What RAM rates a 5.9???

KentuckyRanger

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With my new Rig I get 5.9 all the way, exept RAM. I'm only getting a 5.6...
I've got Corsair's Dominator and it's FSB is 1066.
My M/Board has so many O/C tweeks that it's got me lost. Never thought I'd have too much controll over my BIOS, LOL!
Anyway, the nForce 680i M/B has SLI O/C in the BIOS and when I disable it and try to squeeze a little more O/C out of my RAM it drops the 5.6 to 5.3!
I guess I should have purchased RAM with 1333 FSB, then maybe I'd get a 5.9...
Oh, if it helps, my RAM Timmings: 5,5,5,15 2T 2.3V
If I set the Voltage at 2.1 the rating goes down to 5.4
I'm at a loss and I don't know why I care, LOL!
 

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I've said it before and i'll say it Again.
Please dont take the WEI scores too seriously , they are weird for UNKNOWN(or known only to a chosen few .....:)) reasons.

As long as u have 2GB of Decent RAM(>=667) and arent noticing a lag or anything ,you should be fine.

FYI , My Kingston Value RAM (2GB DDR2667) scores 5.9 :D
 

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What you can do is tighten the timings a bit and switch over to 1T and see if the scores improve.
I've read Latency plays an important part in ur RAM scores.

Let us know :)
Oh...BTW...Welcome to Vista X64 forums.
 

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I also have the 4 Gig Pack of Dominator DDR2-1066, however, I get 5.9 on my WEI. I run mine at 5-5-5-15 as well, so I don't think timings mean that much. It is probably all random :p
 

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Whats odd (i made a thread about this but never found the answer). My RAM USED TO get a 5.9... now it gets a 5.3. Go figure. Same timings and all.

So yea, WEI can kiss my ass
 

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I got 2 gigs. Corsair XMS DDR2800 and its even setup with 4X512 sticks. Timings are stock. 5.5.5.15 and I get 5.9. Always have.
 

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Keep in mind, the speed of the FSB and memory timing are not the only determining factors in memory performance. The chipset, specifically the Northbridge and the Southbridge, control the FSB and therefore have great influence on overall memory performance.
 

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My understanding is that WEI is measuring the overall throughput of the system as a whole, and not merely clock speed of the installed DIMMS. So running faster RAM on a slower Front Side Bus won't actually help you much if your bottleneck isn't the actual memory modules. By way of example - Some of you guys are getting lower scores on DDR2 1066 stuff on a 1066 FSB than I am running my RAM at DDR2 800. How can that be, you ask?? I have my Front Side Bus cranked up to 1600 Mhz.

The general consensus is still correct, tho: It's just a general rating. Not some kind of benchmarking tool.

Best (blog) explanation in English I've found in WEI:
Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Experience Index: An In-Depth Look
 
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3.6?? Sweet!!! :cool:

Good to see ya here, mang..
 

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I have Kingston HyperX Pc2 8500 Dual Cahnnel RAM. I got the timings as tight as they can get and I got 5.9 on RAM. I also have 5.9 on everything down the list!
 

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Thanatos420 said:
KentuckyRanger...are your 4 gigs 4x 1GB or 2x 2GB?
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They're 1GIG X 4
I figure I could do some tweeking to get the 5.9 but as long as everything's running smooth I'm happy.;)

I did try some of the suggestions here and it made things worse! When I changed over from 2T to 1T the BIOS went nuts and said I had some serious issues, LOL!
I've tried changing FSB across the Board including the N $ Southbridge but it's just not doing it. I keep forgetting that the actual FSB with dual Chanel is actualy 533MHz. Everything is matched up and my ratio is at 2:1. How I could get 1:1 is beyond me...:geek:

I figure I'm losing it in the latency department but as I said, as long as the system is running good and it is, I could care less about what my score is. Everything else is at 5.9 and what really gets me is that when I started I had a 5.6. Now that I've tinkered and put everything back I'm only at 5.6 for the RAM so I guess Bill Gates just doesn't like Corsair, LOL!
 

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Thanatos420 said:
I also have the 4 Gig Pack of Dominator DDR2-1066, however, I get 5.9 on my WEI. I run mine at 5-5-5-15 as well, so I don't think timings mean that much. It is probably all random :p
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That sounds like it's the answer. Could you tell me where evrything else is set? i.e. FSB, Voltage etc.
I think I'm just going to have to settle with what I've got.
Why in the World I even care is beyond me, LOL!
Everything I run is smooth as can be and thanks to the latest updates from Microsoft, nVidia and all the software Co's.
 

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Well, I have my machine overclocked. My FSB is set to 450, to acheive 3.6GHz. I have my vcore at 1.425 in BIOS, but under load the chip is getting 1.360v according to CPU-z. My RAM is running at DDR2-1080 at stock 2.1v. Temperatures are approaching 66c under load, so I think 3.6 might be my stopping point.
 

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I'm getting 5.9 with my memory using these settings:

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Go to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php to download cpuz

That's with my processor running at 2.8 Ghz. I know my memory speed goes down to like 5.7 if my processor is back at the stock 1.8
 

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Thanks for all the help.
I tweeked the Northbridge Chipset and things are really buzzing now.
After doing so I kept a close Eye on the temps because of all I've read about nVidia's Chipsets and poor heatsinking. I ran Prime 95 for 10 Hours with no errors so all is well in Rangerland, LOL!

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