poor windows experience index score

[Latos35]

HI! I am running vista ultimate with 2GB of RAM,Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHZ and
for my GPU Nvidia 8500 GT.I am wondering why i only got 2.5 of base score
which points to my memory though i have 2GB.I've read a lot of posts and
others are having good scores in memory.Is it about system settings that i
should review? please help...Thanks and more power to all

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Do you have 533, 667, or 800 MHz RAM installed?
My WEI shows 5.9 for 2GB 667 MHz RAM I have installed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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HI! I am running vista ultimate with 2GB of RAM,Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHZ and
for my GPU Nvidia 8500 GT.I am wondering why i only got 2.5 of base score
which points to my memory though i have 2GB.I've read a lot of posts and
others are having good scores in memory.Is it about system settings that i
should review? please help...Thanks and more power to all

 

[Latos35]

hello carey! i have DDR2 533 of RAM installed.The rest of my hardware are
doing good in WEI.I am in need of your help.Thanx

 

[Latos35]

Hello Carey! I have DDR2 533 of RAM installed and still im having a base
score of 2.5 which i found poor in performance.Is there something that i
should know? thank you so much for your help

 

[NoStop]

Hello Carey! I have DDR2 533 of RAM installed and still im having a base
score of 2.5 which i found poor in performance.Is there something that i
should know? thank you so much for your help

Yes, there is something you should know. You're running an overbloated piece
of crapware that MS calls an "operating system". There is no reason your
computer with what it's got shouldn't be a dynamo of a computer, except for
the fact that Microsoft's developers were unable to write a properly
functioning operating system. You're wasting the hardware you got trying to
run the slopware you're running on it.

Cheers.

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Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.

Be Afraid ... Be Very Afraid ... of Francis' RELATIVES!

Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/compost.htm

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

My own HP Pavilion came with 533 MHz of RAM. I purchased
four (4) 512MB RAM modules rated at 667 MHz, removed
the slow 533 MHz RAM and installed the faster 667 MHz
RAM. It made all the difference in the world!

You can visit www.crucial.com and run the memory scanner
to determine the optimum RAM for your particular PC.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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hello carey! i have DDR2 533 of RAM installed.The rest of my hardware are
doing good in WEI.I am in need of your help.Thanx

 

[KingMalik]

to tell the truth Windows Vista takes the lowest score and makes that
your WEI score. How does it come up with that information who knows.

 

[RalfG]

Try running a memory utility to test the clock speed your RAM is running at.
You might have something slowing it down, a bad module, BIOS setting or
something. My 1GB of DDR2-400 RAM only runs at 200MHz but still scores 4.5.

 

[Dwarf]

Hi Latos35,

Something is obviously amiss with your system. My system, although lower in
specs than yours, manages a WEI of 4.2 (limited by the CPU, an AMD Athlon 64
3500+), but scores 5.8 in the memory category. This is with 2 x 1GB of DDR400
running in dual channel mode. My figures, in the order as displayed by the
WEI tool, are 4.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.4 and 5.9. I suggest that you download the
CPUID utility to see what speed your memory is actually running at. The
current version is 1.44 (link given below). If your system is capable of
running dual channel, is your memory correctly configured for this? If it is,
and you are, are your memory sticks matched? Check the settings in your BIOS
- are all settings relating to memory set to 'Auto'? Does your memory speed
match the FSB?
Dwarf

http://www.cpuid.com/

 

[Latos35]

hi dwarf! I'll do exactly what you just told me.i will inform you guys the
soonest if i'll be able to solve this issue..though i have'nt tried any yet
allow me to thank you guys for the great help..

 

[Latos35]

i just ran the cpuid utility and the results are as follows;
DRAM frequency: 266.7 mhz
FSBRAM : 1:2
-- CAS#latency : 4.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# delay: 4 clocks
RAS# precharge: 4 clocks
cycle time : 12 clocks
command rate : 2T
I just found out that my system is running in single channel and my
DRAMfrequency settings is set to 533.I am running vista ultimate 32bit and
dont know how to correct this settings.If you have time,can you please help
me configure this correctly?
do appreciate if someone could help

 

[Latos35]

I forgot i have ASUS P5VD2-VM SE and YES my memory matched KINGSTON DDR2
533.I badly need your help to figure this out.thank you!

 

[Dwarf]

Hi Latos35,

Checking the motherboard manufacturer's website for your board, it states
that it does not support dual channel mode, so that eliminates that line of
enquiry. However, run CPUID utility again. What are the figures on the memory
tab? These figures, otherwise known as SPD, are the figures that you need to
configure in the appropriate section of your BIOS. Try removing a stick of
RAM to see if that makes any difference. Try the remaining stick in all
memory slots. Repeat with the other stick. I would expect your score to be
higher, but not as high as mine, for the following explanation. My memory, as
stated in my previous post, is 2 x 1GB of DDR400 running in dual channel
mode. You have 2 x 1GB of DDR533 running in single channel mode (the only
mode your motherboard supports). Calculating the bandwidth yields the
following results (MB/sec = MegaBytes per second):
Dual Channel DDR400 = 8 x 400 x 2 = 6400 MB/sec (DDR400 is also known as
PC1-3200)
Single Channel DDR533 = 8 x 533 x 1 = 4264 MB/sec (DDR533 is also known as
PC2-4200)
If you were to replace your RAM with DDR667 (as suggested by Carey), then,
providing the system speed settings were correct, this would yield a
bandwidth as follows:
Single Channel DDR667 = 8 x 667 x 1 = 5336 MB/sec (DDR667 is also known as
PC2-5300)
This is an increase of 25.15% on the figures for DDR533, which, in theory,
should take your WEI score for this category to around 3.1. This is not
spectacular, but the main limiting factor is that your motherboard only
supports single channel. In addition, on my system, the memory controller is
built into the CPU, thus freeing up the system bus from having to transfer
memory data as well as other data.
Dwarf

 

[Latos35]

dwarf,
your reply completed my thougths of installing the wrong motherboard for my
pc.thank you so much for your time and effort of giving me the complete
details.perhaps nothing more i can do for now to give my system a few
boost.you guys are spectacular! i'm sure a lot of my kind out there needs
your knowledge and definitely they wont be disappointed.A BIG THANK YOU TO
YOU ALL....

 

[Scrivener]

I enjoyed reading your response, Dwarf. Very impressive.

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