Vista - Low memory performance rating

Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and by
default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set them
to DDR400 speeds and timings.

Colin T
"jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
> Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
> Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
> I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
> Pete

Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
Pete

Colin,
They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400 (PC3200).
Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
And thanks for a quick reply.
Pete


"Colin Thompson" wrote:

> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and by
> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set them
> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
>
> Colin T
> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
> > Pete
>

Worth a shot,

At the post screen on boot you should see a line about the memory, it should
say DDR400, but might say DDR333.

It's worth hitting delete during POST and having a look inside your BIOS, it
may also be worth seeing if your mobo manufacturer has a new bios released.

There is literally a whole bunch of reasons that this can happen, if you
have an Athlon64 before the Venice core was released it could be it, as AMD
updated the memory controller, it could be the bios as boards have been
updated to fix memory problems on it. The memory might even be faulty
memory.

I have 4 x 512 sticks of Kingston ValueRam DDR400 memory and have to reset
the timings and speed in the bios otherwise they read as DDR333 and I get a
WEI of 4.9 for it afterwards.

Colin T
"jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21CDD472-488D-48B4-BF2E-78F2FB8BC3FA@microsoft.com...
> Colin,
> They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400 (PC3200).
> Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
> And thanks for a quick reply.
> Pete
>
>
> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
>
>> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and by
>> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set
>> them
>> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
>>
>> Colin T
>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
>> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
>> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
>> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
>> > Pete
>>

I get 5.9 from 2GB's of 800mhz DDR2 memory. There are lots of different
speeds in memory so the higher the speed the better the performance will be.

--
Byron Hinson
ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com


<Colin Thompson> wrote in message
news:0DDD1095-70A8-493E-8A3F-1C278DF2FC9E@microsoft.com...
> Worth a shot,
>
> At the post screen on boot you should see a line about the memory, it
> should say DDR400, but might say DDR333.
>
> It's worth hitting delete during POST and having a look inside your BIOS,
> it may also be worth seeing if your mobo manufacturer has a new bios
> released.
>
> There is literally a whole bunch of reasons that this can happen, if you
> have an Athlon64 before the Venice core was released it could be it, as
> AMD updated the memory controller, it could be the bios as boards have
> been updated to fix memory problems on it. The memory might even be faulty
> memory.
>
> I have 4 x 512 sticks of Kingston ValueRam DDR400 memory and have to reset
> the timings and speed in the bios otherwise they read as DDR333 and I get
> a WEI of 4.9 for it afterwards.
>
> Colin T
> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:21CDD472-488D-48B4-BF2E-78F2FB8BC3FA@microsoft.com...
>> Colin,
>> They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400
>> (PC3200).
>> Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
>> And thanks for a quick reply.
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
>>
>>> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and
>>> by
>>> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set
>>> them
>>> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
>>>
>>> Colin T
>>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
>>> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
>>> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
>>> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
>>> > Pete
>>>
>

True but, I'm stuck in DDR400 mode with the same brand name of memory as the
top poster, it more than likely his is underperforming. Without the benefit
of product numbers I can't be more accurate but it more of a like for like
comparison than DDR2@800 mhz.

Colin T
"Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message
news:14DEC4ED-E6EA-4E57-8453-0404DC0DA110@microsoft.com...
>I get 5.9 from 2GB's of 800mhz DDR2 memory. There are lots of different
>speeds in memory so the higher the speed the better the performance will
>be.
>
> --
> Byron Hinson
> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com
>
>
> <Colin Thompson> wrote in message
> news:0DDD1095-70A8-493E-8A3F-1C278DF2FC9E@microsoft.com...
>> Worth a shot,
>>
>> At the post screen on boot you should see a line about the memory, it
>> should say DDR400, but might say DDR333.
>>
>> It's worth hitting delete during POST and having a look inside your BIOS,
>> it may also be worth seeing if your mobo manufacturer has a new bios
>> released.
>>
>> There is literally a whole bunch of reasons that this can happen, if you
>> have an Athlon64 before the Venice core was released it could be it, as
>> AMD updated the memory controller, it could be the bios as boards have
>> been updated to fix memory problems on it. The memory might even be
>> faulty memory.
>>
>> I have 4 x 512 sticks of Kingston ValueRam DDR400 memory and have to
>> reset the timings and speed in the bios otherwise they read as DDR333 and
>> I get a WEI of 4.9 for it afterwards.
>>
>> Colin T
>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:21CDD472-488D-48B4-BF2E-78F2FB8BC3FA@microsoft.com...
>>> Colin,
>>> They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400
>>> (PC3200).
>>> Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
>>> And thanks for a quick reply.
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and
>>>> by
>>>> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set
>>>> them
>>>> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
>>>>
>>>> Colin T
>>>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
>>>> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
>>>> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
>>>> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
>>>> > Pete
>>>>
>>
>

