windows experience index rating problem?

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Lukee - 30 May 2008 16:27 GMT

I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
received a 3.0 for the graphics part.

I don't know how that is possible, here are my specs.

EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
C2D 8400 @ 3.0 Ghz processor
4 x 2GB Supertalent 1333Mhz memory at 8-8-8-18 for 8GB total
XFX Geforce 9800 Gx2 1 GB video card
Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate
and some other stuff.

I have another PC which has a score of 5.6 for

BFG 8800 GTX 768 MB video card
4 GB ram 800 Mhz
2.4 GHz processor OCed to 2.9
Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboard
Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium

How is it that my new PC is scoring less on the video? Any suggestions
before I return the video card? rofl

I didn't manually install/upgrade my direct x, do you think that may be the
problem?

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Dustin Harper - 31 May 2008 00:04 GMT

Did you load the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com? You might load those on
there and see if it improves.

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>I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
> received a 3.0 for the graphics part.
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> the
> problem?

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Victek - 31 May 2008 16:33 GMT

> I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
> received a 3.0 for the graphics part.
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> the
> problem?

Is there another way you can benchmark the graphics? Do you have any 3D
games that you can run and get frame-rates? The WEI may just be off.

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Charlie Tame - 31 May 2008 16:48 GMT

>> I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
>> received a 3.0 for the graphics part.
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> Is there another way you can benchmark the graphics? Do you have any 3D
> games that you can run and get frame-rates? The WEI may just be off.

You have the latest drivers, yes?

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/AquaMark.shtml

The above is a good guide.

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Charlie Tame - 31 May 2008 17:03 GMT

>>> I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
>>> received a 3.0 for the graphics part.
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>
> The above is a good guide.

Darn, I do not think that will run on Vista 64, not even in
compatibility mode, that's a shame.

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