system rating!!! Other Vista Discussions Discuss system rating!!! in the Windows Vista forums; windows vista has a system rating to get to it go to control panel,system and maintenance,system,then look for windows experience index i was woundering if there is ...

[gk24m]

windows vista has a system rating to get to it go to control panel,system and maintenance,system,then look for windows experience index

i was woundering if there is a website that might say the ratings for some of the stuff out there cause you need at lest a rating of 3 to play halo 2 vista and im trying to upgrade my graphics card and im also building my first pc i was think this might be a little usefull for me but the pc i got now is a hp and here is the ratings


processor: 3.8 (stock) intel celeron cpu 2.93, can't run 64 bit im sure
memory (ram): 4.0 (upgraded) 1271mb, added a gig
graphics: 1.0 (stock)intel extremegraphics, intergraded wich stinks
gaming graphics: 1.0 (stock)same as above, nothing extreme about it
primary hard disk: 5.2 (upgraded)added 300 gig 7200 speed old 1 was 5400 speed only 60 gig and never heard of hard dive
speed so slow

[crabby]

Hiya! There are many places on the net that have people posting their experience indexes. This probably wont be too useful as most people who have posted have really high end rigs.

The Nvidia 7600gt is a great cheap card with an experience index of just over 5. If you arent a hardcore gamer then go for it. Otherwise you will need an 800 chipset (7800 or 8800) both which are much more expensive.

crabby

[felix8406]

Check and make sure you get the correct graphics card for the type of motherboard your system has; PCI, PCIe, AGP. And another thing, get something that you'll know for sure you'll be happy with. Many PC users know what they want, but end up getting something different because of price, availability or being inpatient. Usually, a few weeks or months after they wish they've taken their time to select what they really wanted. Know what you want, what your system can handle and do your research.

[Snuffy]

graphics: 1.0 (stock)intel extremegraphics, intergraded wich stinks
gaming graphics: 1.0 (stock)same as above, nothing extreme about it

The cheapest NVidia Graphics card that I tested as PCI-E 7300GS which allowed AERO.
I also tested a PCI Graphics card form MSI - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 which allowed AERO.

Hope this helps.

[ProCookie]

referring to something you said in the first post some of the later celeron D's do have 64bit support, just check it out you may be surprised to find it does have support.

[felix8406]

Unfortunately the support from Microsoft for the 64Bit architecture is dying out, along with the so many offers trying to get users to purchase Vista Ultimate. Maybe they know something we don't know, or they just have too much in their plate. I feel kind of disappointed with their lack of support in these two areas (64Bit and Ultimate).

[Snuffy]

Maybe they know something we don't know, or they just have too much in their plate. I feel kind of disappointed with their lack of support in these two areas (64Bit and Ultimate).

I agree and so does Walmart - just rec'd EMAIL from them they are lowering there PRICE on all of MS 2007 Products...

In fact I'm about to offer my Office 2007 Enterprise for sale ...
over 95% of my customer base are still XP SP2 or lower... and converting all the 2007 back is getting to be a PITA.

[felix8406]

Maybe Microsoft needs Bill Gates back just as Apple needed Steve Jobs.