WEI on RAM

I like to have the best of everything when it comes to computers, so:

I get 4.5 on my WEI due to RAM. I know, WEI doesn't matter, but I want better RAM. Could the score be partially due to my Core 2 Duo T5750 CPU, or just RAM? And I have 3 GB in 1 and 2 GB sticks, would I get a higher WEI if I got 2 2 GB sticks?

 

Yes. The CPU plays a rather large part in the WEI memory index. Mine went from 4.5- to 5.6 simply with a CPU upgrade.

 

**** lol is it possible to tell which part is bottlenecking performance from WEI?

 

Not really. WEI is a really bad indicator of performance. Download something like sisoft sandra,everst, etc, to tell you more precisely where your bottleneck is. Lower latency RAM is also a sure-fire way to bring your memory performance up.

 

There is a thread on NBR that tells you how to go into the inf file or whatever and input your own numbers. As useless as WEI is making up your own score seems the easiest path. Also you can be certain to get the score you want.

Since it is not a good indicator or a benchmark why does it's score even matter to you?

 

You should not take wei seriously at all. It is the absolute worst benchmarking utility, and it changes from day to day. If you want to see real results, download SISandra, and you can run memory benchmarks. It will give you the latency, and the speed of your memory in chart form, and you can easily compare your memory to other systems from within Sandra.

Another thing you should note, is that even if you did buy higher performance memory, in reality you wouldnt notice a wink of difference between the two.
I have a Pentium 4 system at home with 4gb of Pc3200 in it, and I have a Pentium 4 system with 4Gb of Pc8500 dominator memory from Corsair. They both have the same harddrive, cpu, and gpu. The only difference is the motherboard. One excepts DDR and the other DDR2. Since the specs are the same other than the memory and the motherboard, comparisons can be made. In synthetic benchmarks, the ddr2 system has better scores, but in reality, both machines open files and run software at exactly the same speed.

So basically dont waste your money on faster memory, cause you will see no difference.

K-TRON

 

The only reason to spend more money on faster ram, is if you wnat to lower the latencies, downclocking Ram by a chipset limitation will give you lower latencies, but this will still not even be noticable. Just though id throw that out there.

 

LOL. Did I miss something? At what point did buying faster clocked memory come into play? The only thing that was mentioned was lower latency memory.

 

Specs in my sig

(Get Hynix 2x1GB PC2-5300 CL5 for best performance)

 

You got your 5.9 the same way i got my 6.3 on the Bat Computer(6860-FX)...either hacked the registry or with winbubbles

 

Or you can just edit The XML file. I got all 5.9 now too.

 

Feel better about yourself now?