a ram question and 3d mark score

hello,

supposedly i have a ddr3 ram 1600 mhz but it shows that its running on a much lower speed... any advice

( if the image is not working here's a link to ithttp://imageshack.us/f/808/3dmarkf.jpg/) to show details

and teh score isP3054 3DMarks . it says it is low compared to my build ( x6 1055 cpu, xfx 5830 gpu and 4 gig corsair )

i believe that's the "actual frequency" (i don't know the exact lingo) but yea so i have 1600mhz ram, but in cpu-z it shows as 800mhz...i forgot why that is, but yea so actual frequency is always half of what ?advertised? frequency is (help with lingo ??)

EDIT: quick google search shows RAM clock is what is advertised the most and what your BIOS tells u....RAM frequency show be around half of the RAM clock i believe (Double Data Rate = DDR)

how did you know its running at 1333 ??

how did you know its running at 1333 ??

sentenced83

am trying but the option to tinker with the ram is blurred and cant be clicked :s

overclocking RAM is pretty difficult i believe...you really have to jack up voltages and stuff...plus u see pretty much NO performance upgrade...what is your RAM advertised to clock at? if its running below what it should be running then perhaps you can set it to XMP profile in your BIOSgrf7291

overclocking RAM is pretty difficult i believe...you really have to jack up voltages and stuff...plus u see pretty much NO performance upgrade...what is your RAM advertised to clock at? if its running below what it should be running then perhaps you can set it to XMP profile in your BIOSgrf7291

its supposed to be running at 1600 by default!!

and u shoot us a link to the product on say Newegg or some othe site?

also have you tried going into your BIOS yet and setting it manually at 1600mhz or using the XMP setting (if your mobo supports it) ?

this is pretty common with RAM, sometimes ur mobo will downclock it, it's just part of the process sometimes

The ram speed doesnt matter on 3dmark11. The score is made of graphics and cpu, overclock those and your score will naturally go up. Its plain and simple and the combined score averages out on the p-score performance level score.