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Windows Aero score

Just wondering if any one could help, I had a windows score of 3.4 and then the CD-ROM drive packed up, anyway got a new one from Fujitsu, and windows said it has detected new hardware - now my score has dropped to 2.7! I've followed all the suggestions from windows, changing start-up programmes etc, makes no difference, its the sub score on graphics that's dragged it down.:(
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  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    Did you get a new pc or just a new cdrom drive?

    If its a new pc then maybe the graphics card or usually with pre built pcs built-in graphics chip is slower than your old one in other pc.

    2.7 is very slow I have a fairer chip graphics card Nvidia 8400 and I get 5.1 in windows 7 fair enough not quite like for like
  • slow_saver
    slow_saver Posts: 384 Forumite
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    savemoney wrote: »
    Did you get a new pc or just a new cdrom drive?

    If its a new pc then maybe the graphics card or usually with pre built pcs built-in graphics chip is slower than your old one in other pc.

    2.7 is very slow I have a fairer chip graphics card Nvidia 8400 and I get 5.1 in windows 7 fair enough not quite like for like
    Just a new CD drive the old one stopped working, the PC is quite powerful 3GB RAM, I am wondering if it's some of the programes I've got installed.
    I must, I must, get my post average up to 1 a day!! :D
  • RobertoMoir
    RobertoMoir Posts: 3,458 Forumite
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    the programs you've installed shouldn't change the score. It's a measure of the abilities of the computer not what's loaded onto it.

    What component is responsible for this score? You can get a breakdown of the components that make up the overall score and I'm guessing you'll have one thing in there that's letting it down.

    The other question I have is are you bothered by the score? It's just a number. Does the computer feel slower to you since the score changed? Is something that was previously satisfactory no longer so?
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  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    well CD drive shouldnt effect it at all, so either there is some issue with the way the program is shown or something else has changed perhaps it could do with updated graphics drivers although normally replacing of a cdrom drive shouldnt have an effect

    Having said that the core is only a benchmark and should therefore only be used as a guide on my other pc with vista for some reason I couldnt even run the benchmark after 1st try even have updating to sp2
  • Samba_Pa_Ti
    Samba_Pa_Ti Posts: 289 Forumite
    slow_saver wrote: »
    Just a new CD drive the old one stopped working, the PC is quite powerful 3GB RAM, I am wondering if it's some of the programes I've got installed.

    the amount of ram has no bearing on how powerful a pc is, the performance information is gathered from
    hard drive read/write speed,
    Cpu speed
    Memory operations (speed not amount)
    and graphics card performance in aero and games.

    the lowest score out of any of these is the score you will get.
  • slow_saver
    slow_saver Posts: 384 Forumite
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    the programs you've installed shouldn't change the score. It's a measure of the abilities of the computer not what's loaded onto it.

    What component is responsible for this score? You can get a breakdown of the components that make up the overall score and I'm guessing you'll have one thing in there that's letting it down.

    The other question I have is are you bothered by the score? It's just a number. Does the computer feel slower to you since the score changed? Is something that was previously satisfactory no longer so?
    The PC doesn't seem different in any way and I can run Aero no probs, but windows say that you need a score above 3 to watch HD TV on your machine, that's the only thing that was bothering me as when I've tried to watch the F1 in HD on the BBC iplayer It doesn't work.
    I must, I must, get my post average up to 1 a day!! :D
  • Mobeer
    Mobeer Posts: 1,851 Forumite
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    Have you tried installing the latest graphics drivers? Tried switch off Aero (by switching to the Vista Basic theme)? Any other changes made since you last rated your hardware, like running at a higher resolution than previously?
  • Samba_Pa_Ti
    Samba_Pa_Ti Posts: 289 Forumite
    slow_saver wrote: »
    The PC doesn't seem different in any way and I can run Aero no probs, but windows say that you need a score above 3 to watch HD TV on your machine, that's the only thing that was bothering me as when I've tried to watch the F1 in HD on the BBC iplayer It doesn't work.

    post the specs of your machine, we're not all guessing what the problem is then.
  • slow_saver
    slow_saver Posts: 384 Forumite
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    Sorry guys will have to find a way of displaying the page other than text!
    I must, I must, get my post average up to 1 a day!! :D
  • DodgyLurgy
    DodgyLurgy Posts: 68 Forumite
    The vista score is the lowest score based on 5 tests which are processor, memory, graphics, gaming graphics and primary hard disk.
    I would think the score you're getting is based on the primary hard disk which tests data transfer rates and might well include the dvd transfer rates (although it shouldn't do)

    If your new drive is slower than the last one then it might well show on the score........but no-one takes any notice of vista scores anyhoo :)
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