Vista - Window Experience Index Scores

just noticeing that quad core's don't get higher processors scores is thier a reason?

Higher than what?? An E6600 at 2.4Ghz gets about a 5.3. A Q6600 at 2.4Ghz gets a 5.9. There are no higher scores than 5.9, though. So a fast/overclocked dual core "equals" a quad when the 2 core sucker can reach a 5.9 score.

yep that pretty much what i was asking so whats the point in getting a quad core as vista's multi core ability's don't include using four cores unless they released an update to use the 4?

5.3 is fairly crap for an extra 2 cores as i get 5.1 from an unclocked 2.2 duo surely their is something wrong with that picture!!

I said the Core 2 (E6600) gets a 5.3. The quad version at the same speed (Q6600) gets a 5.9.

The thing is there's no higher score attainable at the moment than 5.9. So once you get a dual core to 5.9. At the heart of the matter is that Windows Experience Index is just a guideline. If you ran a *real* CPU benchmark (Sysmark, etc), you'd see the difference.

ah i see still why do we need more than 2 cores since there is limited software that can use 2 and no software that i have heard of that can use 4 cores and since vista technically can only recognise 2 cores whats the point?which i might add has been met with alot of crap as the vista architecture does not support 2 cores properly and that came from microsoft earlier in 2007 unless changes have been made

Eihihihhh??? Vista supports multi cores better than XP. That's a fact.

The issue you're referring to is that Consumer *applications* generally don't support multi core processors well (at all, really...). Why?? Because single threaded code is easier to write, test, and troubleshoot and plenty "Good Enough" for home users. If the application isn't aware of how to utilize multiple cores, than the OS is irrelevant in that context. The App will only use 1 core because that's all it understands.

It's true that most "consumer" applications out do not use multi cores, but there are some high end video compression apps, and such that can and do use more then one core. As time goes on, the use of more cores in home and small business uses will go as software gets more advanced.

Also, just becuase a program you are running can not use more then one core does not mean haveing a multi core processor is a wast. You can have more apps running faster becuase you have more cores avail.

Vista supports multi-core. Some video editing apps, Photoshop, Gears of War, utilize quad core. Also try browsing, writing email, while the Antivirus is running if you have a quad core running Vista. If your system is optimized (hdd in ncq mode) you will not notice any slowdown in the foreground process (browsing, writing email, etc.).

I have both a quad and a dual core. All the apps whether optimized or not for multi-core run smoother on a quad. Note that I usually have many applications open all at once inlcuding development tools such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, VMWare and background processes such as IIS, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services running. Quad Core provides for a much better/smoother environment in this scenario.

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