Vista - windows experience index

10-11-2007

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:15:02 -0700, kaka <smartestdesign@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Quote:

> OS recognizes the ram but i didn't feel the boost.

You are apparently a victim of the commonly-spread misinformation that
more RAM is always better. It's true only up to a point. You get good
performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the
page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Once you stop using
the page file, adding more RAM does almost nothing for you. That's
true, not only in Vista, but in all versions of Windows.

Most people running Windows Vista, unless they perform particularly
memory-hungry tasks like video or large photo-editing, will see little
or no improvement past 2GB. You apparently fall into that category, as
most of us do.

Quote:

> and even my MB allows the installation of 8 GB.
> ( may be i need to
> add another 4 gb? )

Unless you have a 64-bit processor and are running 64-bit Windows, 8GB
won't be seen at all. The absolute maximum is 4GB (but all of it can't
be used).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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10-11-2007

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:

Quote:

> Don't put to much faith in the ratings on devices by WEI, it tends to get it
> wrong sometimes.

And it's hard to get an extra decimal point or two on what must be a
logarithmic scale:

My laptop which HDTune clocks in at average Xfer rate of 39MB/s and seek
of 15.3ms gets a respectable 5.0
My desktop with Xfer rate of 160MB/s and seek of 7.5ms only gets up to 5.9

10-12-2007

"cvp" <goaway@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e6$exTGDIHA.2004@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:

Quote:

>> Don't put to much faith in the ratings on devices by WEI, it tends to get
>> it wrong sometimes.

>
>
> And it's hard to get an extra decimal point or two on what must be a
> logarithmic scale:
>
> My laptop which HDTune clocks in at average Xfer rate of 39MB/s and seek
> of 15.3ms gets a respectable 5.0
> My desktop with Xfer rate of 160MB/s and seek of 7.5ms only gets up to 5.9

5.9 is the maximum IIRC.

10-11-2007	#11 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP n/a posts	Re: windows experience index On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:15:02 -0700, kaka <smartestdesign@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > OS recognizes the ram but i didn't feel the boost. You are apparently a victim of the commonly-spread misinformation that more RAM is always better. It's true only up to a point. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Once you stop using the page file, adding more RAM does almost nothing for you. That's true, not only in Vista, but in all versions of Windows. Most people running Windows Vista, unless they perform particularly memory-hungry tasks like video or large photo-editing, will see little or no improvement past 2GB. You apparently fall into that category, as most of us do. Quote: > and even my MB allows the installation of 8 GB. > ( may be i need to > add another 4 gb? ) Unless you have a 64-bit processor and are running 64-bit Windows, 8GB won't be seen at all. The absolute maximum is 4GB (but all of it can't be used). -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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10-11-2007	#12 (permalink)
cvp n/a posts	Re: windows experience index Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote: Quote: > Don't put to much faith in the ratings on devices by WEI, it tends to get it > wrong sometimes. And it's hard to get an extra decimal point or two on what must be a logarithmic scale: My laptop which HDTune clocks in at average Xfer rate of 39MB/s and seek of 15.3ms gets a respectable 5.0 My desktop with Xfer rate of 160MB/s and seek of 7.5ms only gets up to 5.9
My System Specs

10-12-2007	#13 (permalink)
dennis n/a posts	Re: windows experience index "cvp" <goaway@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e6$exTGDIHA.2004@xxxxxx Quote: > Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote: Quote: >> Don't put to much faith in the ratings on devices by WEI, it tends to get >> it wrong sometimes. > > > And it's hard to get an extra decimal point or two on what must be a > logarithmic scale: > > My laptop which HDTune clocks in at average Xfer rate of 39MB/s and seek > of 15.3ms gets a respectable 5.0 > My desktop with Xfer rate of 160MB/s and seek of 7.5ms only gets up to 5.9 5.9 is the maximum IIRC.
My System Specs

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