BobS

J.

Don't get wrapped around the axle trying to get better scores. I've read
several articles that discussed the non-scientific rating process and one
score has nothing to do with the other but the lowest score is your
Experience rating. If anything, it's a relative indicator (...of what?) -
at best and it appears MS is not telling how they test and determine the
scores. Look for this to be tossed/heavily modified as the manufacturers
latest and greatest hardware models get mediocre scores with Vista and the
so-called "Experience Rating" starts digging into their sales figures.

For instance, I have two video cards installed which get a 5.9 rating for
Vista but a 3.4 rating for business applications and games - go figure that
one out.

Bob S.

"Jerodequin" <none@none.none> wrote in message
news:9BFA422A-15A6-438D-AC4B-849DB2A2DFF4@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a system that did have an Intel Core2 Duo 2.1Ghz cpu... this got
> around 5.2 for processor subscore.
>
> I've since upgraded to a Core2Duo Extreme edition (2.93GHz) which is only
> getting a score of 5.6 - I've seen other systems (Macbooks for example)
> which get the full 5.9 processor score with slower core2duo CPUs.
>
> Even if I overclock the CPU to 3.3GHz I am not getting an increase in
> score within the Windows Experience rating despite refreshing the score
> and seeing improvements in other benchmarks.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions why this is?
>
> Thanks , J