Why is my windows experience index "unrated"?

[downhiller80]

Brand new build today: raptor 74gb drive, vista 64bit sp1rc, 8800gt 512mb, 4gb ram.

If I try to do the "windows experience index" it comes back with great scores for everything apart from video, which gets 1.0

What gives? I installed this driver:

ForceWare Release 169 WHQL
Version: 169.25
Release Date: December 20, 2007
Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 45.0 MB


Any ideas?

 

[downhiller80]

Actually I've just realised that I've not installed any of the drivers that came with my GA-P35-DS4, so I'll go do that and see if that fixes it - been a long time since I did a new built

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: sebfrost
Why is my windows experience index "unrated"?

Why blog?

 

[downhiller80]

Not sure I follow...

Anyway, installing the drivers made no difference.

 

[downhiller80]

Well if anyone else has this problem try deleting all of the files in C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore, worked for me. Now get 5.5/5.9/5.9/5.9/5.7

 

[Zepper]

First time I've seen this issue come up in the gen hard section. Probably belongs in the OS sections rather than gen hardware as it really is a Vista foible and not really related to hardware specifically.

This may be what Blain was referring to:
http://windowsvistablog.com/bl...ista/pages/458117.aspx - kind of hard to connect references around here sometimes...

.bh.

 

[downhiller80]

Yeah, fair comment, it was supposed to be in the OS section, my mistake!

This is hilarious: "5.0 - 5.9 Top end of the PC market for the Vista time frame."

Er... most PCs you buy now will already be 5 or so, and you don't have to spend much money to get 5.9 (a slight overclock and a 150gb raptor would do it for me I'd wager).

And the vista timeframe? Well going on XP I doubt we'll be seeing a new OS for 5 years at least. I think they underestimated hardware somewhat when they came up with those numbers!

 

[Roguestar]

According to Microsoft, we'll be seeing Windows 7, codenamed "Vienna" in 2010 at the earliest. Last year they were quoted as saying it has a standard "three year development cycle". So we may well be seeing betas next year.

Whoops, I'm turning into an OS forum poster .