| Subject: Windows Experience Index Score |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general |
| Date: 8/2/2008 1:49:44 PM |
| From: "Clayton" [Email Address Protection] |
I have been running my system with 4GB of memory and my Windows Experience Index sore for the memory was 5.3, I have added another 4GB, total 8GB and ran the index score again and still getting a sub score of 5.3 for the memory, you think the score would be more? |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Experience Index Score |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general |
| Date: 8/2/2008 2:39:37 PM |
| From: "Kerry Brown" [Email Address Protection] |
"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:e7NRNFO9IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have been running my system with 4GB of memory and my Windows Experience >Index sore for the memory was 5.3, I have added another 4GB, total 8GB and >ran the index score again and still getting a sub score of 5.3 for the >memory, you think the score would be more? Once you have more than 1.5 GB of available RAM the score for the RAM is based on the speed of the RAM not the amount of RAM. Below 1.5 GB of available RAM the amount of RAM is taken into consideration as well as the speed. http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/458117.aspx Scroll down to "The memory score" in the above link. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/ |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Experience Index Score |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general |
| Date: 8/2/2008 4:04:34 PM |
| From: "Charlie Russel - MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
As Kerry says, the score won't go up based on how much you have, once you're past the 1.5 GB mark. And that's pretty close to right for a normal user, maybe a bit low. Realistically, you won't see a speed increase in Vista beyond that point, unless you're the kind of user that does a LOT of things concurrently. Then the extra RAM can make a big difference. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:e7NRNFO9IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have been running my system with 4GB of memory and my Windows Experience >Index sore for the memory was 5.3, I have added another 4GB, total 8GB and >ran the index score again and still getting a sub score of 5.3 for the >memory, you think the score would be more? |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Experience Index Score |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general |
| Date: 8/2/2008 4:22:26 PM |
| From: "Tony Sperling" [Email Address Protection] |
Beyond what has been said, if you keep the system as it is your score will be going down as new and more potent hardware is added to the list - so this is not a benchmark score. The index was originally made to tell you what you might expect of having Vista installed on your machine, or what upgrades you might want to consider for it. Some hardware would be more sensible to use than something else, and at some point there would be a threshold when it wouldn't make any sense at all. Tony. . . "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:e7NRNFO9IHA.4608@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have been running my system with 4GB of memory and my Windows Experience >Index sore for the memory was 5.3, I have added another 4GB, total 8GB and >ran the index score again and still getting a sub score of 5.3 for the >memory, you think the score would be more? |
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