Show Us Your WEI

[Muad Dib]

I had two of these drives in RAID 0 and Vista gave me a 5.9. So I could possibly get a SSD for my operating system and use these for data/ backup? I have a HIS H487FN1GP 1GB GDDR5 graphics card (default clocks). It seems to work pretty well. The only problem is I had to get an after market cooler because it came with a 3-pin fan and it sounded like a hurricane.
What can I get out of HD Tune?

Yes there are some examples of SSD benchmarks in the othere HDD perfromance thread.

SSD HD Tune exemple (a "slow" one) http://www.sevenforums.com/177413-post243.html

Best I have seen it from 2 SSDs in a RAID0.

They are still pretty pricey....

 

[doakh]

Yes there are some examples of SSD benchmarks in the othere HDD perfromance thread.

SSD HD Tune exemple (a "slow" one) http://www.sevenforums.com/177413-post243.html

Best I have seen it from 2 SSDs in a RAID0.

They are still pretty pricey....

WOW, these SDD's seem supersonic! They are expensive and GB limited. I have read of degradation over time; is this factual?

 

[Muad Dib]

WOW, these SDD's seem supersonic! They are expensive and GB limited. I have read of degradation over time; is this factual?

From what I have read, yes. But a mechanical drive will fail eventually as well.
I will wait for the $$$/GB to drop as I don't need the increased performance THAT bad.

 

[mickey megabyte]

i found this thread so thought this would be fun, then i realised that i'd just updated my graphics drivers, so i needed to retest.

i wasn't very pleased with the results though! needless to say, i've gone back to the old drivers!

 

[Muad Dib]

i found this thread so thought this would be fun, then i realised that i'd just updated my graphics drivers, so i needed to retest.

i wasn't very pleased with the results though! needless to say, i've gone back to the old drivers!

WOW....... I am still running the v8.6 driver and get a WEI of 7.3 on both business and 3D graphics on a Sapphire HD4830.

When you switched back to the 9.6 driver did the WEI scores return to their previous values?

 

[fireman604]

I am using WD raptors 40 gig each x 5 in raid 5 only score 5.9 on hard drives in WEI, fast drives raid 5 pci x raid card, highpoint 1820 so what gives.

 

[mickey megabyte]

WOW....... I am still running the v8.6 driver and get a WEI of 7.3 on both business and 3D graphics on a Sapphire HD4830.

When you switched back to the 9.6 driver did the WEI scores return to their previous values?

yes they did - guess which drivers i chose to stick with?

@fireman: you get the same scores with your fancy RAID setup as i do with my crappy single deathstar? i guess we can conclude that these numbers don't count for much in the real world...

 

[dan7777]

my HDD lets me down it is a 500gb oh well here"s mine ... these are with 190.40 new drivers out

 

[Muad Dib]

my HDD lets me down it is a 500gb oh well here"s mine ... these are with 190.40 new drivers out

Well, have you found a case of a single SATA, non-RAID, getting a WEI HDD score above 5.9?

 

[Everlong]

Well, have you found a case of a single SATA, non-RAID, getting a WEI HDD score above 5.9?

It could be possible. Friend of mine has max 5.9 Vista rating and he doesn't have a RAID setup. Not tested it on Windows 7. Will find out what he gets when I take it round for him on Monday.

 

[Muad Dib]

It could be possible. Friend of mine has max 5.9 Vista rating and he doesn't have a RAID setup. Not tested it on Windows 7. Will find out what he gets when I take it round for him on Monday.

Let us know.... I don't remember seeing any reported in this thread and I think I have read most of the posts.... (if I have missed one, I apologize in advance...).

 

[sevenrulz]

 

[ikilledkenny]

How does your processor get 6.4 when mine gets 3.4? It's basically the same thing.

 

[mickey megabyte]

well spotted, it does seem like a high cpu score for 1.86 GHz - checking his specs, he's clocked it to 3 GHz :shock:

he doesn't go into his cooling solution though - liquid nitrogen?

 

[ikilledkenny]

well spotted, it does seem like a high cpu score for 1.86 GHz - checking his specs, he's clocked it to 3 GHz :shock:

he doesn't go into his cooling solution though - liquid nitrogen?

Yes, quite possibly!

 

[jagan kumar 4u]

hw 2 incrs my desktp perfmnc for win aero in win 7 ulti

HI.
i just wanted to know how i can increase WEI of my desktop performance for windows aero in windows 7 ultimate build 7100...which i hav installed.i would like to make u know that i have a config. as stated:-

intel core 2 quad 2.33 ghz
asrock(intel-nvidia series)motherboard
512gb sata hdd(45gb free)
4gb ddr-2 ram(3.75 gb usable)
nvidia geforce 9400gt 512 mb

But still i have WEI for win aero as 3.2 which happens to be my base score.well my processesor has 7.0
ram has 5.9
(graphics)desktop perfrmnc for win aero has ((3.2))
gaming graphics has 5.3
and primary hard disk has 5.9

please,help me to improve my graphics for win aero and provide further suggestions on how to improve my WEI for individual components.

w8ing eagerly for ur reply to my id [email protected]

 

[Muad Dib]

HI.
i just wanted to know how i can increase WEI of my desktop performance for windows aero in windows 7 ultimate build 7100...which i hav installed.i would like to make u know that i have a config. as stated:-

intel core 2 quad 2.33 ghz
asrock(intel-nvidia series)motherboard
512gb sata hdd(45gb free)
4gb ddr-2 ram(3.75 gb usable)
nvidia geforce 9400gt 512 mb

But still i have WEI for win aero as 3.2 which happens to be my base score.well my processesor has 7.0
ram has 5.9
(graphics)desktop perfrmnc for win aero has ((3.2))
gaming graphics has 5.3
and primary hard disk has 5.9

please,help me to improve my graphics for win aero and provide further suggestions on how to improve my WEI for individual components.

w8ing eagerly for ur reply to my id [email protected]

You won't improve your HDD score without major surgery.

Go to Tom's Video card Heirarchy below for reference.

Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart - Review Tom's Hardware : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: Jan. '09

The general rule of thumb is you must go UP the heirarchy at LEAST 4-5 levels before the upgrade is worth the cost.

Don't know what your budget is. I have a Sapphire ATI HD4830. Overclocked it scores 7.3 on the WEI and can play anything I play at high settings and good frame-rates. (Q6600 3.0 GHz, 8GB Ram).

The HD4830 card is 12 levels ABOVE the 9400 GT. Shop around you can catch some very good cards at fairly reasonable prices every now and then.

Watch out that you don't get a card that won't physically fit your case or that needs power that your PSU cannot provide. Another factor is usage, HTPC users want a silent card. Gamers don't mind fan noise as they run around blowing up the universe.

Happy hunting...

P.S. It is not wise to post email addresses directly in a forum.

 

[TheBull]

Mine,

 

[ikilledkenny]

Mine,

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How do you get that as your score with 3 hard drives?

 

[Ballistyx]

Avag is 5.68