performance rating any reference number

Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
thanks.
Jerome.

Jj a écrit :

Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
thanks.
Jerome.

Not yet looked for a performance refence, but this is how my system is rated with Vista Home Premium build 3508:
CPU: P4C 2.8 with HT: 3.6 RAM: 2GB (DDR PC3200 dual channel): 4.3 Primary HD: 14.4GB free (26.92 total): 4.9 Graphics: Radeon 9800 pro (MS WDDM driver): 5.6 Gaming Graphics: 127MB Graphics Memory: 4.2 Overall Rating: 3
Christophe
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I don't understand how the overall index is computed. My test machine gets an overall rating of 2, even though each subrating is *over* 2 (video even gets 5.3). -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Jj" a écrit dans le message de news: 38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com... | Hi, | | the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? | my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 | how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... | how the latest video cards are rated? | | thanks. | | Jerome. | |

this is a laptop so its all GO / Mobile bits
CPU AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 4.1 Mem 2GB 4.6 HD Raid 0 SATA 7200 RPM 5.9 GPU NVIDIA 7800GTX(WDDM) 5.9 (Remeber, this is using BETA drivers) Gaming 5.7
Overall 4

"Jj" wrote in message

Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
thanks.
Jerome.

Jj wrote:

Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?

Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a écrit :

Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?

FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card
Christophe

"cf" wrote in message

Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a écrit : Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card
Christophe
I wouldn't get any higher up than a 6600 if you're going AGP, unless money

is no object.

"Travis King" wrote in message

"cf" wrote in message Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a écrit : Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card
Christophe
I wouldn't get any higher up than a 6600 if you're going AGP, unless money is no object.
Besides, the 9600 should be able to run Aero Glass fine unless you're

running it at a high resolution. The 9600 probably performs better than the FX5500.

cf wrote:

Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a écrit : Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card

Well, it would be nice to have something that scored a little better for the Vista performance rating, but I don't want to spend lots of money at this stage.
I just wondered if the FX5500 I have would be better than the Radeon 9600 already installed, both have 256Mb RAM, but Travis appears to have answered that.
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Travis King wrote:

"cf" wrote in message Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a crit : Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card
Christophe
I wouldn't get any higher up than a 6600 if you're going AGP, unless money is no object.

Money is definitely not "no object" at the moment.
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Travis King wrote:

I wouldn't get any higher up than a 6600 if you're going AGP, unless money is no object.
Besides, the 9600 should be able to run Aero Glass fine unless you're running it at a high resolution. The 9600 probably performs better than the FX5500.

Oh, I have Aero Glass running ok, and I'm at 1024x768. 3.2/3.1 just seemed low performance ratings for graphics (considering the card was pretty close to top notch when purchased around a year ago), and since the FX5500 card is sitting on the shelf, I just wondered if it was worth swapping them over.
But you think the Radeon is the better of the two? (both have 256Mb RAM)
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote in message

cf wrote:
Steve Foster [SBS MVP] a écrit : Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
FX5500? Not sure. You should look for something like a 7800GS if you want a good AGP card
Well, it would be nice to have something that scored a little better for the Vista performance rating, but I don't want to spend lots of money at this stage.
I just wondered if the FX5500 I have would be better than the Radeon 9600 already installed, both have 256Mb RAM, but Travis appears to have answered that.
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups. You'd pretty much be right exactly on par with the Radeon 9600 if you had an

NVIDIA GeForce FX5600. If you had an NVIDIA GeForce FX5600 Ultra or higher, you'd be ahead of the 9600 IF the 9600 is not the PRO version. Go here to learn more. http://techreport.com/etc/comparo/graphics/

the rating is based on the slowest component. (the CPU in my case)
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

I don't understand how the overall index is computed. My test machine gets an overall rating of 2, even though each subrating is *over* 2 (video even gets 5.3). -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Jj" a écrit dans le message de news: 38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com... | Hi, | | the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? | my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 | how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... | how the latest video cards are rated? | | thanks. | | Jerome. | |

