Not bad. I still love how my $1,500 MSI GT680R is much cheaper and still faster than people's overpriced Mac's. // end troll mode
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I don't buy macs for their performance in windows environments. The only reason I have win7 is due to the fact that I need it for 2 programs at work. Hopefully those vendors will have mac compatible software soon...
I'll post my windows experience score momentarily, I just put a new drive in and am restoring everything at the moment.
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What do you mean by "upgrade"?
Because you can't run an upgrade process to move from 32 bit to 64 bit. It's erase and re-install from scratch.
That said, do you don't mention why you might be interested in more than 4 GB of RAM. Others may feel differently, but unless you are doing audio/video/image/CAD composition/processing/editing, etc., 4 GB of RAM is generally enough. Games don't generally benefit from more then 4 GB, either. So, unless you are using particular software which is being hampered by not having enough RAM, stick with 32 bit. And it's relatively rare, but there is still software or drivers sometimes that don't have 64 bit capable versions, so sticking with 32 bit helps ensure not running into that wall.
For instance, on 64 bit Windows, even MS only suggests 64 bit Office if you need to have Excel files with over like 500,000 rows or something. Otherwise they recommend sticking with 32 bit Office. The Excel thing is the only reason the provide for using 64 bit Office.
Cheers.
Sorry, I think I misunderstood your question.
Are you asking if your memory performance score will go up if you have 64 bit Windows instead of 32 bit?
My gut says no, as it's more of a memory speed mark than capacity.
Maybe google it? "windows experience index memory 32 64 bit"...
If you find anything interesting feel free to share.
Last thought, if you were to upgrade to 64 bit solely for the purpose of increasing that number, I would do more research if that WEI number has any correlation to real-world computing speeds. It's a lot of work to through to feel good about a number...
I'm kinda scratching my head as to why a 2007 iMac 2.4 (7,1) has higher memory scores than some of these newer models with Core i5s. DDR2/667 should not be beating out DDR3/1066/1333.
Other than a memory upgrade to 4GB and a HDD replacement/upgrade to a Caviar Black 1TB, this system is relatively stock.
Other than a memory upgrade to 4GB and a HDD replacement/upgrade to a Caviar Black 1TB, this system is relatively stock.
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6.9
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz 7.5
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.6
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 6.9
Gaming graphics 4819 MB Total available graphics memory 6.9
Primary hard disk 1GB Free (29GB Total) 6.9
Windows 7 Professional
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz 7.5
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.6
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 6.9
Gaming graphics 4819 MB Total available graphics memory 6.9
Primary hard disk 1GB Free (29GB Total) 6.9
Windows 7 Professional
iMac 24 with ATI 4850 Overall 5.9 (limited by disk)
6.6 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06GHz
6.6 Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
7.1 Graphics ATI 4850
7.1 Gaming graphics
5.9 Primary hard disk (2TB Hitachi)
iMac 24" ATI 4850 Windows 7 64bit
If I could figure out how to get an SSD in here in addition to the Hitachi 2TB drive I wouldn't be looking at the new 27".
Dedicated ASUS G73 gaming laptop with 1st Gen i7 720, 12GB Ram, 256GB SSD & 750GB HD, ATI 5870 - Overall 7.0 (limited by CPU).
7.0 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06GHz
7.4 Memory (RAM) 12.00 GB
7.2 Graphics ATI 5870
7.2 Gaming graphics
7.7 Primary hard disk (256GB Corsair RealSSD C300)
Seems the iMac GPU is pretty close from a WEI perspective. I bet the new iMac 27 with 6970 and SSD would replace my gaming laptop!
Cheers,
6.6 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06GHz
6.6 Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
7.1 Graphics ATI 4850
7.1 Gaming graphics
5.9 Primary hard disk (2TB Hitachi)
iMac 24" ATI 4850 Windows 7 64bit
If I could figure out how to get an SSD in here in addition to the Hitachi 2TB drive I wouldn't be looking at the new 27".
Dedicated ASUS G73 gaming laptop with 1st Gen i7 720, 12GB Ram, 256GB SSD & 750GB HD, ATI 5870 - Overall 7.0 (limited by CPU).
7.0 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06GHz
7.4 Memory (RAM) 12.00 GB
7.2 Graphics ATI 5870
7.2 Gaming graphics
7.7 Primary hard disk (256GB Corsair RealSSD C300)
Seems the iMac GPU is pretty close from a WEI perspective. I bet the new iMac 27 with 6970 and SSD would replace my gaming laptop!
Cheers,
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My late 2009 15" MBP with 4GB ram, 2.53GHZ, is 4.9 base score.
I think my early 2008 black Mb is 4.1 with 4GB and 2.5GHZ.
I think my early 2008 black Mb is 4.1 with 4GB and 2.5GHZ.
OK, I optimized my SSD with AHCI, no LPM and firmware 0002, upping it's score from 7.5 to 7.9. Lookin' good!
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Hey, that's excellent news
I assume that you mean you enabled AHCI for Windows in Boot Camp. So, how'd you do it???
Hey, that's excellent news
I assume that you mean you enabled AHCI for Windows in Boot Camp. So, how'd you do it???
For those interested in this, I posted a thread here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1177913/
I just set up a drive with Boot Camp and Win 7 Professional x64 in order to play some PC games on my Early-2008 Mac Pro "3,1". I'm delighted to find that this 3.5-year-old machine is still keeping up. I didn't build it as a gaming machine, as it's mostly used for photo editing, but I've replaced the original 2600XT graphics card with an HD 5770 and upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 6GB. The drives in it are nothing special, all WD Caviar Black 7200 rpm running of the on-board SATA.
