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Re: FYI performance improvement
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:14:53 -0700, Frank <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote:
>Mike wrote:
>> "Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
>> news:4rmt83h35m9hv5k3gk97lcm4r742slkrqe@4ax.com...
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>>> Sorry, but Microsoft's so-called "performance score" is for all
>>> practical purposes can be misleading.
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>> It's worse than misleading - it's a useless joke. It should be an
>> average, not the lowest score.
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>> Mike
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>No it shouldn't show an average. That's not the purpose of the score or
>the "Windows Experience Index". The lowest score denotes the weakest
>link in the system, which usually is the video card. That's important
>info because of the way Vista handles video as compared to xp and all
>before. The lowest scoring hardware can then be upgraded.
>Once upgraded, you must change your settings by updating and refreshing
>your score.
>It is useful only if you know what it is telling you.
>Frank
Poor Frank, always needs to defend Microsoft. I keep wondering why.
It makes sense to show scores for individual categories so you can see
what needs improvement but makes absolutely no sense to use the lowest
as the overall rating. That's like some kid taking ten tests and
scoring over 90 in each except for one where he scored 70 and that
becomes his final grade.
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