Wizno
04-19-2007, 05:58 PM
There is a lot of variety in the hardware market: hundreds of types of processors, motherboards, hard drives, graphics cards and other components to choose from. And although consolidation has been going on for several years, leaving only AMD/ATI, Intel and Nvidia as the main players, along with a few motherboard makers and storage[/URL] giants, finding the right products still can be an exhausting task. This is where benchmarking comes into play, because it helps to measure qualities and characteristics by applying a certain metric. Windows Vista now provides a built-in benchmarking solution to assess component and system performance, but does the so-called Experience Index correspond to what Tom's Hardware and other tech publications find on the test bench?
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Vista: Benchmarking or Benchmarketing? (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/19/vista_benchmarking_or_benchmarketing/#)
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Vista: Benchmarking or Benchmarketing? (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/19/vista_benchmarking_or_benchmarketing/#)