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Wanted to compare CPUs so went down to the local Best Buy and looked at the machines they had on display: Also I thought the raptor are the faster sata drivers out there, but it only scores 5.5

Processor: Core2Duo E6600 running at 2.79 GHz - 5.6 I don't know if this is a good or bad score for my laptop. Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport AdapterĢX 512MB (cheap) ddr2 667 Hynix Ram (4.5) Network Adapter Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAMĭisk partition (C:) 338 GB Free (373 GB Total)ĭisplay adapter type RADEON 9600 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) Primary hard disk 338GB Free (373GB Total) 5.9 Gaming graphics 255 MB Total available graphics memory 4.0 Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz 4.2 The hard is score is high as i have 2 disks set in a raid 0 setup. I was a bit confused about the score for my cpu as i have found the 3.4gig ht chip has been scoring 5.6 which is a bit on a jump. I figure once I install this new card my score should go up quite a bit! We'll see how it goes.Īfter I get the score up I'll have to look into getting another monitor up here as well, I'm itching to try my hand in a dual screen setup, though two 19' CRTs will sure take up a lot of deskspace! I've gotta pick up a DVI to VGA converter tomorrow so I can use the car, my 19' VGA just won't fit into the DVI plug! I ordered two off Tiger Direct last week, but of course I ordered the wrong ones.

This evening I installed 2 gigs of DDR2 4200 RAM, and so far it is flying! Hopefully tomorrow I'll be installing a nVidia GeForce 7900GS 256MB PCI-E x16 Video Card that I got off of a few weeks back, this weekend I also ordered a Seagate 250GB SATA Hard Drive refurb off of woot. The limiting number being the Graphics card. With those stats my Windows Experience Index has a base score of 2.0. The machine is a Dell, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz dual core, RADEON X300/X550 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM), 149gig SATA drive. Trying to run Photoshop and VIsual Studio 2k5, as well as a few RDP windows was very taxing on the box. So far Vista has worked out well with me for VS 2005, I even got a release out for last week that was completely written on this VISTA box. Overall it's been a pleasurable experience, unlike some of the other DotNetNuke core team members have had! Just over a week and a half ago I installed Windows Vista Ultimate RC1 on the newest of my desktop machines. Base Score General Software Development Vista Windows Experience Index

Desktop performance for windows aero low