How do we find out the individual scores of each component that we have?
"Jéjé" wrote in message

the rating is based on the slowest component. (the CPU in my case)
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message I don't understand how the overall index is computed. My test machine gets an overall rating of 2, even though each subrating is *over* 2 (video even gets 5.3). -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Jj" a écrit dans le message de news: 38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com... | Hi, | | the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? | my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 | how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... | how the latest video cards are rated? | | thanks. | | Jerome. | |

Also, how will the ratings scale over time? What you have as a 5 this year could be relatively a 4 in the next..

Refresh the rating, it'll give you the full list. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Steve F" a écrit dans le message de news: %23MlEaNoQGHA.1688@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... | How do we find out the individual scores of each component that we have?

Ah, ok. Thanks! -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Jéjé" a écrit dans le message de news: OdbeUTmQGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... | the rating is based on the slowest component. | (the CPU in my case)

That's really weird, I have the exact same processor marked with 2,3... I think Performance Rating is just complete bogus in beta builds... It is even unable to properly detect my 1,5 GB RAM (detects as 1 GB), and yet system itself sees it no problem...
"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote in message

Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

That's really weird, I have the exact same processor marked with 2,3... I think Performance Rating is just complete bogus in beta builds... It is even unable to properly detect my 1,5 GB RAM (detects as 1 GB), and yet system itself sees it no problem...
"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote in message

Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

well... next year new hardware will be rated 6 or 7 the base reference will not change until vista changes... I think there is "no" upper limit in this rating.
"Adahn" wrote in message

Also, how will the ratings scale over time? What you have as a 5 this year could be relatively a 4 in the next..

The performance ratings should scale up to unlimited levels.
Then when the next Windows comes out, reset the ratings again...
There's no point continuing Vista's rating in the next Windows cuz the baseline PC by then will have a rating of 164...
That's why reset everytime a new Windows comes out. Besides, Vista-era PCs CAN'T run the next Windows probably and there's no point reserving those old PC rating levels.
-- Nicholas...
"Overclock Your Life, Then The World" "Jéjé" wrote in message

well... next year new hardware will be rated 6 or 7 the base reference will not change until vista changes... I think there is "no" upper limit in this rating.
"Adahn" wrote in message Also, how will the ratings scale over time? What you have as a 5 this year could be relatively a 4 in the next..

Don't know how it rates the PC performance. Maybe I should be comfortable to see that my rating is 3 also.
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ 3.8 RAM: 512 MB 4.5 HDD: 16 GB(9 GB free) 5.5 AGP: ATI Radeon 9550 3.3 Gaming Graphics: 128 MB 3.0
Overall Rating: 3
"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote in message

Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:05:39 +0800, BlueMask wrote:
Well if we are all joining in I get:
Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 3.20GHz - 4.3 Memory 2GB (Fast) - 5.4 Primary HD 19.99 Free - 5.5 Radeon X800XT Platinum - 5.9 254Mb Graphics Memory - 4.9
Overall 4

Don't know how it rates the PC performance. Maybe I should be comfortable to see that my rating is 3 also.
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ 3.8 RAM: 512 MB 4.5 HDD: 16 GB(9 GB free) 5.5 AGP: ATI Radeon 9550 3.3 Gaming Graphics: 128 MB 3.0
Overall Rating: 3
"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" wrote in message Jj wrote:
Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?
Since others are posting their numbers, here's the results for my Shuttle SN85G4:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 4.6 2Gb RAM 4.4 HD (Barracuda 7200.7) 5.1 Radeon 9600 Series 3.2 Gaming 255Mb 3.1
Overall Result: 3
Guess I should be looking for a better graphics card - though I do have an AGP nVidia Geforce FX5500 256Mb lying around doing nothing. I wonder if that would be better?
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

