Post Your Vista Experience Index

[Reclaim3r]

I didn't think my ATI x800 XL was as outdated as it is. Seeing how most people averaged a 5.8 on their gaming graphics and mine only hit a 4.9.

Another note, when I first ran this, my processor/RAM weren't overclocked and somewhere near 4.7. As you can see, overclocking does increase the scores so it doesn't look solely at the model as was expected earlier in this thread.

[ontarian_frog]

The X800 XL is a little outdated yes, but is fine for gaming at 1024x768, and some games like NFS:MW, CARBON, FEAR, QUAKE...I'm ok at 1280x1024 with 2AA 4/8AF. Those tweakguides really help too.

Don't try to play an SM3.0 game though like new Splinter Cell...

[Sharpy]

5.7



With the CPU only running at 3ghz i didnt expect more but only a few hours into my vista install and touch wood no issues in the slightest so far

[Hoplite]

Here's mine :
Processor : 4,8 (And here I was thinking that my AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Socket 939) would be a little better than that)
Memory : 4,9 (Also disappointing for my Corsair TwinX DDR 2x 1GB 400MHz C2)
Graphics : 5,9
Game Graphics : 5,8
Primary hard disk : 5,3 (Pretty good actually for my old Hitachi ATA/133 HDD)
No overclocking.

[ontarian_frog]

Take these results with a grain of salt, we don't even know what tests Microsoft uses for these. They say For memory for example that they test the memory operations per second....

At 2-2-2-5, I should have scored higher than 4.5 for example, but I think that the amount of you have also contributes to the score where you have 2GBs and I only have 1GB.

[Kit_Aus]

Thats my score card....

[Hoplite]

Originally Posted by ontarian_frog

Take these results with a grain of salt, we don't even know what tests Microsoft uses for these. They say For memory for example that they test the memory operations per second....

At 2-2-2-5, I should have scored higher than 4.5 for example, but I think that the amount of you have also contributes to the score where you have 2GBs and I only have 1GB.

Just out of curiosity - which one would you pick?
-WD Raptor 74 GB Serial ATA (16MB)
or
-Seagate 320 GB Barracuda ES (16MB, Serial ATA II)
I'll be upgrading my computer this week, I plan to buy a new disk as well (not because of the index, mind you).

[aim4it]

It depends weather you want storage, or raw speed, if your looking for speed and gaming I'd go with the Raptor, but if your going video editing and such I'd go with the Seagate.

[Bathazar]

Here's mine:


Im a bit surprised that my FX-62 only scored a 5.3.

[framaris]

It seems that the Windows experience index may display incorrect value after changing the hardware configuration or after the first Vista boot.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933478/en-us

SYMPTOMS
In Windows Vista, the Windows Experience Index rating may inherit a lower value or a higher value than expected. You may experience this problem if either of the following conditions is true:
• You start Windows Vista for the first time.
• The Windows Experience Index runs before you update a driver.
• You make a change to your computer's hardware configuration. For example, you add memory or remove memory.

CAUSE
This problem occurs when the Windows Experience Index evaluates the scores of hardware configurations and updates items that have high scores. Each score in the Windows Experience Index relates to a particular hardware item. For example, the Memory score relates to random access memory (RAM). The Graphics score relates to the video card. The Windows Experience Index may inherit earlier ratings. The index is especially likely to inherit earlier ratings for components that relate to gaming graphics, such as memory.

RESOLUTION
Method 1: When you start Windows Vista for the first time or when the Windows Experience Index runs before you update a driver
To do this when you start Windows Vista for the first time or when the Windows Experience Index runs before you update a driver, follow these steps:
1. Click Start button, type performance information and tools in the Start Search box, and then click Performance Information and Tools in the Programs list.
2. If the following information appears, click Refresh Now to update the Windows Experience Index:
Your Windows Experience Index needs to be refreshed.

User Account Control permission: If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or click Continue.

Windows Experience Index assesses the components in the computer.

3. Note the value that appears next to Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of.
4. Click Update my score.

User Account Control permission: If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

Windows Experience Index assesses the components in the computer.

Method 2: After you change the computer's hardware configuration
To do this after you change the computer's hardware configuration, follow these steps:
1. Click Start button, type the following path in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER:
%SYSTEMROOT%\Performance\WinSat\DataStore
2. Delete all the .xml files in the folder.
3. Follow the steps in method 1.

Should I have created a new thread for this?