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    M17x QX9300 In Windwos just 8 Mb Cache? Why

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by roby200487, Jan 5, 2013.

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    roby200487 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hy i upgraded my m17x with a qx9300, in bios i see 12 mb cache, but in windows in task manager i see just 8 mb, and 4 cores, with 3dmark06 i see 8 mb cache.

    whats the problem?
     
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    hmm obviously windows bug , if the cpu is 12 mb then its 12 no matter what win says
     
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    roby200487 Notebook Enthusiast

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    with cpu-z it says 2 x 6144 kbytes, its ok, windos rating is 7.3 for the cpu, i think its ok, its better to install a new windows?

    just 4 cores? if tis quad, it must shown 8?
     
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    well its 12 mb dont worry, installing new windows will most likely solve your problem , but i dont see why that bothers you too much everything is fine.
     
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    Can you answer me why the ssd windwos experience is just 6.7, its a samsung sata 2 pm800 256 Gb...
     
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    wait wait so you're sayng that you only have ssd? no hdd? well its possible then. Windows experience determines speed and storage. So it's definitely possible that if you have only ssd with 256 gb u get 6.7 i have intel ssd 80 gb and wd 500 gb hdd and i got 7.4
     
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    Yes o have only ssd, i remove the hdd. Qx9300, 8 gb ram, gtx260m and the samsung ssd, Wei cpu 7,3 ram 7.3, video 6.8, ssd 6.7/

    Its normal, or the ssd it's going to die :))??

    Whith crystal dyscmark it reads with 158mb/sec .. a little bit low... no?
     
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    Yup, it is normal.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jan 9, 2013
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    katalin_2003, Jan 9, 2013
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