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What is the Windows Experience Index?
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The Windows Experience Index measures the capability of your computer's hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number called a base score. A higher base score generally means that your computer will perform better and faster than a computer with a lower base score, especially when performing more advanced and resource-intensive tasks.
Each hardware component receives an individual subscore. Your computer's base score is determined by the lowest subscore. For example, if the lowest subscore of an individual hardware component is 2.6, then the base score is 2.6. The base score is not an average of the combined subscores.
You can use the base score to confidently buy programs and other software that are matched to your computer's base score. For example, if your computer has a base score of 3.3, then you can confidently purchase any software designed for this version of Windows that requires a computer with a base score of 3 or lower.
The base scores currently range from 1 to 5.9. The Windows Experience Index is designed to accommodate advances in computer technology. As hardware speed and performance improves, higher base scores will be introduced. However, the standards for each level of the index stay the same. For example, a computer scored as a 2.8 will remain a 2.8 unless you decide to upgrade the computer's hardware.
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that explains it all, now aol (i know...) has a built in one and it compares your different hardware aspects to other users and tells you were you lie at in comparison to your fellow aol users... i don't use aol just a feature a friend showed me...
windows index is similar to this.. my rating is a 3.9 i have a 5.9 on everyting except graphics and its a 3.5 so my overall index is a 3.9 basically what the whole thing is about is a way for microsoft to put a new rating on their games and software so on the fly you can look without knowing specifics about yoru computer if the software will work or not.
its always a way to look at things and decided what you want to upgrade first... like me for example i baught this pc knowing i was going ot upgrade the graphics card in a month.. which im saving up to do...
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