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    RAM bottlenecking my comp?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by RaiseR RoofeR, Dec 14, 2007.

  1. RaiseR RoofeR

    RaiseR RoofeR Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know how people with 667mhz RAM get anything above a 4.8 windows experience index thing. Why is my RAM bottlenecking my overall 4.8? How do I improve this? I use CCleaner often...

    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz
    5.3

    Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
    4.8

    Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
    5.9

    Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory
    5.5

    Primary hard disk 29GB Free (186GB Total)
    5.4
     
    RaiseR RoofeR, Dec 14, 2007
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  2. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    I think Vista's experience rating is crap. my desktop's DDR rates at 5.6. Use a real benchmark
     
    surfasb, Dec 14, 2007
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  3. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    WEI = inaccurate.
     
    scythie, Dec 14, 2007
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    kedu Notebook Guru

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    It's funny, that's about the only area where AMD comes out on top with it's on die memory controller. Any Amd dual core with 2 sticks of ram scores 5.9 in WEI :)
     
    kedu, Dec 14, 2007
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  5. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    yeah dont listen to the windows tool. IT LIES!!!!! :D
     
    sly, Dec 14, 2007
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    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    Nope. It is not a bottleneck, maybe it is for the Windows Experience software but not in the real life applications.

    Edit: Actually the real bottleneck will be the 8700m GT. But it is not now a bottleneck, it will be in the fueture for games.
     
    lozanogo, Dec 14, 2007
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