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Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 3:41:20 PM

I have a Windows Index Experience base score of 5.2. These are my specs:

Processor: 5.5
RAM: 5.9
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.8
Primary hard disk: 5.2

I know that "bigger is better", but I have no idea what these numbers mean (what's the max? - and is my rating relatively good?)

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 4:30:33 PM

I told you that you should have sprung a few more bucks :P

That assessment has a history of unreliability, though.

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 4:58:05 PM

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/458117.aspx

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 5:53:35 PM

bleh, my lappy got a 3.4 overall.

Processor 4.8
Memory 4.5
Graphics 3.4
Gaming 3.5
Hard Disk 5.2

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 6:47:17 PM

"The scale of the Windows Experience Index ranges from 1 to 5.9."

I'm basically at the highest stage. The only true thing holding me back is my 250GB hard drive and my CPU (however, I doubt that it calculates my overclock, so I'm probably a 5.9 there as well since I overclocked it from a 2.0GHz to a 2.8GHz). I overclocked the RAM from a DDR2-800 to 934 as well.

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 22, 2008 8:08:35 PM

Try a 3dmark. the results are much more reliable. And it will give your rig a really nice stress test.

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 2:10:56 PM

I suppose my 5.4 PC isn't bad:

Processor 5.9
RAM 5.4
Graphics 5.9
Gaming Graphics 5.5
Primary Hard Disk 5.7

Time for some Hi-res Crysis!

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 2:43:22 PM

Why is your RAM at 5.4? Do you only have 1GB or something?

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 2:56:56 PM

It's 2GB. Looks OK to me. It could be a little slow, who knows.

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 3:03:25 PM

I wish my Processor and Primary Hard Disk was up there :P

Well, it probably is (except for the Hard Disk - which is a 250GB Samsung 7500 RPM).

I don't think the Windows Experience Index takes overclocking into consideration. When I go to System, it only states that my CPU is 2.0GHz, so it just states the manufacturing speed. I bet if that Base Index took into consideration/calculation that my processor was overclocked from 2.0 to 2.8GHz, it'd be in the 5.9 range.

The next thing I want to do is get a new graphics card (later on, because I'd like to have that DX10)

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 3:12:37 PM

Not considering overclocking eh? It's Microsoft's first steps, what do you expect?

Do you have a specific graphics card in mind?

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 24, 2008 6:37:32 PM

If anything, I'll probably look at one of the NVIDIA 8800 models. Not really into the 9800's due to the reviews its been getting (title is 9800, but has an 8800 chip/processor).

I'm not really wanting to fork out big bucks, so I probably won't be getting any of the new cards that are coming out. I'm thinking maybe in the rank of $130-$150, so it'll be one of the 8800 models if I go NVIDIA - or I just may stick with ATI Radeon.

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RE: Windows Index Experience?

April 25, 2008 12:32:38 AM

Yeah, who would spend $650 for a single graphics card anyway? But a 8800 is pretty good, there are nice reviews for it

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