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    WEI did not change

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by brummyfan, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. brummyfan

    brummyfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi
    I have just upgraded one of my memory sticks but my WEI rating for memory stays the same.
    With 2x512MB I got 4.5
    With 1x1GB+1x512MB I got 4.5
    System memory shows the correct amount of RAM of 1.5GB and I can see improvement in performance as well.
    Any thoughts please.
     
    brummyfan, Feb 18, 2009
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Don't worry about WEI scores. It's a terrible benchmarking tool and doesn't reflect a system's performance. Case and point - you see an improvement, but WEI doesn't.
     
    David, Feb 18, 2009
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  3. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    WEI is not a proper benchmark and should not be used to check your system performance
     
    X2P, Feb 18, 2009
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    why does anyone care about WEI?
    In any case, it's quite possible that the ram is still running in single channel, so by performance standards, you shouldn't expect anything faster (ram operation) by adding more ram. However, the improvements you feel are due to having more ram.
     
    goofball, Feb 18, 2009
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    Given the cash at Microsoft's disposal, it's amazing that they don't simply buy one of the many companies producing good benchmarking software like Sandra, PC Wizard, PCMark etc
     
    HerrKaputt, Feb 18, 2009
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  6. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Speaking about RAM - what does WEI look at in RAM?
    Amount, speed?
    Dual -single channel?

    As long as you don't know it its useless in this respect.

    And about its reliability - I use my Vaio SZ on the Intel X3100 - and at long last thought - why not - and updated WEI for the Intel...
    Well, it claims my X3100 is better than an NVidia 8400GS ... well, something sounds wrong here... :D :D
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 19, 2009
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  7. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    WEI scores sucks, badly. Don't even bother to compare scores there.

    I get 5,6 on the processor score with my T7600, and according to others that is a very high WEI score :p



    If he had 2x512MB before i think he had dual channel, so :)


    But i agree with you totally on that the improvements is because of the _amount_ of ram.
     
    Michel.K, Feb 19, 2009
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  8. NJoy

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    hehe, 5.6 for t7600? Nice!)) my P8600 gets only 5.4 )
     
    NJoy, Feb 19, 2009
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    i have to say that the idea behind WEI is very bright))) Just the implementation is not that good)
     
    NJoy, Feb 19, 2009
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  10. Michel.K

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    Hehe yeah, check the attached file :p

    I have 1MB more cache, but 70MHz less speed than yours then :p bus-speed does not matter though, not any integrated memory controller on c2d :)
     
    Michel.K, Feb 19, 2009
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  11. NJoy

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    mine is more balanced though, lol))

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    NJoy, Feb 19, 2009
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