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TheGreatSatan
06-22-2008, 05:04 PM
I've seen 2 computers with Vista 64 bit with one that has 4 gigs and another with 6 gigs of RAM. Both computers have the same Windows Experience Index score of 5.7 on RAM. So is there still a point where more RAM means nothing?

nevermind1534
06-22-2008, 05:10 PM
More than four gigs may mean nothing to the Windows Experience Index score, but when running many programs, especially in vista, it will make a big difference. My best guess would be that anything more than four gigs doesn't count towards the score, or something stupid like that.

crenn
06-22-2008, 06:55 PM
The RAM index more relates to the bandwidth, not the size.

Eclecticos
06-23-2008, 07:03 AM
Windows Experience Index . . what a Racket.
Good for one thing "telling you what you have is not good enough".

The boy 4rm oz
06-23-2008, 08:23 AM
When I installed my extra 2GB (bringing it to 4) it gave me the same score of 5.5. After a week or so I tried it again and took my score up to 5.9, the same as my CPU and GPU. My HDD is holding everything back at 5.4 lol.

xRyokenx
06-23-2008, 11:43 AM
Mine is at 5.0 because I can't OC my CPU at all, lol... I could probably get it to like 5.5 or something.

And by the way, with Vista 32bit, it only sees 3.5GB with mine, does it need to be 64bit to see more?

nevermind1534
06-23-2008, 11:51 AM
Yes, to see over 3.5GB, you need a 64-bit OS.

xRyokenx
06-23-2008, 11:54 AM
Alright, thanks. There was something going around saying you just need to upgrade to Vista to get more than 3.5GB but guess that's wrong, lol.

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Luke122
06-23-2008, 12:17 PM
In my experience, disabling virtual memory will let it see the full 4gb.

xRyokenx
06-23-2008, 12:21 PM
Where do I find that setting in Vista? I've looked but they seem to have hidden everything, lol.

Luke122
06-23-2008, 12:25 PM
System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Performance > Advanced > set to "No Paging file". Reboot and test. :)

xRyokenx
06-23-2008, 01:39 PM
Hahaha, I already have it off. Maybe my video card is using 512MB. Whatever, lol.

Luke122
06-23-2008, 09:20 PM
Hmm... that's a strange one.. I'll test when I can and see what I get for results, but I'm sure that my office pc recognizes the full 4gb with the page file off.

I'll confirm tomorrow. :)

xRyokenx
06-23-2008, 09:36 PM
Alright, thanks.

TheGreatSatan
06-27-2008, 11:17 AM
My friend is building a rig with 8GB of RAM and I told him he was stupid.

The boy 4rm oz
06-27-2008, 11:23 AM
8GB will only give you a performance boost if you are streaming HD footage or doing high level encoding or graphics work. For today's games it is probably useless but games are getting more and more intense so in the long run it could be worth it, maybe not 8GB, I can see 6GB being worth it.

nevermind1534
06-27-2008, 07:34 PM
If you run azureus with many large torrents, firefox 2 with 100+ tabs, and a demanding game, you can still probably get away with 4-6 GB.