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    ATI HD 3200 Windows Experience Index

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kratos88, Mar 5, 2009.

  1. kratos88

    kratos88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, my laptop is the following:

    AMD ZM-80 2.1 ghz
    ATI HD 3200 (driver vers. 8.582)
    4 Gb ram
    400 GB Harddrive
    vista 64-bit
    Catalyst 9.2

    The thing is i get the following from Windows Experience Index when I've seen higher with this same IGP.

    Graphics (Aero) : 3.1 < I've seen this one at 3.5 on other laptops
    Graphics (gaming): 3.2 < I've seen this one at 3.7 on other laptops

    What gives? any opinions and advice on this?
     
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  2. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    Could be your CPU.
     
    mechrock, Mar 5, 2009
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    kratos88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any ideas on why its so low or how I can improve it? the funny thing is it runs games pretty well (yes i know its not a gaming laptop)...Half life 2 maxed (800x600) avg 60fps, Gears of War (decent enough to enjoy), Call of Duty 4 (surprised me!)....so i'm a bit concerned that its so low and maybe i'm not even getting out of it what i should be able to?.....

    How does the CPU get in the mix for these scores if theres a score specifically for Processor? ( I ask because i don't know much if anything about this)

    My scores are (and yes i know they aren't spectacular):
    Processor: 4.9
    Ram:5.9
    Graphics (aero): 3.1
    Gaming Graphics: 3.2
    Hard Disk:5.5
     
    kratos88, Mar 5, 2009
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It's because WEI is a terribly inconsistent and poor measure of laptop performance. If it runs the games you want to run fine, just don't worry about it. If you really want to get synthetic numbers, run a dedicated benchmark suite; PCMark, 3DMark, etc.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 5, 2009
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  5. 86 5.0L

    86 5.0L Notebook Consultant

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    make sure theres NOTHING running besides WEI, turn off everything you possibly can

    btw, I got a 3.0 with a 7150 :eek:
     
    86 5.0L, Mar 5, 2009
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    kratos88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the responses guys, from what i can tell you are right Commander (lol)....its just inconsistent...
     
    kratos88, Mar 5, 2009
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