windows experience index rating issue

I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating and
received a 3.0 for the graphics part.

I don't know how that is possible, here are my specs.

EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
C2D 8400 @ 3.0 Ghz processor
4 x 2GB Supertalent 1333Mhz memory at 8-8-8-18 for 8GB total
XFX Geforce 9800 Gx2 1 GB video card
Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate
and some other stuff.

I have another PC which has a score of 5.6 for

BFG 8800 GTX 768 MB video card
4 GB ram 800 Mhz
2.4 GHz processor OCed to 2.9
Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboard
Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium

How is it that my new PC is scoring less on the video? Any suggestions
before I return the video card? rofl

I didn't manually install/upgrade my direct x, do you think that may be the
problem?

Lukee;731207 Wrote:
> I just bought a new PC and ran the windows experience index rating an
> received a 3.0 for the graphics part
>
> I don't know how that is possible, here are my specs
>
> EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboar
> C2D 8400 @ 3.0 Ghz processo
> 4 x 2GB Supertalent 1333Mhz memory at 8-8-8-18 for 8GB tota
> XFX Geforce 9800 Gx2 1 GB video car
> Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimat
> and some other stuff
>
> I have another PC which has a score of 5.6 fo
>
> BFG 8800 GTX 768 MB video car
> 4 GB ram 800 Mh
> 2.4 GHz processor OCed to 2.
> Asus P5N32-E SLI Motherboar
> Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premiu
>
> How is it that my new PC is scoring less on the video? Any suggestion
> before I return the video card? rof
>
> I didn't manually install/upgrade my direct x, do you think that may b
> th
> problem

Hi Lukee

Here are some things to check

1. Do you have the latest nVidia GeForce 9 series video drive
installed for you 64 bit Vista

Here is NVIDIA's link
'NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search
(http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

2. Do you have the extra PCI-E power connector plugged into th
graphics card

3. Do you have the latest BIOS and chipset drivers for you
motherboard

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Thanks for your reply.

1. Yes, I have 175.16 for Vista 64
2. There are 2 power connectors plugged in. One is a bit bigger than the
other, so I think the answer is yes.
3. I upgraded the bios late last night and I have the latest chipset
downloaded, but when I wasn't able to. I think it wasn't signed or it may
have been a bad file. i just found out how to bypass the whole certified
drivers thing, so I'll give it a shot tonight. Thanks.

I guess I'll also download directx and make sure I have the newest version
and once I fix an error, I'll install SP1

Thanks again for your reply.

Lukee

Lukee;731454 Wrote:[color=blue]
> > Brink;3772449 Wrote:
> > Lukee;731207 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > > Hi Lukee, > > > >
> >
> > Here are some things to check:
> >
> > 1. Do you have the latest nVidia GeForce 9 series video driver
> > installed for you 64 bit Vista?
> >
> > Here is NVIDIA's link:
> > 'NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search'
> > ('NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search'
> > (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us))
> >
> > 2. Do you have the extra PCI-E power connector plugged into the
> > graphics card?
> >
> > 3. Do you have the latest BIOS and chipset drivers for your
> > motherboard?
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Shawn
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brink
> >
> > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > them.*
> > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64)
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*> >
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> 1. Yes, I have 175.16 for Vista 64
> 2. There are 2 power connectors plugged in. One is a bit bigger than
> the
> other, so I think the answer is yes.
> 3. I upgraded the bios late last night and I have the latest chipset
> downloaded, but when I wasn't able to. I think it wasn't signed or it
> may
> have been a bad file. i just found out how to bypass the whole
> certified
> drivers thing, so I'll give it a shot tonight. Thanks.
>
> I guess I'll also download directx and make sure I have the newest
> version
> and once I fix an error, I'll install SP1
>
> Thanks again for your reply.
>
> Lukee

Lukee,

I hope reinstalling and bypassing the signed drivers will work for you,
but Vista comes with DirectX 10 built in. Some games, usually older
ones, may require installing a DirectX 9 version though for them to run
properly.

Shawn


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Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' *Please post feedback to help others.*