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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Piousson on March 17, 2010, 04:07:04 am

Title: Bottleneck
Post by: Piousson on March 17, 2010, 04:07:04 am

hi

 i a newbie here and got two questions to ask

1. On my system, what should i upgrade to match each other, mean that to avoid any bottleneck ?

2.  In window exp index, memory score just the same 4.8, after add another 2*1 gig  kingston ddr2 667, it is normal?

Title: Re: Bottleneck
Post by: thx1138 on March 17, 2010, 04:36:16 pm

Hi, I don't know how to determine the source of performance bottlenecks (I think it depends a lot on what you hope to improve the PC for - gaming, image editing, or simply start-up and program-loading times). With regards to the memory, perhaps it is the memory performance (the speed and timings) which prevents it from gaining a higher score? I don't know for sure. This reply is just to placate you until someone smarter arrives on the scene. :)

Title: Re: Bottleneck
Post by: absic on March 17, 2010, 05:33:13 pm

Hi there,
to answer your second question.......

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   In window exp index, memory score just the same 4.8, after add another 2*1 gig  kingston ddr2 667, it is normal?

My info regarding the Windows Experience Rating is, I admit, a little old now, but I know that when Microsoft first used this in Vista the Maximum score for RAM was: <1.5 Gb's = 4.5.
Now I know that they have tweaked with the W.E.I in Windows 7 but I am pretty certain that this same condition applies. eg: If you have 2 gig of RAM and your rating is x.8 then adding another 2 gig would make no change to this rating it will stay at x.8. Basically, to increase the score above x.8 you would need faster RAM. (to be honest things are a little more complex than this but not sure how deep you want to go).

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By thx1138: it depends a lot on what you hope to improve the PC for - gaming, image editing, or simply start-up and program-loading times

Have to fully agree with this. Could you let us know what you want from your PC, and or, why you think there is a bottleneck?

Title: Re: Bottleneck
Post by: raynemohrmann on March 30, 2010, 05:39:45 am

Hi...All...
      I have read this very nice question I think it depends a lot on what you hope to improve the PC for - gaming, image editing, or simply start-up and program-loading times thank you :-[