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Vista Performance scores

Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 23:27
by TSR2
Thought some of you might find these wee sites interesting.....

This article explains what the performace rating is...
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=170

And this one shows results from people who have uploaded their scores to this site... iteresting, even if you aren't running Vista. :smile:

http://www.shareyourscore.com/ComponentScores.aspx

Posted: 09 Dec 2006, 08:03
by speedbird591
This performance grading idea is so simple and effective. Is the software built into Vista or is it an add-on?

It's great to see at a glance what hardware gives the best result in which configuration. Thanks for that Ben. It will make configuring a new computer so much easier for those who care to research.

Ian

Posted: 09 Dec 2006, 09:20
by TSR2
Its built into vista. Basicly the new interface (aero) adapts to the performance of the machine. So on a less good machine some of the sexy features are disabled to keep the performance at a good level... on more powerful machines you get more cool stuff. Obviously you can enable the cool stuff manually, but you may take a hit on performance if you machine isn't up to the task.