Posts Tagged ‘benchmark’

Windows Experience Index Score Explained

Posted by Jason in Computer, Hardware on March 10th, 2008

The Experience was introduced in Vista and used to give you a good idea of the capabilities of a . You can use a ’s Experience Index base or sub score to help determine if it’s what you need when purchasing a new .

The Experience rates your ’s components from 1 to 5.9 with 1 being the worst performing and 5.9 being the best. The score’s were established when Vista was released.

Base Score

The base score represents the overall of your system as a whole, based on the capabilities of different parts of your , including , , hard disk, general graphics on the desktop, and 3-D graphics . (more…)

Windows Vista SP1 Improves Speed Up to 86% Faster

Posted by Jason in Hardware, Windows Vista on March 8th, 2008

Is Vista SP1 really the shot in the arm your needs? We’ve spent many hours strapped to our in a caffeine and pizza fuelled haze to uncover these very interesting results.

We tested Vista:

* as it comes out of the box ( — or “release to manufacturing”)
* as it comes out of the box, with all Update patches applied (” patched)
* with the final SP1 service pack applied

Testing Setup

Although Vista SP1 has many documented improvements, we aimed to test a particular scenario which has proved to be a major problem for pre-SP1 users: file copy , particularly over a network. (more…)

Windows XP and Vista: The Benchmark Rundown

Posted by Jason in Windows Vista, Windows XP on March 4th, 2008

Is Vista Faster Than XP?
Our Vista coverage began with a hands-on diary by MobilityGuru’s Barry Gerber, followed by an assessment of gameplay under Vistaby graphics presidente Darren Polkowski, as well as a complete feature of Vista. Barry took the new and its look & feel with a grain of salt, while Darren was disappointed because OpenGL support was dropped along the way, meaning that Vista currently offers horrible for graphics applications utilizing the .

We are sure that mainstream users will appreciate the improved of Vista, and the average office/multimedia user will likely never notice the lack of OpenGL. However, a chapter on the overall of Vista requires more dedication. In particular, two things require an in-depth : (more…)