I have just bought myself some new RAM for my PC but it doesn't seem to be making any difference to the PC's speed & efficency. I have used CPU-Z to check what's happening and here is what it's telling me:
CPU-Z 1.42 report file
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 1 per processor
Number of threads 1 (max 1) per processor
Name Intel Pentium 4 506
Code Name Prescott
Specification Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA
Family/Model/Stepping F.4.1
Extended Family/Model F.4
Core Stepping E0
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2666.7 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 20.0 x 133.3 MHz
Rated Bus speed 533.3 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache (per processor) 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache (per processor) 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache (per processor) 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge Intel i915P/i915G rev. B1
Southbridge Intel 82801FB (ICH6) rev. 03
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Frequency 133.3 MHz (1:1)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 6 clocks
System
System Manufacturer MSI
System Name MS-7133
System S/N To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Mainboard Vendor MSI
Mainboard Model MS-7133
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version V2.0B0
BIOS Date 03/01/2005
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 1024 MBytes, GEIL
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
As you can see the FSB is only 133Mhz but my new, 1GB RAM (and even my old 512Mb which is not in the PC anymore), can do 400Mhz. Is there any way i can get more out of my PC? The reason i ask is because i got my son a copy of Trackmania United and the PC i have easily meets the minimum spec. The game loads fine and plays fine on a bare track but, if any buildings come into view, it crawls. Anyone have any suggestions? If you need any more system specs i can supply them.
Many thanks,
Noobsaibot21
PS: Can't reply'til tomorrow so happy new year all.