I'm using the new Kingston HyperX KHX3200K2/2G
I didn't have dual channel as I thought, moved to DIMM1 and 2.
Also moved the memory voltage from 2.55 to 2.65 which the Kingston site says
is allowable.
Prior to all of this, various benchmarks including SIS Sandra Pro told me
that the mem speed was decent, not outstanding.
The memory portion of the "PC Pitstop" test rated me at 78% of comparable
units.

And a 3.7 from Vista.

Since the change to the proper dual channel config and increasing the
voltage, sandra gives me a great benchmark, PC Pitstop says I'm at 102% in
memory speed comparison and

Vista still says I'm a 3.7.

Overall performance of the machine, sort of built for Vista, is outstanding
with both XP and Vista.
The rating, however, tells me there's still something wrong, or buggy, since
others with the same type rigs are getting high 4's.
Maybe I should just forget it but I'm not a quitter.
And thanks, folks, for jumping in.
Pete

"Colin Thompson" wrote:

> True but, I'm stuck in DDR400 mode with the same brand name of memory as the
> top poster, it more than likely his is underperforming. Without the benefit
> of product numbers I can't be more accurate but it more of a like for like
> comparison than DDR2@800 mhz.
>
> Colin T
> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message
> news:14DEC4ED-E6EA-4E57-8453-0404DC0DA110@microsoft.com...
> >I get 5.9 from 2GB's of 800mhz DDR2 memory. There are lots of different
> >speeds in memory so the higher the speed the better the performance will
> >be.
> >
> > --
> > Byron Hinson
> > ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com
> >
> >
> > <Colin Thompson> wrote in message
> > news:0DDD1095-70A8-493E-8A3F-1C278DF2FC9E@microsoft.com...
> >> Worth a shot,
> >>
> >> At the post screen on boot you should see a line about the memory, it
> >> should say DDR400, but might say DDR333.
> >>
> >> It's worth hitting delete during POST and having a look inside your BIOS,
> >> it may also be worth seeing if your mobo manufacturer has a new bios
> >> released.
> >>
> >> There is literally a whole bunch of reasons that this can happen, if you
> >> have an Athlon64 before the Venice core was released it could be it, as
> >> AMD updated the memory controller, it could be the bios as boards have
> >> been updated to fix memory problems on it. The memory might even be
> >> faulty memory.
> >>
> >> I have 4 x 512 sticks of Kingston ValueRam DDR400 memory and have to
> >> reset the timings and speed in the bios otherwise they read as DDR333 and
> >> I get a WEI of 4.9 for it afterwards.
> >>
> >> Colin T
> >> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:21CDD472-488D-48B4-BF2E-78F2FB8BC3FA@microsoft.com...
> >>> Colin,
> >>> They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400
> >>> (PC3200).
> >>> Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
> >>> And thanks for a quick reply.
> >>> Pete
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do and
> >>>> by
> >>>> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually set
> >>>> them
> >>>> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
> >>>>
> >>>> Colin T
> >>>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
> >>>> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
> >>>> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
> >>>> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
> >>>> > Pete
> >>>>
> >>
> >
>

I have 1.5GB of DDR400 PC3200 RAM, Corsair ValueSelect, running in Single
Channel mode. Vista's rating gives it a 4.5

