System upgrades and Windows Vista's benchmark tool

Posted on Monday, October 16 2006 @ 11:27 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Inq played with Windows Vista and noticed the Windows Experience Index tool isn't really accurate:

We upgraded system with around €450 worth memory, a brand new graphic card Radeon X1950 XTX that costs roughly €399, a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 16MB SATA II drive that costs just over €200 and a CPU that costs around €270. What did we gain from Microsoft performance tool just a lousy non realistic few points. Trust me Vista works much better with these new components and €1300+ new hardware will really make a stand out difference. Unfortunately not according to this Microsoft performance tool.

Check it out over here.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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