Vista Users...What's your experience number?

[Woolburr]

I have no idea what the reason is behind this...but I installed a new video card yesterday and now I have all 5.9s for scores...how high does the scale go? How high are your scores?


Specs: Vista Ultimate running on an AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+, 4gb RAM, nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS, and 4x WD 500 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM

[Zepher]

5.9 is the highest score, currently.
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/458117.aspx

[Pete]

2.2, running on my Sony Viao laptop.

[DVS_WiNdz]

Mines was doing 4.5 to 5.. it still didn't perform well.. so I changed back to XP.. didn't like Vista that much.. too much security and a lot of apps are not compatible

[Woolburr]

I'm seriously considering going back...so much stuff doesn't work...daily BSOD....I wish they would finally get the SP1 ready to go...maybe that will bring this up to speed.

[cdifoto]

What's an experience number?

[Pete]

What's an experience number?

Basically a speed test on various bits of hardware (biased toward the lowest scoring component).

Microsoft had this kack-handed idea that they sell software that was geared toward experience levels. So if your computer scored a 3.5, you could expect to get reasonable performace out of software with a rating of 3.5 or below on the box.

Needless to say, no one bothered with it and bought software regardless.

[cosworth]

5 on a laptop. wife laptop gets 4.5

both run fine.

[cdifoto]

Basically a speed test on various bits of hardware (biased toward the lowest scoring component).

Microsoft had this kack-handed idea that they sell software that was geared toward experience levels. So if your computer scored a 3.5, you could expect to get reasonable performace out of software with a rating of 3.5 or below on the box.

Needless to say, no one bothered with it and bought software regardless.

That's funny.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

It's sorta like a post count. :lol:

[TTk]

Sony Viao Laptop, Nvidia geforce Go7600-GT256mb.
Graphics running Vista aero 5.5.
3D Business/Gaming 5.1.

[cosworth]

Remember it's not an average, it the lowest part of your score that determines it. for me it's my RAM. I'd like to move to 4gb soon...

[Pekka]

I have currently 5.3. Limiting item is CPU (Dual Core 6600), which has 5.3.

[AirBrontosaurus]

I'm seriously considering going back...so much stuff doesn't work...daily BSOD....I wish they would finally get the SP1 ready to go...maybe that will bring this up to speed.

XP x64 ftw! Faster than Vista, and can address 4GB of RAM (which I have and love).

I'll switch to Vista eventually, but for now XP x64 is better for my uses (heavy multitasking, hardcore gaming). Cheaper too!

[DozerLYP]

i score 5.0 due to the CPU AMD dual core 4800. the rest is at 5.9...

[IBLinKYI]

All 5.9 except memory which is 5.0. Just built this computer a couple of months ago. Really fast.

[rklepper]

Brand new computer, experience number is 5.9.

[CyberDyneSystems]

XP x64 ftw! Faster than Vista, and can address 4GB of RAM (which I have and love).

I'll switch to Vista eventually, but for now XP x64 is better for my uses (heavy multitasking, hardcore gaming). Cheaper too!

4GB or more! :lol:
Love my 8GB :)

[cosworth]

Vista addresses 4gb of ram, people just misunderstand how the OS displays it. Old news though.

[AirBrontosaurus]

Vista addresses 4gb of ram, people just misunderstand how the OS displays it. Old news though.


4gb total. I have a 640mb nvidia 8800GTS, so my physical memory address is only about 3.3gb, meaning I am wasting about 700mb of RAM that a 32bit OS simply cannot use.

Sure, Vista 32 can address 4gb of memory... just not 4gb of RAM.

[cosworth]

Exactly. Hardware all in can only address 4gb. My nVidia 7950 has 512, so I get the rest of the addresses.

[AirBrontosaurus]

Exactly. Hardware all in can only address 4gb. My nVidia 7950 has 512, so I get the rest of the addresses.

Hey, my buddy has that card!

I'm assuming with a card like that you game. What do you play?

[cosworth]

Nothing! It came with the XPS. I have played rFactor quite a bit though...I'm quite fond of Hockenheim, Spa and Indianapolis.

[AirBrontosaurus]

Cool!

If you like racing games, I'd download Trackmania Nations. It's probably the most fun racing game I've ever played, and it's completely free!

http://www.trackmanianations.com/indexUk.php

I have no idea why it's free, as it's a very professional game with progressive rankings, beautiful graphics, and a bustling online community. But, it is!

I used to play it a whole lot (I was actually ranked number 14 in the entire United States at one point ::oops:). If you're ever bored with rFactor, give it a try.

[Chandler.]

I'm at a 4.7. My RAM is dragging my score down.