performance loss with western digital/corsair upgrade

Guyen · Jul 17, 2003, 05:08 PM

Hello all,.I recently got a WD caviar 8meg cache 80gig Hd to replace an old ibm 40 gig. And i upgraded 512megs of generic pc2100 ram to two sticks of Corsair cmx512-3200c2. I wasn't expecting any miracles,.but it seems like my system isn't any faster at all. Wierd as it may sound,.since im on a computer pretty much all day I can "feel" the performance of a system. But the hard evidence is FPS in raven shield and vietcong went down a bit. 3dmark03 went up around 80-100 points. Harddrive seems to get hit alot more even though i now have a gig of ram,.even with no swap file. I'm sure it's something i didnt set right somewhere.
System Specs:
Win XP Pro SP1
A7n8x deluxe 1005 bios
Antec true 480 PS
Barton 2500+ oc'd 3200+ 200fsb(got lucky there)
1gig corsair 3200c2 ram 7-3-3
Western Digital 80gig special edition
Radeon 9700 pro 344/324 Omega Drivers
using onboard sound
DirectX 9.0a
3dmark03 5312

Davidgt · Jul 18, 2003, 08:32 AM

do you have dual channel mode in the bios turned on? meaning ram and processor fsb are at the same speed

Guyen · Jul 18, 2003, 03:36 PM

Hello,.yeah i have dual cjanel running now,.and both are at 200 fsb. Stil think i should have better performance from just the memory alone. But from what another poster said,.this new harddrive isnt that much faster than my old one,.only difference is the 8meg cache as opposed to the 2meg of the IBM.

Jul 17, 2003, 05:08 PM	#1
Guyen DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	performance loss with western digital/corsair upgrade Hello all,.I recently got a WD caviar 8meg cache 80gig Hd to replace an old ibm 40 gig. And i upgraded 512megs of generic pc2100 ram to two sticks of Corsair cmx512-3200c2. I wasn't expecting any miracles,.but it seems like my system isn't any faster at all. Wierd as it may sound,.since im on a computer pretty much all day I can "feel" the performance of a system. But the hard evidence is FPS in raven shield and vietcong went down a bit. 3dmark03 went up around 80-100 points. Harddrive seems to get hit alot more even though i now have a gig of ram,.even with no swap file. I'm sure it's something i didnt set right somewhere. System Specs: Win XP Pro SP1 A7n8x deluxe 1005 bios Antec true 480 PS Barton 2500+ oc'd 3200+ 200fsb(got lucky there) 1gig corsair 3200c2 ram 7-3-3 Western Digital 80gig special edition Radeon 9700 pro 344/324 Omega Drivers using onboard sound DirectX 9.0a 3dmark03 5312

Jul 18, 2003, 08:32 AM	#2
Davidgt Car Audio Guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 499 Rep Power: 0	do you have dual channel mode in the bios turned on? meaning ram and processor fsb are at the same speed __________________ Sales/Support Manager Taraautosound.com wonderful sig by tastyweat

Jul 18, 2003, 03:36 PM	Thread Starter #3
Guyen DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hello,.yeah i have dual cjanel running now,.and both are at 200 fsb. Stil think i should have better performance from just the memory alone. But from what another poster said,.this new harddrive isnt that much faster than my old one,.only difference is the 8meg cache as opposed to the 2meg of the IBM.