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    Faster ram

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by slowdive, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. slowdive

    slowdive Notebook Consultant

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    I had 1+1 GB Kingston DDR2 667
    Now i have 2+1 GB Kingston DDR2 667

    There was no change in my vista performance rating, as i expected, since it's the speed that counts, and not the amount (based on what i read here). I just needed one more GB so i could work well on autocad and it did.

    But i'm curious about one thing. Which memories can improve (a lot) my vista performance rating? Because yesterday i was at a store and noticed that a laptop (Toshiba) had 4 GB DDR2 800 and a very high rating compared with mine. And it was a "cheap" laptop, so i don't think it had the top brand on memories...
     
    slowdive, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    WEI is useless. forget about it.
     
    whizzo, Apr 3, 2009
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Perhaps the FSB of the computer in the store is faster than yours.
     
    namaiki, Apr 3, 2009
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  4. dearthz

    dearthz Notebook Enthusiast

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    WEI can be a bit 'misleading'at times so dont really rely on it

    THE ram score @ WEI tends to be determined by the speed of the ram..

    Sister's laptop: C2D T8300 (2.4 Ghz). 4GB PC5300 667 Mhz | 5.4 RAM WEI
    Dad's Laptop: C2D P8400 (2.26 Ghz), 2GB PC6400 800 Mhz | 5.9 RAM WEI
     
    dearthz, Apr 3, 2009
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  5. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    Agreed .
     
    avanish11, Apr 3, 2009
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  6. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Quoted for truth. The more RAM in your system the better, trust us on this one.
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 3, 2009
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  7. stevezachtech

    stevezachtech Notebook Evangelist

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    Agreed, it really is useless if you have that amount of memory and your processing speed is not changed.
     
    stevezachtech, Apr 6, 2009
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