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C1671312-0973-41E7-82E9-AAAB7F77F074@microsoft.com...
> I'm using the new Kingston HyperX KHX3200K2/2G
> I didn't have dual channel as I thought, moved to DIMM1 and 2.
> Also moved the memory voltage from 2.55 to 2.65 which the Kingston site
> says
> is allowable.
> Prior to all of this, various benchmarks including SIS Sandra Pro told me
> that the mem speed was decent, not outstanding.
> The memory portion of the "PC Pitstop" test rated me at 78% of comparable
> units.
>
> And a 3.7 from Vista.
>
> Since the change to the proper dual channel config and increasing the
> voltage, sandra gives me a great benchmark, PC Pitstop says I'm at 102% in
> memory speed comparison and
>
> Vista still says I'm a 3.7.
>
> Overall performance of the machine, sort of built for Vista, is
> outstanding
> with both XP and Vista.
> The rating, however, tells me there's still something wrong, or buggy,
> since
> others with the same type rigs are getting high 4's.
> Maybe I should just forget it but I'm not a quitter.
> And thanks, folks, for jumping in.
> Pete
>
> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
>
>> True but, I'm stuck in DDR400 mode with the same brand name of memory as
>> the
>> top poster, it more than likely his is underperforming. Without the
>> benefit
>> of product numbers I can't be more accurate but it more of a like for
>> like
>> comparison than DDR2@800 mhz.
>>
>> Colin T
>> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message
>> news:14DEC4ED-E6EA-4E57-8453-0404DC0DA110@microsoft.com...
>> >I get 5.9 from 2GB's of 800mhz DDR2 memory. There are lots of different
>> >speeds in memory so the higher the speed the better the performance will
>> >be.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Byron Hinson
>> > ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com
>> >
>> >
>> > <Colin Thompson> wrote in message
>> > news:0DDD1095-70A8-493E-8A3F-1C278DF2FC9E@microsoft.com...
>> >> Worth a shot,
>> >>
>> >> At the post screen on boot you should see a line about the memory, it
>> >> should say DDR400, but might say DDR333.
>> >>
>> >> It's worth hitting delete during POST and having a look inside your
>> >> BIOS,
>> >> it may also be worth seeing if your mobo manufacturer has a new bios
>> >> released.
>> >>
>> >> There is literally a whole bunch of reasons that this can happen, if
>> >> you
>> >> have an Athlon64 before the Venice core was released it could be it,
>> >> as
>> >> AMD updated the memory controller, it could be the bios as boards have
>> >> been updated to fix memory problems on it. The memory might even be
>> >> faulty memory.
>> >>
>> >> I have 4 x 512 sticks of Kingston ValueRam DDR400 memory and have to
>> >> reset the timings and speed in the bios otherwise they read as DDR333
>> >> and
>> >> I get a WEI of 4.9 for it afterwards.
>> >>
>> >> Colin T
>> >> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:21CDD472-488D-48B4-BF2E-78F2FB8BC3FA@microsoft.com...
>> >>> Colin,
>> >>> They were 512's and it is a nforce 4. Now their 1 G each, DDR400
>> >>> (PC3200).
>> >>> Do I have to make a change in the BIOS settings, like the voltage?
>> >>> And thanks for a quick reply.
>> >>> Pete
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> "Colin Thompson" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Any chance you have 4x 512 sticks in an nforce 4 motherboard? I do
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> by
>> >>>> default DDR400 memory runs at DDR333 speeds and I had to manually
>> >>>> set
>> >>>> them
>> >>>> to DDR400 speeds and timings.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Colin T
>> >>>> "jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> > Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
>> >>>> > Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
>> >>>> > I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
>> >>>> > Pete
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >
>>

"jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
> Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
> Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
> I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
> Pete


That *is* strange. I have 4 GB dual channel PC2100 and get a score of 4.2 in Vista
RTM.

Tom Lake

Poopypants











"jbpete" <jbpete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5E8C4ED-097A-4A44-8C79-742B269BB445@microsoft.com...
> Have 2 G of matched Kingston PC3200 in a dual channel mode.
> Why would my memory rating only be 3.7.
> I see all comparable ones up in the high 4's.
> Pete