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software for finding hardware bottlenecks ...Hello all,
I just received a new Dell Precision which is supposed to be extremelly powerful but then scores very badly using PassMark PerformanceTest. Is there any software that would tell me something like e.g. "The very cheap memory chip #3 installed on your system Hyundai is slowing down everything like hell" ? kind of ... Thanks in advance, Best Regards, Giovanni Well I am not sure about that, but the first thing I would suspect is maybe
the video card? You didn't specify any specs so I am not sure. If it is a brand new PC alot of times the bottleneck will be in the video card. Post some specs aas much info as possible and I can try and help. -Thread marked Hello Chris,
Thank you for your will to help :-) > Well I am not sure about that, but the first thing I would suspect is It is a new Precision 670:maybe > the video card? You didn't specify any specs so I am not sure. If it is a > brand new PC alot of times the bottleneck will be in the video card. > Post some specs aas much info as possible and I can try and help. > ----------------------------------- Dual Xeon 3.2GHz/800Mhz/1MB 2GB RAM DDR2 400 ECC Dual Channel Intel E7525 chipset EM64T 128MB PCI-E ATI FIREGL V3100 (ELGA) 80GB SATA HDD 7200rpm 36GB SCSI HDD 10K rpm 16X DVD +/- RW + Soft 16X DVD ROM Win XP Pro SP2 ----------------------------------- Is it also usual that DELL packs whatever kind of disparate of different (cheap) component vendors into their bundles? I am extremelly upset with this Hyundai thing inside my Workstation ... TIA, Best Regards, Giovanni
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"Giovanni Azua" <brave***@hotmail.com> wrote in message Well yes vendors are known for using generic parts. They buy in bulk to news:3742cqF58aq73U1@individual.net... > Hello Chris, > > Thank you for your will to help :-) > >> Well I am not sure about that, but the first thing I would suspect is > maybe >> the video card? You didn't specify any specs so I am not sure. If it is > a >> brand new PC alot of times the bottleneck will be in the video card. >> Post some specs aas much info as possible and I can try and help. >> > > It is a new Precision 670: > > ----------------------------------- > Dual Xeon 3.2GHz/800Mhz/1MB > 2GB RAM DDR2 400 ECC Dual Channel > Intel E7525 chipset EM64T > 128MB PCI-E ATI FIREGL V3100 (ELGA) > 80GB SATA HDD 7200rpm > 36GB SCSI HDD 10K rpm > 16X DVD +/- RW + Soft > 16X DVD ROM > Win XP Pro SP2 > ----------------------------------- > > Is it also usual that DELL packs whatever kind > of disparate of different (cheap) component vendors > into their bundles? I am extremelly upset with this > Hyundai thing inside my Workstation ... > > TIA, > Best Regards, > Giovanni > keep costs down. The main thing I see here keeping your system down is the video card. Here is an excerpt from ATI's website "Outstanding entry-level workstation performance and quality utilizing 4 pixel pipelines and 2 geometry engines " Notice the part about 4 pipelines? A pipeline shuttles data back and forth on the video card, the more you have, the more data you can move! 4 Pipelines in all actuality isn't much. My Ati X800Xt has 16 Pipelines. The video card in there is not designed for gaming, but rather for utilizing workstation and data-entry level positions. If you want to play high end games with all eye candy and good frames per second, or even to get a better score with your benchmarking software I would recommend that you change out the video. The stats on the rest of the machine are impressive enough that you should see a rather significant increase just by video. Also, to note, you didn't specify your OS. If you are running a linux based OS then you will probably want a Nvidia based card as their linux based driver set is HUGELY better than ATI's. Hope this helps. -Chris P.S.: If you DO change video cards, check your power supply to make sure that it will handle a new power-hungry video card. Hello Chris,
Thank you very much for your help and advice :-) And you were 100% right, I got the low scores because of my video card, everything else performs quite nicely even the memory parts which after an exaustive report generated with "Sandra" I see they are performing ok at the expected speed, btw my mflops score is superb 1500! I have two places where to upgrade now: video and SCSI RAID. Many thanks again, Best Regards, Giovanni PS: Is it PassMark the only software for exchange benchmarks? Show quote > Well yes vendors are known for using generic parts. They buy in bulk to > keep costs down. The main thing I see here keeping your system down is > the video card. Here is an excerpt from ATI's website "Outstanding > entry-level workstation performance and quality utilizing 4 pixel > pipelines and 2 geometry engines " > Notice the part about 4 pipelines? A pipeline shuttles data back and > forth on the video card, the more you have, the more data you can move! 4 > Pipelines in all actuality isn't much. My Ati X800Xt has 16 Pipelines. > The video card in there is not designed for gaming, but rather for > utilizing workstation and data-entry level positions. If you want to play > high end games with all eye candy and good frames per second, or even to > get a better score with your benchmarking software I would recommend that > you change out the video. The stats on the rest of the machine are > impressive enough that you should see a rather significant increase just > by video. Also, to note, you didn't specify your OS. If you are running > a linux based OS then you will probably want a Nvidia based card as their > linux based driver set is HUGELY better than ATI's. Hope this helps. > > -Chris > P.S.: If you DO change video cards, check your power supply to make sure > that it will handle a new power-hungry video card. > "Giovanni Azua" wrote: Futuremark makes a pretty good bench for your video system.>> PS: Is it PassMark the only software for exchange benchmarks? Jon  |
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