Making my Win7 really fast

sygnus21 said:

DeaconFrost said:

The reason I said it wasn't a benchmark, is that it isn't very accurate at all in determining a system's performance. If you read some other forums, like the [H]ardForums, you'll find plenty of threads mocking the tool overall. We've done some tests over there, and have been able to get differing scores just be rerunning the test. It was created to serve a purpose for the non-tech savvy community, but unfortunately, I have yet to see a game or app on a retail shelf use the scoring system.

You really can't take a look at your WEI score and use that as a basis for upgrading your computer. You could build identical systems, and get differing results as well. Besides, you can easily make your computer score 7.9s across the board.

It's only real function is making sure the system is aware of it's capabilities, so you an enable Aero.

My opinion about the WEI bites attitude is people took/take it wrong. It was never meant to be a "benchmarking" tool. And quite a few people take it to mean that. Show Us Your WEI (2). If people understood it better, there wouldn't be such high "mocking"

Bottom line.... If you want to benchmark your system.... WEI isn't it. If you want to compare two systems.... WEI is a quick way to "visually" do so.

Anyway I'm getting off the subject. Sorry.

Thanks for the info!

Keiichi25 said:

I know, for instance, some games Post-Vista are using the WEI as a means to say, "Your computer needs to be at this level to handle it."

I haven't seen any games yet, but that's great news. If software companies starting using this tool, I'd start feeling like it had more of a purpose.

DeaconFrost said:

Keiichi25 said:

I know, for instance, some games Post-Vista are using the WEI as a means to say, "Your computer needs to be at this level to handle it."

I haven't seen any games yet, but that's great news. If software companies starting using this tool, I'd start feeling like it had more of a purpose.

Prime example I have seen so far is with Halo 2 (If you install it, look in the games and click on it, you will a section on the right showing things like ESRB rating, and a section for WEI Recommended. I also saw this for Dragon's Age Origins.

Ah, I see what you mean. I've seen that in Games Explorer before. I meant that the retail packaging would have listings, so you could pick up the game in a store and know if it would run on your system or not.

DeaconFrost said:

Ah, I see what you mean. I've seen that in Games Explorer before. I meant that the retail packaging would have listings, so you could pick up the game in a store and know if it would run on your system or not.

Don't think they have done that quite just yet... Mostly cause of so many XP machines out there and the complete lack of 'WEI' in XP at this time. However, once XP goes completely bye bye and Windows 7 becomes the 'standard' overall, they might just start doing that. Right now, with XP and Vista, they aren't going to use a new standard quite yet until everyone uses it.

I would, however, believe that the WEI would be a word of mouth type thing, as again, most people will go, "I saw this game on so and so's computer... I wonder if I can run it on mine."

WEI Game score recommendations (for games I have installed).....

- Borderlands - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0
- Dragon Age: Origins - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0
- Mass Effect (released in 2008) - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0

My current rating is 5.9 due to my mechanical HD score, otherwise my lowest 7 score is 7.6

Keiichi25 said:

Don't think they have done that quite just yet... Mostly cause of so many XP machines out there and the complete lack of 'WEI' in XP at this time.

It was supposed to be implemented to coincide with Vista's release to the public, as part of the huge Games For Windows initiative. We did get the support that to achieve Games For Windows status, a game would need to work on both OS platforms, and support the Xbox 360 controller, so it wasn't a total wash.

sygnus21 said:

WEI Game score recommendations (for games I have installed).....

- Borderlands - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0
- Dragon Age: Origins - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0
- Mass Effect (released in 2008) - Recommended...4.0, Required...5.0

My current rating is 5.9 due to my mechanical HD score, otherwise my lowest 7 score is 7.6

Just out of curiosity, are those scores coming from a game box, or after you've installed them?

After the games are installed.



Never noticed a score on the box itself. In fact looking at the physical box of Borderlands reveals no such WEI score requirement.

Here's Mass Effect.....

I expected to see that info in Games Explorer, but you've already purchased the game...what if your system couldn't handle it? The boxes were supposed to contain the minimum requirements, so consumers would know ahead of time.

DeaconFrost said:

I expected to see that info in Games Explorer, but you've already purchased the game...what if your system couldn't handle it? The boxes were supposed to contain the minimum requirements, so consumers would know ahead of time.

Not sure what you mean, but the boxes do contain minimum system requirements, as well as "recommended" system requirements, it just doesn't mention a "WEI" score requirement.

I suppose Microsoft would like to see this as well....

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.

But as of now I'm not aware of any software company, even Microsoft, listing a "minimum" WEI score requirement on it's software. It might be a goal but....