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    M14x Kingston 8GB 1866 Memory = Lower Benchmark

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by jonaofarc, Sep 24, 2011.

  1. jonaofarc

    jonaofarc Newbie

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    So after reading several discussions regarding Kingston HyperX 1866 8GB ram I decided to try it on my m14x.

    Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1866C11S3P1K2/8G

    (Bought it from Newegg)

    Alot of people claimed that the ram wouldnt run at 1866.

    Well I installed it and it automatically ran the ram at 1866 so way to go kingston.

    I was more curious about my benchmark on 3D Mark 06... my original score was 14500+ with a mild overclock of the GPU... after the ram upgrade my score went down to 13800, I cant even play crysis on high settings now.

    Iam currently dumbfounded and would like everyones input on why this is happening. Could it be the ram is defective or a BIOs setting?
     
    jonaofarc, Sep 24, 2011
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  2. NforceRaid

    NforceRaid Notebook Consultant

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    Try to do the tests that are at this link and post and compare your results

    hi

    ciao :cool:
     
    NforceRaid, Sep 25, 2011
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