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    Upgraded Memory -Performance Question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by niko100, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. niko100

    niko100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Upgraded Memory - Performance Question

    I just upgraded my memory from 2GB to 4GB – the computer recognized the memory fine but according to the ‘windows experience index’ the performance drop from 4.9 to 4.8 (ram score).

    Anyone else experience this?

    Here’s a link of the memory I purchased from Newegg (2g stick for $16.99 – cheap!!)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208341
     
    niko100, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. Andy

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    Erm yes, that happens all the time. Mainly because WEI is crap. :)
     
    Andy, Dec 22, 2008
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    meh, even if the WEI was the best benchmark in the world, going from 4.9 to 4.8 isn't a huge difference. Besides that though you should remember that the WEI memory score is only measuring read/write speed... and in no way reflects the performance increase that you will see by doubling your RAM.
     
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    Well, if you want an explanation of *why* this happened rather than "WEI is crap", your score dropped because the index doesn't care about quantity of RAM so much as its speed.
     
    Relativity17, Dec 22, 2008
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    Guys, i m planning to upgrade my memory as well. in fact i already placed the order. i have ordered Corsair. i don't knw if i will have the same problem. I never knw this things. i thought ram performance will b up in WEI.
     
    nealloy1981, Dec 22, 2008
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    Perfect response. :)
     
    Isend2C, Dec 22, 2008
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    I just upgraged to 4gb too. and wen i saw my WEI marks, it was 1!!!! Dont know why windows has such a feature?!
     
    arjunned, Dec 22, 2008
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    I know the difference is minimal (believe me I’m not losing sleep over this) -just curious… The memory was pretty cheap - maybe that had something to do with it.

    Funny - but someone at work was also skeptical about the WEI index – he said it was more of a marketing tool to sell software.

    Glad to hear I’m not the only one….
     
    niko100, Dec 22, 2008
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