Vista - 3DMark06 scores still 5% less under Vista

When compared to XP on the exact same machine, my 3DMark06 scores are still
at least 5% slower under Vista using the latest nVidia drivers. This is an
improvement however as they used to be 15% less using the earlier versions
of the drivers.

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Hi Qu0ll,

This comment isn't directed at you butu a general comment on programs like
3DMark. Since the early days of performance testing software I have read and
seen comments on how the software says that your machine is running at some
score and you compare it to other machines running the same programs.
Personally I have always believed that all these performance software proves
is that their software works and nothing else. As an example you can run say
3DMark and it tells you that you have a real grunt machine but play one of
these graphic intensive games and it runs like a dog or at least below par. I
know a lot of computer magazines use these performance software packages to
rate a program or game, but really it is only a sales pitch towards a
particular program/game.
In reality there is no such thing as identicle machines in this world and to
compare one against the other is bogus. Even if you built 2 machines side by
side using the same components and software you will not get the same
performance rating it's just a fact of life.

"Qu0ll" wrote:

> When compared to XP on the exact same machine, my 3DMark06 scores are still
> at least 5% slower under Vista using the latest nVidia drivers. This is an
> improvement however as they used to be 15% less using the earlier versions
> of the drivers.
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Q
> _________________________________________________
> Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com
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>
>

"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Qu0ll,
>
> This comment isn't directed at you butu a general comment on programs like
> 3DMark. Since the early days of performance testing software I have read
> and
> seen comments on how the software says that your machine is running at
> some
> score and you compare it to other machines running the same programs.
> Personally I have always believed that all these performance software
> proves
> is that their software works and nothing else. As an example you can run
> say
> 3DMark and it tells you that you have a real grunt machine but play one of
> these graphic intensive games and it runs like a dog or at least below
> par. I
> know a lot of computer magazines use these performance software packages
> to
> rate a program or game, but really it is only a sales pitch towards a
> particular program/game.
> In reality there is no such thing as identicle machines in this world and
> to
> compare one against the other is bogus. Even if you built 2 machines side
> by
> side using the same components and software you will not get the same
> performance rating it's just a fact of life.

Bob, the benchmarks I am comparing are on the EXACT SAME machine that first
had XP on it and then replaced with Vista Ultimate. So I think it is
reasonable to compare them - the hardware has not changed one iota between
swapping OSes.

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-Q
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How much lower are your XP scores compared to if you ran the benchmark on
MS-DOS, Win95, or Win98 (assuming it would install, lets pretend). Besides,
5% is much compared to all the extra services, security, and whatnot in
Vista. I bet since XP was first introduced, computers have gotten faster by
more than 5%... remember Moore's law? Every 18-24 months computer power
increases by 200%.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Hi Qu0ll,
>>
>> This comment isn't directed at you butu a general comment on programs
>> like
>> 3DMark. Since the early days of performance testing software I have read
>> and
>> seen comments on how the software says that your machine is running at
>> some
>> score and you compare it to other machines running the same programs.
>> Personally I have always believed that all these performance software
>> proves
>> is that their software works and nothing else. As an example you can run
>> say
>> 3DMark and it tells you that you have a real grunt machine but play one
>> of
>> these graphic intensive games and it runs like a dog or at least below
>> par. I
>> know a lot of computer magazines use these performance software packages
>> to
>> rate a program or game, but really it is only a sales pitch towards a
>> particular program/game.
>> In reality there is no such thing as identicle machines in this world and
>> to
>> compare one against the other is bogus. Even if you built 2 machines side
>> by
>> side using the same components and software you will not get the same
>> performance rating it's just a fact of life.
>
> Bob, the benchmarks I am comparing are on the EXACT SAME machine that
> first had XP on it and then replaced with Vista Ultimate. So I think it
> is reasonable to compare them - the hardware has not changed one iota
> between swapping OSes.
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Q
> _________________________________________________
> Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com
> (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me)