Performance Ratings

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Let's face it, the performance ratings are there to let you know how to
improve your computer's performance. I know it hurts the pride to get a low
performance rating, but at least you get an indication of how you could
improve your computer. If you plan on installing Vista on your old hardware,
and don't have 2 or 3 large to drop on a new computer then you can look at
your rating and decide where to start and then build your system up slowly
when you can afford it...way to go Microsoft! I know I am starting to save
for a new computer now cause I've got to have the Ultimate version with a 10
rating when Vista is released :)
 
I know I am starting to save
for a new computer now cause I've got to have the Ultimate version with a 10
rating when Vista is released :)
Click to expand...


I believe the rating only goes up to 5.

-Michael
 
If Windows Vista Performance Ratings are meant to impact the
user in terms of how/what they should to do to upgrade, then
the current schema has very low standards. There is no way
that this Acer machine, which I ordered for $295 from Geekscom,
should be rated as Vista rates it -- Ultimate Ready, and RPF 1.

AMD Sempron 3300+ 2.0 GHz *
* The Sempron has a 128KB L2 cache!! 128KB folks! Even two-year
old Pentium 4 630 series has a 2048KB L2 cache!!

Gigabyte GA-KV8VM800M motherboard -- offering only two DIMM DDR slots
and only a 4x AGP port

--> I have not even yet put in an AGP card! It is running VGA with shared
64MB RAM, on a fuddy duddy S3 UniChrome integrated chip.

That's right, no AGP card at all -- substandard integrated graphics from
a non-Intel chip maker, and I still get a 1 Performance Rating.

1x1024 DDR-400 Corsair CMX RAM
1x256 generic Hyundai RAM DDR-400

Seagate 7200 160GB HD (fresh complete install of Vista, no upgrade from XP)
no-name DVD/CD-RW

I plan to put in a 128MB AGP Sapphire Radeon Atlantis next week on the
AGP port. But the funny thing is that I can see what I feel to be most of
Aero interface functionality right now.

Absolutely the only thing above which represents any performance of modern
merit is the 1280MB of RAM. But apparently this is all that Windows Vista
ULTIMATE
is going to look for.
 
Absolutely the only thing above which represents any performance of modern
merit is the 1280MB of RAM. But apparently this is all that Windows Vista
ULTIMATE
is going to look for.
Click to expand...

Indeed not, Im running on 512meg ddr and a score of 3
 
1 is the lowest rating I think? To get proper Ultimate experience you are
looking for rating of 4 or 5.

But certainly, every computer is Ultimate Ready - provided you upgrade
everything but the case :-)
 
Daniel M said:
Indeed not, Im running on 512meg ddr and a score of 3
Click to expand...

I think the ratings are kind of useless. My Radeon 9700
had a score of 3.7. Installed the beta drivers from ATI and
the rating went to 4.1. My RAM rating was 3.4. I have 2 gigs
of RAM! Run the test a few times and you come up with different
numbers many times. Oh, and make sure you close out any
programs you have open or in the systray. Especially, turn off
your AV when running the test. I ran the test again last night,
with nothing extra running- my graphics card went to 4.4, the
RAM went to 4.6, and my processor moved up from a 3.5 to
a 4. Of course, my overall rating is just a 3- my hard drive got
a 3.6. The math and the rounding techniques Microsoft uses
are quite stupid.

-Michael
 
To get proper Ultimate experience you are
looking for rating of 4 or 5.

But certainly, every computer is Ultimate Ready - provided you upgrade
everything but the case :-)
Click to expand...

Agreed. It will be interesting to see what PFR it gives my gaming
machine with P4 630 3.0 / 3024 RAM / 256 MB 6800 GS. I'm
curious what Aero goodies I will see compared to what I am
already seeing now with the cheapo 64MB integrated VIA
graphics.
 
The entire performance rating system is still under construction and will be
improved to be more consistent and also more accurate as the builds go along,
currently, it will give your PC a rating of the lowest number, and it doesn't
round up
 
Agreed. It will be interesting to see what PFR it gives my gaming
machine with P4 630 3.0 / 3024 RAM / 256 MB 6800 GS. I'm
curious what Aero goodies I will see compared to what I am
already seeing now with the cheapo 64MB integrated VIA
graphics.

Voris2:

My Dell 9100, P4 630 CPU, 2 gig RAM, 256MB nVida 6800 gets a 3 overall.

The P4 630 CPU gets a 3.7.
 
Back
Top