It is not like a sporting event where the score if final. It is down and
dirty benchmark - one that can not be relied upon too heavily.
End result - is your computer doing what you want. If not, read hardware
reviews on
http://www.extremetech.com/ and
http://www.tomshardware.com/.
There are many other sites that do a good review also. Search for them. You
will notice that some do not even touch on the WEI in their reviews. Then,
pick a card based upon the reviews.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"SonicJoe" <SonicJoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:09D9B9B9-8325-4073-B24B-F1C0AF2789C1@microsoft.com...
> Hey all,
>
> From reading in here, I can tell I'm not the only one having this issue.
> The Windows Experience Index seems to be very touchy, and inconsistent.
> Does
> anyone know where I can find an article that explains the WEI in-depth.
>
> My real issue is my graphics score. I'm trying to figure out everything
> that goes into these ratings. My graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 6200) is
> not
> the best, or worst, but I can't get a subscore over 2.2 for graphics and
> 3.1
> for gaming graphics. My old card (Geforce FX 5500) had a slightly higher
> rating (2.4/3.2), but I had to buy a new one because: 1) Nvidia doesn't
> appear committed to improving the FX5500 beyond basic Vista functionality;
> and 2) I bought a new TV Tuner card and the FX5500 was causing a conflict.
> From comparing the features, the 6200 should be a much higher rated card.
>
> The main two things I'm trying to figure out are:
> 1) How much to drivers affect the WEI? Nvidia hasn't finished making
> drivers
> for the cards, and I'm wondering if I should expect my score to go up when
> they get all the kinks worked out.
> 2) How much can a monitor affect the graphics score? I thought I had it
> figured out, because I lowered my resolution and increased the refresh
> rate
> (my cheap monitor won't allow a refresh rate higher than 60 Hz at full
> 1280x1024 resolution) and gained a tenth of a point. But then I changed
> it
> back and the score stayed, so that doesn't appear to be the problem.