After years of not noticing it, Gemini pointed out that my RAM was running at 2667 MHz when it capable of running at 3600 MHz.
Posted by drydorn@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 20 comments
I was just asking Gemini to rate my PC vs a modern $2,000 gaming PC, and in the process, it noticed that my RAM was running at the default "safety" speed and not at the speed my RAM was actually rated for. So although I am still on the fence with AI in general, in this scenario, it helped me optimize my BIOS settings.
SellsWhiteStuff@reddit
If you missed the million times someone said the first thing to do is enable expo then ya, maybe you need AI
Cerebral_Zero@reddit
The bios will wipe when unplugging the PC, removing all bios settings. The CMOS battery is supposed to prevent it but I had it happen on new boards.
drydorn@reddit (OP)
I guess we all make mistakes sometimes...
GamingKink@reddit
Mext 10 years, AI is gonna be teaching people of how to use toilet paper as designed...
drydorn@reddit (OP)
Wait... am I not supposed to ball it up, douse it in gasoline, and use it to start a campfire in my back yard? Also... my 5-year-old autistic son likes to eat it (without the gasoline)
DMmeDikPics@reddit
You really think that's equivocal to fully understanding the workings of a computer as a first time PC owner?
Jesuisunetchoin@reddit
Every yt video that is titled « how to boost your fps » damn says it too 😭
drydorn@reddit (OP)
hmm, maybe I should start looking at YouTube videos. lol
Jesuisunetchoin@reddit
No worries lol, hope you enjoy your pc
Akkun351@reddit
AI is not bad, is how is used that is bad, but reddit being reddit is unable to understand that. Maybe using his real name (llm) would help but I doubt that's ever going to happen considering how a lot here still believe 2k=1440p
drydorn@reddit (OP)
Wait, are you saying 2k ISN'T equal to 1440???
Akkun351@reddit
No, 2k = 1440p is pure marketing fluff that came out when the first 4k tv came out, it was something like "this is half of 4k so is 2k"
2K is 2048 x 1080, so is still 1080p.
Training-Cup4336@reddit
How do you get Gemini to rate your pc?
drydorn@reddit (OP)
Just ask Gemini, it'll give you instructions on how to do it.
Siliconfrustration@reddit
I wonder, and you should too, what other information on your PC it "noticed."
drydorn@reddit (OP)
I looked closely at what it had to say, the only thing that jumped out at me was the memory clock speed. aside from that I think everything is reasonably optimized. I don't over clock, so everything just runs at stock speeds.
Peppy_Tomato@reddit
If I had to guess , your RAM throughput went from 25000MB/s to 30000MB/s per channel and you did not notice any difference in day to day performance.
drydorn@reddit (OP)
oh, I'm quite sure there will be zero noticeable difference in day-to-day performance. But who on this subreddit doesn't appreciate a properly tuned BIOS?
aminy23@reddit
Modern computers don't actually have BIOS, they use uEFI instead; it's just routinely incorrectly referred to as BIOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI
If often matters for PC things because occasionally we'll run into situations like new GPUs that don't work on old systems which have BIOS.
But in addition to the RAM speed, RAM latency also matters. Enabling XMP not only raises the speed, it optimized the latency.
You can also try going above and beyond, for example last year I bought a 2x24GB DDR5-7000CL32 kit for $129. Now with my new 250K CPU I've been able to push it from 7000 to 8800 stable on Gear 2, and I've not even tried Gear 4. But for optimal performance I run it at 8466 CL38 which gives low latency and high performance.
drydorn@reddit (OP)
Sorry, I'm old. It's been called a BIOS in my mind for the past 40 years, but yes, thank you for pointing out that is has a new name now. I gotta keep up with the changes!