Topic: What is the use of the windows experience index?
dw !AIy/L67q.s started this discussion 14 years ago #17,080
is it just to make you buy more computers or what?
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 13 minutes later[^] [v] #289,819
It shows you what your windows experience index is.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,820
dw !AIy/L67q.s (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 7 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,821
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,822
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,823
@289,821 (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
It gives you a number to compare with your friends who has the bigger. Kinda like penis comparison, just more gay.
It gives you a number to compare with your friends who has the bigger. Kinda like penis comparison, just more gay.
dw !AIy/L67q.s (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,824
@289,822 (D)
it's really stupid because everything except the hdd is 7+ and it still says my windows experience index is 5,9
it's really stupid because everything except the hdd is 7+ and it still says my windows experience index is 5,9
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 17 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,826
dw !AIy/L67q.s (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #289,827
Rainbow !DASHqGnDdc joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #289,828
@289,824 (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
Mine does that too. It uses the lowest thing. If your graphics got a 1 then your rating would be 1.
Mine does that too. It uses the lowest thing. If your graphics got a 1 then your rating would be 1.
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TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k replied with this 14 years ago, 26 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #289,830
@previous (Rainbow !DASHqGnDdc)
Yep, lowest score determinates the overall score, lol.
I don't even know if SSD score higher than 5.9... :/
Yep, lowest score determinates the overall score, lol.
I don't even know if SSD score higher than 5.9... :/
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #289,832
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Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 15 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #289,866
Easy to use benchmark for the tech-illiterate. It eliminates all that confusing nonsense about gigahertz and megabytes and reduces it to simple numbers. I don't think it ever caught on though, and I don't think most (non-neckbeard) people know it exists.
Also, scoring a computer by its lowest number is kind of stupid, but I suppose Microsoft didn't want to confuse people with too many numbers.
My Windows Experience Index is 5.9, btw.
Also, scoring a computer by its lowest number is kind of stupid, but I suppose Microsoft didn't want to confuse people with too many numbers.
My Windows Experience Index is 5.9, btw.
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Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #289,917
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
It's even good for the tech literate though, since it's not easy to convert those numbers to real performance without running several different benchmarks, or to find out where the real bottleneck in performance is, which bring me to my next point. The reason it scores the computer by its lowest score is because figuring out where the bottleneck is is probably the most useful aspect of the Windows Experience Index. It give you a good idea of what you should upgrade if you want to improve your experience with the computer.
It's even good for the tech literate though, since it's not easy to convert those numbers to real performance without running several different benchmarks, or to find out where the real bottleneck in performance is, which bring me to my next point. The reason it scores the computer by its lowest score is because figuring out where the bottleneck is is probably the most useful aspect of the Windows Experience Index. It give you a good idea of what you should upgrade if you want to improve your experience with the computer.
dw !AIy/L67q.s (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #289,974
i want an ssd so i can increase my windows experience index
henn joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #290,000
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 27 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #290,004
It's something they cooked up when Vista was introduced, as it required far better hardware than XP.
Probably an attempt to blame hardware for the crappyness of Vista.
Probably an attempt to blame hardware for the crappyness of Vista.