What is your Windows Vista Experience Index?

seasurfer · seasurfer #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 02:32 AM

Kash · Kash #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 04:16 AM

Are you talking about that number that serves as a sort of benchmark for your system? If so, then when I was running Vista a while back I was somewhere close to a 5. I've upgraded my video card since then, so I'm guessing that I would rate higher now.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #3 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 04:30 AM

If that is what the OP meant I was at 4.8 out of 5 on my AMD 64 3800 Plus gaming rig.

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #4 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kash

Are you talking about that number that serves as a sort of benchmark for your system? If so, then when I was running Vista a while back I was somewhere close to a 5. I've upgraded my video card since then, so I'm guessing that I would rate higher now.

5 is the highest you can get right now.

giulio · giulio #5 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 11:41 AM

Mine is a 1. =(
No transparencies, minimal shadows, no animation. It's like XP, except slower. Why in god's name does vista take so long to move a file or empty the trash??

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #6 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 12:46 PM

if youre a 1, thats why~

probably have less than 1GB of ram?

voided3 · voided3 #7 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 01:42 PM

The cumulative score isn't always a good basis for judgement. For example, running Vista on a virtual machine gives you a 1 because of the lack of 3D acceleration, while the rest of your scores could be 4 or higher because your system has a decent amount of RAM and a good CPU. Also, the hard drive scores don't only take into account the speed, but the size too. It would probably give the same score to a 36 GB WD Raptor that it would to a standard 7200rpm 320 or 500 GB drive, if not higher for the latter. Also, the index of a 1 could be a result of bad/non-existent drivers; I found this out when a system I put Vista on needed an SiS AGP driver to make the ATI driver function properly whereas on XP it never gave me any trouble w/o it (though when I switched back to XP I installed it).

giulio · giulio #8 (**permalink**)

11-11-2007, 07:48 PM

1.5GB ram.
Exactly what voided3 said. Everything on the machine is great. The video card is too, but there is no good driver for it. Kind of a shame. XP with windowblinds (or windowshades?) gave transparency and drop shadows perfectly.

naftalim · naftalim #9 (**permalink**)

11-12-2007, 01:14 AM

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I left Vista for Mac.

Kash #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	11-11-2007, 04:16 AM Are you talking about that number that serves as a sort of benchmark for your system? If so, then when I was running Vista a while back I was somewhere close to a 5. I've upgraded my video card since then, so I'm guessing that I would rate higher now. June 2007 July 2009
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kgeier82 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 01, 2006 Posts: 1,495 Mac Specs: MBP 2.4/2GB/200HD/256 8600gt	11-11-2007, 12:46 PM if youre a 1, thats why~ probably have less than 1GB of ram? 2.4ghz Unibody \| Hitachi 320GB 7200 \| 256MB 9600gt
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seasurfer #1 (permalink)
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giulio #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	11-11-2007, 11:41 AM Mine is a 1. =( No transparencies, minimal shadows, no animation. It's like XP, except slower. Why in god's name does vista take so long to move a file or empty the trash??
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voided3 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 08, 2007 Posts: 86 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15.4", Core Duo 2.16ghz, 2gig of RAM	11-11-2007, 01:42 PM The cumulative score isn't always a good basis for judgement. For example, running Vista on a virtual machine gives you a 1 because of the lack of 3D acceleration, while the rest of your scores could be 4 or higher because your system has a decent amount of RAM and a good CPU. Also, the hard drive scores don't only take into account the speed, but the size too. It would probably give the same score to a 36 GB WD Raptor that it would to a standard 7200rpm 320 or 500 GB drive, if not higher for the latter. Also, the index of a 1 could be a result of bad/non-existent drivers; I found this out when a system I put Vista on needed an SiS AGP driver to make the ATI driver function properly whereas on XP it never gave me any trouble w/o it (though when I switched back to XP I installed it).
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giulio #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	11-11-2007, 07:48 PM 1.5GB ram. Exactly what voided3 said. Everything on the machine is great. The video card is too, but there is no good driver for it. Kind of a shame. XP with windowblinds (or windowshades?) gave transparency and drop shadows perfectly.
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naftalim #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 25, 2007 Posts: 213	11-12-2007, 01:14 AM 0 I left Vista for Mac.
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