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    Program that finds bottlenecking on a computer

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MXandSXracer21, Sep 29, 2008.

  1. MXandSXracer21

    MXandSXracer21 Notebook Consultant

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    Are there any programs that tell you where any bottlenecks occur? I remember reading a thread a while back and it had mentioned on but i cant find that thread. Thanks!
     
    MXandSXracer21, Sep 29, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    PC Mark05, PC Mark Vantage, SiSoftware Sandra 2009 (mediocre)....
     
    Andy, Sep 29, 2008
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  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    WEI. It's built into Vista. The bit that scores the lowest is your bottleneck :p
     
    Budding, Sep 29, 2008
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  4. sxusteven

    sxusteven Notebook Evangelist

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    WEI is inaccurate though, and a computer bottleneck is fully dependent on what you are doing. If you do processor intensive tasks all day, it's like that your CPU is the bottleneck, whereas if you game all day, you GPU will almost always be the bottleneck.
     
    sxusteven, Sep 29, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Sis Sandra is my perferred benchmark.
    It allows you to compare your results with other cpu's, memory cards, etc.

    3d mark is also good, but the scores can be effected by drivers, so I tend not to use it much.
    Pcmark 05 and vantage are also great.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Sep 29, 2008
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  6. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    Vista is the actuall bottleneck :D

    but yes, depends on what you use the computer for
     
    miro_gt, Sep 29, 2008
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    tropic thunder Notebook Enthusiast

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    iloled :D :D :D
     
    tropic thunder, Sep 30, 2008
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