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    Weak Windows Experience Score XPS 1530...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Snesley Wipes, Jan 12, 2008.

  1. Snesley Wipes

    Snesley Wipes Notebook Consultant

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    It looks like a good score but the ram is lacking. 3gigs and it's lacking! I wonder if 4gigs would be better? I heard that Vista will not run it or something but who knows? Will it not run dual channel with 2x 2gig sticks? Could somebody with 4gigs post their experience score please?
    Thx
    [​IMG]
     
    Snesley Wipes, Jan 12, 2008
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  2. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    its better than mines
     
    dondadah88, Jan 12, 2008
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    Thats strange... I have the 1530 and it has pretty much the same scores. I only have 2 gigs of ram and still 4.8 for ram. My graphics card score is a bit higher too. I was thinking of upping to 3 gigs aswell...
     
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  4. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    the score means nothing. the ingame preformace matters. as for 3gb itsmore than enough for vista .for 4gb u could need a 64bit os and it wont provide preformance increases.
     
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    are u serious the 8600m gt is that much better than the gs
     
    dondadah88, Jan 12, 2008
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  6. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    the 8600gt is a lot better than the 8600gs.
     
    sly, Jan 12, 2008
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  7. Snesley Wipes

    Snesley Wipes Notebook Consultant

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    I have feeling the vid scores are closer because yours was tested with a lower resolution screen with the GS.
     
    Snesley Wipes, Jan 12, 2008
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    i knew it was better but i thought maybe 5-10 percent no higher
    i'm growing to hate my laptop everyday
     
    dondadah88, Jan 12, 2008
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    well my res is at 1440x900 what was yours at when testing
     
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  10. Snesley Wipes

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    1680x1050 which is my point. My gt and 1680 is relative (well little better) than you gs with 1440.
     
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    well i was going to change my cpu but gaming wouldnt change so im getting new ram. 4gb of course and i will post my index score
     
    dondadah88, Jan 12, 2008
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  12. Greg

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    Guys, please use real benchmarks. WEI is absolutely worthless.
     
    Greg, Jan 12, 2008
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  13. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    my 3dmark06 is 2406 total in vista
     
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    Now that's a real benchmark :D
     
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    is that score low .because i know the only thing good on my computer is the hard drive
     
    dondadah88, Jan 12, 2008
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    actually i was wondering, what is the thing that is calculated to get the memory WEI score? the speed of the ram? but nowadays all laptops are equiped with DDR2-667mhz. Even adding more memory doesn't increase the score. How about changing brands, maybe there will be some effects eh :p, i dont really know bout it

    *btw my memory score is also 4.5, Qimonda DDR2-667 2gb
     
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  17. Snesley Wipes

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    I just ran 3DMark06 and got 3859. It doesn't really tell you what that is comparable to.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Wow, what must the fastest system be running?!?
     
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    I think that the "Memory operations" is more equilvalent to the speed/timings of the ram rather then the amount of ram that you have.

    Most laptops have ddr2 running at 667 MHz. I would guess that they are all the same unless you are compairing a desktop replacment laptop that is using ddr2 800 MHz or desktop ram running at same speed.

    Agreed :D
     
    iratecargo, Jan 12, 2008
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