfetch" and change it from "Automatic" to "Disable"

Disable PreFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
3. Double click on ?Enable Prefetcher? and change the Value Data from 3 to 0.

Reboot the system

 

[HarisA1]

Seems easy but what does this do exactly

 

[juanitoriv]

Sounds like it disables "search" features as well as reduces touch screen "hyper" sensitivity as you reduce processing time to allow the CPU to "zero in" or your fingers..

At least that's what I got from it. But I have a W7 machine.

 

[juanitoriv]

As I've mentioned before, I was quite pleased with the performance bump going from 8.0 to 8.1 RTM.

But this talk of potentially even better performance had me digging around. I then applied the following 3 tweak and the performance is significantly improved even above the bump provided by 8.1. I take no credit for these tweaks, nor do I take any blame. They're not exhaustive instructions... if you are unable to "fill in the blanks" on how to do it, then you probably shouldn't attempt it.


Reduce Touchscreen lag

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? SOFTWARE/Microsoft/TouchPrediction
3. Double click on ?Latency? and change the Value Data from 8 to 2.
4. Double click on ?Sample Time? and change that Value Data from 8 to 2.

Disable SuperFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: services.msc
2. In the Services panel, locate "Superfetch" and change it from "Automatic" to "Disable"

Disable PreFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
3. Double click on ?Enable Prefetcher? and change the Value Data from 3 to 0.

Reboot the system

This was in a post about Surface RT vs. Surface 2 re: performance tweaks. Maybe playing with the latency setting can help hone the stylus in. Couldn't hurt to try.

 

[juanitoriv]

As I've mentioned before, I was quite pleased with the performance bump going from 8.0 to 8.1 RTM.

But this talk of potentially even better performance had me digging around. I then applied the following 3 tweak and the performance is significantly improved even above the bump provided by 8.1. I take no credit for these tweaks, nor do I take any blame. They're not exhaustive instructions... if you are unable to "fill in the blanks" on how to do it, then you probably shouldn't attempt it.


Reduce Touchscreen lag

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? SOFTWARE/Microsoft/TouchPrediction
3. Double click on ?Latency? and change the Value Data from 8 to 2.
4. Double click on ?Sample Time? and change that Value Data from 8 to 2.

Disable SuperFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: services.msc
2. In the Services panel, locate "Superfetch" and change it from "Automatic" to "Disable"

Disable PreFetch

1. Press Windows-R, and type: regedit
2. In the registry editor locate: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
3. Double click on ?Enable Prefetcher? and change the Value Data from 3 to 0.

Reboot the system

This was in a post re: Surface RT vs. Surface 2. This is about performance tweeks. Perhaps fiddling with the latency setting can help hone that stylus in. Couldn't hurt. Just remember where you started..

8)

 

[WillysJeepMan]

Here's a quick video that I took of my tweaked RT. In the background is the video of the Surface 2 performance that was posted earlier in this thread.

 

[HarisA1]

Looks the same now lol couldn't tell a difference

 

[HarisA1]

Got the RT been playing with it, did some of the tweeks some suggested absolutely no lag, idk what people were complaining about, a few bugs here n there that'll probably be fixed by the time 8.1 comes in, other than that I'm loving this!

 

[rx74ray]

I had already tried the screen lag modification and it works better after I made changes (that's when I had my RT still). As far as Prefetch and SuperFetch goes, I wonder if it introduces side effects, bad ones. The two deal with learning your routine habits in launching apps and automatically load them in RAM so they are there to load up faster when you need them. In theory it should help, but now people are reporting disabling them boosts performance. I am interested to see how you guys feel after a week of using your RT with these mods. Good luck

 

[HeyCori]

I've been using those tweaks for several months now. At the time I would say my RT definitely felt faster. However, I've been using the tweaks for so long that I can't even remember what performance was like before them. :grin:

 

[Aaron Jones3]

For anyone who's interested, i applied these same mods to my Surface 2 and it is indeed even faster. Beats both surfaces in the video and that's going off my delayed reaction time and from the second user in the video - so its even more amplified.

 

[chinesepiratefood]

Wow that is an improvement over my RT. I will try it tonight.

 

[HeyCori]

I don't think this has been posted yet

[video=youtube;NbAbTiGsJZ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NbAbTiGsJZ8[/video]

 

[Moiz Mian]

Anyone run 3dmark ice storm on their Surface RT and Surface 2 yet? I'd like to see how they compare with the competition. Seems like ipad air with A7 gets 14,000, Tegra 4 android devices get 15,000, and snapdragon 800 devices get 17,000

 

[azcruz]

Results are there already- Surface 1 = 3240, Surface 2 = 13535

 

[Moiz Mian]

Results are there already- Surface 1 = 3240, Surface 2 = 13535

Sweet, I checked out the app on my SPro when the app first released, and neither it nor the surface 2 were in the database yet. Good to see it's there now. Thanks!

 

[HeyCori]

Haven't gotten a chance to watch yet.

[video=youtube;L80nEEUG_Po]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L80nEEUG_Po[/video]