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    Vista PCMARK05 beats XP

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sonicfrequency, Jul 25, 2007.

  1. sonicfrequency

    sonicfrequency Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure why, even ran the test multiple times. All drivers are installed properly etc. Anyways the XP screenshots are too big to upload. I got a PCMARK05 score of 4562 in XP. Any ideas how Vista scored 4625? :confused:
     

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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    That difference is almost negligible. Check the detailed results to see where Vista scores more.

    It can be due to many reasons: differences in background applications (virus guard, Firewall etc..) , OS architecture, amount of free memory / swap file usage and drivers etc...
     
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