Show Us Your WEI (2)

[F1FAN]

Just upgraded to an SSD, now the lowest point is the cpu, but still a fine enough system for me.

 

[sygnus21]

Just upgraded to an SSD, now the lowest point is the cpu, but still a fine enough system for me.

Don't you just hate it when your CPU is the thorn in your side - http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/83699-show-us-your-wei-2-a-154.html#post1222817

Nice scores BTW

 

[A Guy]

Wish I can somehow make the rest all 7.9, here is my WEI score
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Great numbers, congrats

Just upgraded to an SSD, now the lowest point is the cpu, but still a fine enough system for me.

Also great numbers

A Guy

 

[Darician]

For a while, I had a GeForce GT 220 as a stop gap upgrade to my previous GeForce 7950 GT until I got something else. About a week ago, I purchased a barely used Radeon HD 3870 from eBay for about $50 including shipping. Now my Graphics and Gaming Graphics got bumped up from about 4.7 and 6.0 respectively to 7.0 for both. I am very pleased with this new video card. I know it's a few generations old but it runs all my games very well and for $50, I don't think I can beat the performance I'm getting. Also, the card runs rather cool at about 38 - 41 C when idle and about 60 - 65 C under load.

 

[RealGoneKid]

For a while, I had a GeForce GT 220 as a stop gap upgrade to my previous GeForce 7950 GT until I got something else. About a week ago, I purchased a barely used Radeon HD 3870 from eBay for abou $50 including shipping. Now my Graphics and Gaming Graphics got bumped up from about 4.7 and 6.0 respectively to 7.0 for both. I am very pleased with this new video card. I know it's a few generations old but it runs all my games very well and for $50, I don't think I can beat the performance I'm getting. Also, the card runs rather cool at about 38 - 41 C when idle and about 60 - 65 C under load.

Good score for a 512 card, just proves that the X8XX cards are superior to the X6XX and X7XX cards. (My HD 4670 512MB only scored 6.7).

 

[sygnus21]

Good score for a 512 card, just proves that the X8XX cards are superior to the X6XX and X7XX cards. (My HD 4670 512MB only scored 6.7).

Depends on drivers. Also performance wise the 3870 is the better card.

 

[RealGoneKid]

Hi all, I just discovered a little tweak for ATI Crossfire users and thought I would share it here.(May be common knowledge).
I Have 2 identicle Sapphire HD 5770's amd when I read up on how to configure the Crossfire I read that for 2 graphics cards just 1 Crossfire bridge was required and that 2 bridges was for 3 or more cards. Well I read today that some users were using 2 Crossfire bridges on 2 card setups and this gave a small increase in performance, Since both my cards came with Crossfire bridges I decided to give it a go.
There was a great increase in performance as far as available graphics memory was concerned. Even the Passmark Benchmark score improved, although only slightly where I would have expected, Perhaps this is due to a recent reinstall of Windows?
Here are the results:
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I really didn't expect the results, and although it hasn't affected the WEI any I thought it was worth posting the info.

Just did the maths, it gives my 2 X 1024MB (2048MB) + 2803MB System RAM an extra 1036MB RAM from the system Memory, That's another graphics cards worth of memory. Shame it's DDR2 though and not DDR3. Maybe on the next reincarnation of this build!

 

[Mattz]

Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one . now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

 

[RealGoneKid]

Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one . now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

It is a pretty safe hobby though, as long as your doing it to better the performance for your needs and not just to get the best WEI, As long as you don't commit crime to get the money for upgrades your conscience should be clear.
Happy improvements.

 

[indecisi0n]

Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one . now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

Not sure a 6 core CPU is going to give you what you want.

I am @ 7.3

 

[sygnus21]

Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one . now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

Are you actually doing all these updates for a WEI score

 

[andyparks]

this is mine now its a acer x3950 its a bit better then my old dell inspiron 531

 

[RealGoneKid]

Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one . now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

Not sure a 6 core CPU is going to give you what you want.

I am @ 7.3

An AMD Phenom II X6 1100T would give him 7.5 @ stock clocks, I'm sure it will run at 4.0GHz With a good cooling system (The MAX temp is a lot lower than other CPU's on the market) but not sure what WEI it would score then.

 

[F1FAN]

Just upgraded to an SSD, now the lowest point is the cpu, but still a fine enough system for me.

Don't you just hate it when your CPU is the thorn in your side - http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/83699-show-us-your-wei-2-a-154.html#post1222817

Nice scores BTW

haha yep that what i thought. But its nice to know that anything else i upgrade, the hard drive will not be the bottleneck like it's been for mnay years.

 

[AlexRD]

Wish I can somehow make the rest all 7.9, here is my WEI score
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What SSD do you have?

 

[Anusha]

Wish I can somehow make the rest all 7.9, here is my WEI score
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What SSD do you have?

He seems to be running two SSDs in RAID0.

 

[Bug257]

A fairly fresh install and many thanks to the SSD tweaks from this site.

 

[Mattz]

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[COLOR=#0072bc !important][COLOR=#0072bc !important]Quote[/COLOR][/COLOR]: Originally Posted by Mattz
Hi I have just upgraded the grafics for my rig with two HD 5770 just got another one .

now sent order for 6 core AMD now need more PSU where will it end I thought I would be happy with my 7.4 and I was for a while Ha Ha Ha

Are you actually doing all these updates for a WEI score

No not Just for the WEI I love having a machine that will do anything I need it to do HD video needs a very good machine. I just enjoy the WEI as a guide to performance the upgrades for me are often not too expensive as I get reward points on my purchases for work (lucky for My kids)no one suffers for my hoby and in the pased I have certainly had worse ones

 

[besweeet]

A fairly fresh install and many thanks to the SSD tweaks from this site.

SSD tweaks? Care to point me in the direction of these? I'm all for making stuff faster.

 

[Bug257]

A fairly fresh install and many thanks to the SSD tweaks from this site.

SSD tweaks? Care to point me in the direction of these? I'm all for making stuff faster.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html

Keep in mind that i personally didnt notice a difference, but it did boost my WEI score from 7.4 to 7.7 on the disk portion. This gives some performance tips and tips for reducing unnecessary writes.