Hi,

We'd like you to help us with Issue 2 of the magazine, by telling us what your Windows Experience Index score is.

If you're not sure how to find out what your score is, go to Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance. Under the System heading, click on Check your computer's Windows Experience Index base score.

If you don't already have a base score in the right hand area, click Update my score on the bottom right.

By finding out your WEI score, you can see how individual areas of your computer's hardware are performing and if you're getting a low score, Windows Vista will tell you how to improve your rating.

Please vote in this poll, and the results will be included in Issue 2, out 28 February.

Thanks,

Nick

 

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Nick Odantzis
Staff Writer
Windows Vista: The Official Magazine

Not sure if you want the details so just delete if not: (Yes I have voted)

Component	Details	Subscore	Base score
Processor	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+	5.0	5.0   Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM)	2.00 GB	5.9
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)	5.9
Gaming graphics	527 MB Total available graphics memory	5.3
Primary hard disk	182GB Free (233GB Total)	5.3
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

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Paul F

I have voted, mine is 1.

I really do not think the WEI is of much use to anyone.  It is not an average based on all scores, but the score is determined by the lowest score of the lot.  I have an Acer Aspire laptop, everything scores above 3, except for my graphics card gaming ability.  Its a laptop, I don't expect it to be good for gaming.  But this one score brings down my ranking to 1.

Its all totally meaningless.

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My stupid blog - www.spritesandbites.net

Mine is 2.2, see inage below. What I don't understand is how I can have a lower score for desktop than for gaming - doesn't make sense? I've been trawling round the shops and every WEI screen I've seen has had the gaming capability as the lowest value.

This is the machine I built for XP Pro, btw, with Vista in dual boot. I'm going to start a thread asking for recommendations on the hardware to buy for my next machine, especially the graphics!

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Twinking happily under my magic mushroom :)

http://www.42fta.com

@Bechyh: I thought that retailers weren't supposed to sell machines with a Vista score below 3?

Did you buy your laptop like this or have you put Vista onto an XP machine?

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Twinking happily under my magic mushroom :)

http://www.42fta.com

My score is 3.0 I play games so maybe thats why.

FaerieQueen:

@Bechyh: I thought that retailers weren't supposed to sell machines with a Vista score below 3?  Did you buy your laptop like this or have you put Vista onto an XP machine?

This is an 8 month old Acer it came with XP and I put Vista on it. 

Not sure about companies not selling machines with Vista under 3 score, I have seen articles in magazines for PCs with only score of 2.

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My stupid blog - www.spritesandbites.net

Mines 3.6 on Vista Premium 64bit  anyone know of a good 64bit tv tuner?

Mines 4.3, running Vista Ultimate x64..

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Michael Eaton

Thanks for the input so far everyone. Could do with some more votes though ;O)

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Nick Odantzis
Staff Writer
Windows Vista: The Official Magazine

My score was 5.0 (Voted) on RC1 (the order appears different in final at 1st glance)

Spec:-

• Intel Core 2 duo 6400 got 5.0
• 2Gb Geil DDR2-800 CAS5 got 5.1 (which i think is low really)
• Graphics 512mb geforce GTO silent 7900 got 5.9
• Gaming graphics got 5.8
• Hard drive (WD Raptor 10,000rpm) got 5.7

 

Home PC: 5.9 :D

Work PC: 2.1 :( Hmph!

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James De Vile, Staff Writer
Windows Vista: The Official Magazine

That'll teach you to meddle with AGP :P

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Nick Odantzis
Staff Writer
Windows Vista: The Official Magazine

My index score is 4.5 (RC2).

 

Let down by memory

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.7GHz: 2GB G.Skill PC3200 : Sapphire HD 2900XT c/w Glacier 600: Aquagate Max : X-Fi Elite Pro : Windows Vista Ultimate x86

4.9 at home on my Mesh built ASUS powered PC, 2.8 on my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop…