performance rating; any reference number?

[Jj]

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.

[cf]

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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[Pierre Szwarc]

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).
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"Jj" <willgart@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email]38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com[/email]...
| 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.
|
|

[Steve Drake]

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" <willgart@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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.
>
>

[Steve Foster [SBS MVP]]

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?

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[cf]

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

[Travis King]

"cf" <no@mail.com> wrote in message
news:mn.3b6a7d63b0d4e2d0.50762@mail.com...

> 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]

"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
news:uiaCatiQGHA.5500@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> "cf" <no@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:mn.3b6a7d63b0d4e2d0.50762@mail.com...

>> 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.

[Steve Foster [SBS MVP]]

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.

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[Steve Foster [SBS MVP]]

Travis King wrote:

>"cf" <no@mail.com> wrote in message
>news:mn.3b6a7d63b0d4e2d0.50762@mail.com...

>>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.

--
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---------------------------------------
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[Steve Foster [SBS MVP]]

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)

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[Travis King]

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0ejh11x9xdtfj019@msnews.microsoft.com...

> 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. [url]http://techreport.com/etc/comparo/graphics/[/url]

[Jéjé]

the rating is based on the slowest component.
(the CPU in my case)

"Pierre Szwarc" <pierre_szwarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OCK7QLcQGHA.5560@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>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" <willgart@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> [email]38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com[/email]...
> | 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.
> |
> |
>
>

[Steve F]

How do we find out the individual scores of each component that we have?


"Jéjé" <willgart@BBBhotmailAAA.com> wrote in message
news:OdbeUTmQGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> the rating is based on the slowest component.
> (the CPU in my case)
>
> "Pierre Szwarc" <pierre_szwarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OCK7QLcQGHA.5560@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

>>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" <willgart@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> [email]38BAF789-768B-4DAE-94A7-BA228F75C81F@microsoft.com[/email]...
>> | 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.
>> |
>> |
>>
>>

>
>

[Adahn]

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

[Pierre Szwarc]

Refresh the rating, it'll give you the full list.
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"Steve F" <donotreply@myemail.com> 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?

[Pierre Szwarc]

Ah, ok. Thanks!
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Paris, France
PGP key ID 0x75B5779B
------------------------------------------------
Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom !
------------------------------------------------

"Jéjé" <willgart@BBBhotmailAAA.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email]OdbeUTmQGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl[/email]...
| the rating is based on the slowest component.
| (the CPU in my case)

[Jiri Fiala]

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]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0ejg4jw97o98r018@msnews.microsoft.com...

> 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.

[Jiri Fiala]

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]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0ejg4jw97o98r018@msnews.microsoft.com...

> 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.

[Jéjé]

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" <administrator@localhost> wrote in message
news:CECB778B-654B-4D95-AC5C-63CA7BF5834C@microsoft.com...

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