andybones

i upgraded my memory from 2 gig to 4 gig.after i updated my score it went
down from 5.1 to 4.8.i have abit fatality AN9 32x sli board,8800 gtx,2x200
gig sata drives.creative xfi sound,4 gig crucial ballistic tracer memory 4x1
gig paired.vista home premium 64 bit.AMD 5000x2 CPU.this system is no way
worth a measly 4.8.why did it go down.any ideas.



"Kenneth R Martin" wrote:

> I have the same indications except that my screen doesn't even show the
> score. It used to work but now it does nothing.
>
> Ken
>
> "watercress_soup" <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message
> news:ePa$tskaHHA.4520@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > windows experience index doesnt show anything on my computer. in system
> > the score is 3.2. then in performance information and tools nothing is
> > displayed. it just says
> >
> > rate and improve your computers performance.
> >
> > not sure where to start?
> >
> > last rating 22/02/2007
> >
> > nothing is clickable.
> >
> > odd. any ideas?
> >
> > steve
> >
> > "BobS" <no-spam@noplace.com> wrote in message
> > news:uphnIQYaHHA.5020@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
>