![]() We upgraded their hardware to the above E6400 configuration, their OS to Windows Vista Business, and their Office to 2007.įor system builders, video performance on Vista may be an important consideration, and perhaps should become one of the key questions that the client gets asked when planning a hardware upgrade, whether partial or a whole new box, in preparation for Vista. They were originally running a P4 2.8 GHz. Our E6400 system client was happy with the overall performance increase they experienced with this particular upgrade. I wasn't about to go in and clean everything out to bump the score up a whole two tenths. The damage was done, the score came out at 2.8 again. The proper Microsoft WDDM driver was there as it was before I installed the ATI driver. I rolled back the video driver and re-ran the assessment again. I re-ran the assessment and the score ended up lower! The score with the ATI drivers was: 2.8 The above system's Windows Vista 32bit Video initial score for Graphics and Gaming Graphics: 3.0įor the second system, I went and downloaded and installed ATI's latest drivers for Vista 32bit. The above system's Windows Vista 32bit Video score for Graphics and Gaming Graphics: 4.8 ![]() ![]() However, here is my experience with a couple of different systems and their graphics performance as rated by the Windows Vista video hardware assessment for Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero) and Gaming Graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance): I realize that there are a number of variables for hardware performance. ![]()
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