The increase in minimum spec is not unreasonable, considering it's been 6 long years since the last release of a mainstream desktop operating from Microsoft. Still, Vista-capable PCs can be had on the cheap. Granted, you might need to spend a bit of extra money to upgrade the memory from the default megabytes, but even then you could buy a cheap megabyte USB key and use it as ReadyBoost cache.
To deal with Vista's increased system requirements, Microsoft baked in a system benchmarking tool known as the Windows Experience Index. At first boot, your system is profiled, and features are enabled or disabled based on your machine's Windows Experience Index score. Here's what my home PC scored: Unlike some of the new Microsoft Vista features , this one is remarkably well thought out. Please consider disabling your ad blocker so you can have the best experience on this website.
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Run all programs from previous levels as well as some graphics-intensive games and most features of Windows Media Center. Run all programs from previous levels with excellent performance. Run Windows Media Center with high-definition video. Run all items from previous levels, games with ultra-rich graphics, three-dimensional modeling programs, and high-end video and multimedia programs. Interpreting the subscores When you consider upgrading your computer or you need to troubleshoot performance issues, the WEI subscores can help you quickly get the information you need.
For example, if I were unhappy with quality of video playback on my computer, I could check my WEI graphics subscore. The subscore of 2. This subscore measures the performance of your processor when tasked with several common Windows-based activities. The subscore represents the average of those measurements. System memory can be a major factor in performance. This subscore is based on the amount of random access memory RAM in your computer, not including any memory reserved for graphics, as follows:.
This subscore indicates how well a computer will run Windows Aero and play videos. This measurement is based on video memory bandwidth megabytes per second , so the higher the dedicated graphics memory in your video card, the better this score is likely to be. A megabyte MB video card, for example, is almost certain to get a higher score than a MB card.
Any graphics card that doesn't support Microsoft DirectX 9 automatically receives a score of 1.
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