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    who has higher than 4.9 for system mem in vista??

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by zfactor, Apr 29, 2008.

  1. zfactor

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    just curious since my friends i worked on today has the same speed ram (667) as i do and we both have 4gb's and he shows 5.2?? i have patriot micron d9 ram he has el cheapo a-data stuff he bought.. (i know its all cheap now but i paid more for mine being it was d9)... just curious.. seems odd vista would score the same speed ram so different.. i DO NOT base anything on the vista score but im wondering why it scores them so differently
     
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  2. Vedya

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    It sux. Thats all there is too it. My dads desktop with 4GB DDR ram scored better.
     
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  3. GanGstaOne

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    i have 5,5 in windows experience

    [​IMG]
     
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  4. zfactor

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    you also have a q6700.. and 800mhz ram..
     
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    ya but on my M1710 have 2GB ddr2 667mhz in vista 32bit without sp1 is rated 5,3
     
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    i dont think that vista rating is real
     
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    I also have a 5.5, but on 667mhz ram
     
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    I have a 12% over-clock on my 5793 using SetFSB and I get a 5.4 with hard disk transfer being the slowest item in the mix.

    Vista shows the slowest sub-system as the final score so it might not be memory, it might be something else.

    Also as faster components come out, Microsoft has said that they will be normalized to the original 1-5.9 scale so that past measurements will still be valid.
     
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  9. Prasad

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    I have 5.1, ran the test again and got 5.0, then again and got 5.1 back..... what a pointless waste of time! You know what your system is and what it can handle, you don't need that crappy WEI bench!
     
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  11. lastrebelstanding

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    I don't think the WEI is accurate.
    I've got a constant 5.9 on my ASUS C90S with 2x2Gb 667Mhz DDR2 which is even downclocked to 533Mhz by my bios to keep a 1:1 ratio with my 1066Mhz FSB!!!
    Get some real memory benchmarking tool instead of WEI.
     
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  12. zfactor

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    lol im not going by its scores. im trying to figure out how it rates the ram.. i know it sucks for a benchmark
     
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    Well, mine is 5.9. I don't believe that for a second, though. I'm pretty sure it used to be 5.1, but I ran it a few times a couple of weeks ago and it ended up here. *shrugs*.

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. zfactor

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    hmm what kind of ram do you have?? do you know the brand and poss the types of chips used?
     
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    Well, here is a screenshot from my 8800M install thread:

    [​IMG]

    I dug through my email and found this from the invoice:
    4GB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory (64bit Vista Required)

    So I guess it's 667. Like I said, I think the WEI is full of crap heh.
     
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    My 9261 memory scores a 5.9 and my 5793 scores a 5.1, no surprises here!
     
    hanko panko, Apr 29, 2008
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    Agreed, WEI is a soup sandwich and will never work for determining if your system meets software requirements as MS had intended it to.

    IMO every heavy duty program or game should have a download from the designers to scan your system and determine if it is powerful enough to run said program...
     
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    mine scores 5.1 also...
     
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    Ah this whole windows vista WEI and stuff is total crap! Hell, forget WEI! I posted this once before.... after installing SP1 on my desktop with 1GB DDR1 RAM, and I right click computer on desktop -> properties, in the "View basic information about your computer" section, it shows 8GB RAM :p :D
     
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    again this was more out of curiosity than anything i dont care about wei scores.. more trying to figure out whats behind these scores really
     
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    My 5793 with some crappy 4gigs of memory gets a 5.2 stock, but I run my X9000 at 230fsb and tat raises the mem score to 5.8.
     
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