-- Tekguru (Daron Brewood) MS-MVP/Mobile Devices
Webmaster: UKs largest Pocket PC Site http://www.4WinMobile.com

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:25:44 +0000, Tekguru (Daron Brewood) wrote:

Well if we are all joining in I get:
Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 3.20GHz - 4.3 Memory 2GB (Fast) - 5.4 Primary HD 19.99 Free - 5.5 Radeon X800XT Platinum - 5.9 254Mb Graphics Memory - 4.9
Overall 4

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 2.80GHz 3.9 Memory(RAM): 1023MB 5.1 Primary hard disk: 26.32GB Free (37.77GB Total) 5.3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 3.4 Gaming Graphics: 126 MB Graphics Memory 3.3
Overall 3
--
-Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 5.9 Memory 2GB 5.2 Primary Hard Disk 97.05GB Free (1892GB Total) 5.7 Graphics RADEON X300/X550 Series (Microsoft Corp WDDM) 2.5 Gaming Graphics 126 MB Graphics Memory 2.7
Overall 2
"Yeff" wrote in message

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:25:44 +0000, Tekguru (Daron Brewood) wrote:
Well if we are all joining in I get:
Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 3.20GHz - 4.3 Memory 2GB (Fast) - 5.4 Primary HD 19.99 Free - 5.5 Radeon X800XT Platinum - 5.9 254Mb Graphics Memory - 4.9
Overall 4
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 2.80GHz 3.9 Memory(RAM): 1023MB 5.1 Primary hard disk: 26.32GB Free (37.77GB Total) 5.3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 3.4 Gaming Graphics: 126 MB Graphics Memory 3.3
Overall 3
--
-Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:09:51 -0500, Vista Tester wrote:

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 5.9 Memory 2GB 5.2 Primary Hard Disk 97.05GB Free (1892GB Total) 5.7 Graphics RADEON X300/X550 Series (Microsoft Corp WDDM) 2.5 Gaming Graphics 126 MB Graphics Memory 2.7
Overall 2
"Yeff" wrote in message On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:25:44 +0000, Tekguru (Daron Brewood) wrote:
Well if we are all joining in I get:
Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 3.20GHz - 4.3 Memory 2GB (Fast) - 5.4 Primary HD 19.99 Free - 5.5 Radeon X800XT Platinum - 5.9 254Mb Graphics Memory - 4.9
Overall 4
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R)4 CPU 2.80GHz 3.9 Memory(RAM): 1023MB 5.1 Primary hard disk: 26.32GB Free (37.77GB Total) 5.3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 3.4 Gaming Graphics: 126 MB Graphics Memory 3.3
Overall 3
--
-Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm

Keep the figures coming guys! -- Tekguru (Daron Brewood) MS-MVP/Mobile Devices
Webmaster: UKs largest Pocket PC Site http://www.4WinMobile.com

Is 1 the lowest and 5 the highest?
Bruce

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:41:31 +0100, Bruce wrote:

Is 1 the lowest and 5 the highest?

Yes.
--
-Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail dot fm

"Jj" wrote in message

Hi,
the performance rating tool is good, but where can we found some references? my p4 2Ghz is rated 2.4 and my Radeon 9800 5.3 how a 3Ghz is rated? and a dual core? 32bits/64bits? etc... how the latest video cards are rated?

This article will explain how Performance Rating in Vista is applied.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsat/winsat/winsatinfolevel1_struct.asp
-- William Crawford MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Yeff wrote:

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:41:31 +0100, Bruce wrote:
Is 1 the lowest and 5 the highest?
Yes.

1 is lower than 5 in Vista' Performance Rating, yes, but there's been no evidence so far of any absolute limit (at either end of the scale).
For example, the Seagate HDD in my main Vista machine is rated at 5.1, so 5 is definitely not the limit.
-- Steve Foster [SBS MVP] --------------------------------------- MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.