Low memory performance rating

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
>>>>

>>

>

"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
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> 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

PC3200 is DDR RAM

Most new computers are delivered with DDR2 RAM which is quite a bit faster
and will give you a higher score.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"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

Mike, Yes I did re-rate.

Richard, aware that DDR2 will give you higher score.
My point in discussing this is that similar or systems with less memory will
receive a higher memory performance rating. There are some on this post,
Jane, for example, with 1.5G of DDR PC3200, single channel with a score of
4.5.
Mine is 2 G DDR 3200, dual channel with a 3.7.
Based on the comments here and elsewhere, I don't think I'm going to give
much weight to the performance ratings even though MS has given it a lot of
buzz.
Thanks to all, especially cheddarhead who really showed his expertise in
Vista.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> PC3200 is DDR RAM
>
> Most new computers are delivered with DDR2 RAM which is quite a bit faster
> and will give you a higher score.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "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

>