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    about the windows experience index on Q45

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by saroj, Jun 12, 2008.

  1. saroj

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    hi, i have samsung Q45-BV09 with intel centrino 1.66,2gb,and nvidia graphics 8400 but my windows experinece index score is just 3.2 in vista....as my dekstop performance for aero is 3.2...and gaming graphics is 4.3 so,why the score is too less inspite of having the graphics card? and can i increase it ? if yes then how can i? please reply me if you got some idea about this..
    thanks in advance
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    WEI uses the lowest result of 5 different tests. You are getting the same result as I saw for the Q70 with similar hardware. The dedicated GPU does nothing for 2D graphics performance. In fact, the 8400M G is slightly worse than the Intel X3100 (which scores 3.5 for the desktop graphics). You may find that one of the more recent Nvidia drivers improves the performance but, aside from the WEI score, are you having any problem with the normal graphics performance?

    John
     
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    thanks for the reply.....i an not having other graphics problem......only WEI is lesss....and how can i install latest nvdia grpahcis driver?
     
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    I would start at Nvidia driver downloads. I have also seen reference to LaptopVideo2Go as a source of Nvidia drivers.

    I don't know if Samsung's own drivers are customised in any way. You will need to check if you lose any features.

    John
     
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