Windows Vista windows experience index rating question

[overkil2]

I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
received a 3.0 for the graphics part.

I don't know how that is possible, here are my specs.

EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
C2D 8400 @ 3.0 Ghz processor
4 x 2GB Supertalent 1333Mhz memory at 8-8-8-18 for 8GB total
XFX Geforce 9800 Gx2 1 GB video card
Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate
and some other stuff.

I have another PC which has a score of 5.6 for

BFG 8800 GTX 768 MB video card
4 GB ram 800 Mhz
2.4 GHz processor OCed to 2.9
Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboard
Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium

How is it that my new PC is scoring less on the video? Any suggestions
before I return the video card? rofl

I didn't manually install/upgrade my direct x, do you think that may be
the problem?


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: windows experience index rating question

On Fri, 30 May 2008 20:33:54 +0530, overkil2
<overkil2.3a8bnc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:

>
> I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
> received a 3.0 for the graphics part.
>
> I don't know how that is possible, here are my specs.
>
> EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
> C2D 8400 @ 3.0 Ghz processor
> 4 x 2GB Supertalent 1333Mhz memory at 8-8-8-18 for 8GB total
> XFX Geforce 9800 Gx2 1 GB video card
> Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate
> and some other stuff.
>
> I have another PC which has a score of 5.6 for
>
> BFG 8800 GTX 768 MB video card
> 4 GB ram 800 Mhz
> 2.4 GHz processor OCed to 2.9
> Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboard
> Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium
>
> How is it that my new PC is scoring less on the video? Any suggestions
> before I return the video card? rofl


I wish Microsoft had never instituted this experience index rating. I
think it's extremely misleading.

Besides it doesn't matter. Are you happy with the computer's video
performance? Unless you're not, forget about the numbers--you don't
have a problem that needs solving.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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