Vista Rating Index

[Gaurav]

Hi,

I have purchased a new computer with Intel Dual Core 1.6 GHz, 256 MB Nvidia
card, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB SATA HDD. My rating index is shown as 3.0 even though
I have updated it several times. Also, available physical memory is also
shown just above 300 MB. Is anything needs to be updated, I am unable to
understand what is going wrong here.

 

[Seth]

I have purchased a new computer with Intel Dual Core 1.6 GHz, 256 MB
Nvidia
card, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB SATA HDD. My rating index is shown as 3.0 even
though
I have updated it several times. Also, available physical memory is also
shown just above 300 MB. Is anything needs to be updated, I am unable to
understand what is going wrong here.

And when looking at the details pages (from where you tell Vista to update
your rating) what are the scores for each item. Specifically which is the
item with a lowest score (of 3)?

 

[Gary Mount]

Did you close the "Control Panel\System and Maintenance\System" window and
reopen it to show the updated score?

 

[Gaurav]

Hi Seth,

The details are as follows:


Memory (RAM) 1.00 GB : 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS : 3.2
Gaming graphics 511 MB Total available graphics memory : 3.0
Primary hard disk 8GB Free (24GB Total) : 5.9
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

System
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Manufacturer JETWAY
Model AWRDACPI
Total amount of system memory 1.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 233 GB
Disk partition (C 8 GB Free (24 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 8 GB Free (59 GB Total)
Disk partition (E 13 GB Free (49 GB Total)
Disk partition (F 20 GB Free (49 GB Total)
Disk partition (G 11 GB Free (27 GB Total)
Disk partition (H 17 GB Free (25 GB Total)
Media drive (I CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS
Total available graphics memory 511 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 255 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.6371
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better

Network
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Network Adapter Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Network Adapter Trend Micro Common Firewall Miniport
Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter
Network Adapter Trend Micro Common Firewall Miniport
Network Adapter Trend Micro Common Firewall Miniport

I hope this information will help you in helping me.

Gaurav

 

[Seth]

Hi Seth,

The details are as follows:


Memory (RAM) 1.00 GB : 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS : 3.2
Gaming graphics 511 MB Total available graphics memory : 3.0
Primary hard disk 8GB Free (24GB Total) : 5.9
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

Well, nothing appears to be wrong with your system. You don't have a
high-end graphics card. It's actually a pretty cheap video card.

It doesn't say "which" card you have (Asus, EVGA, etc...). It doesn't even
specify if it is actually a 7200 or 7300.

Checking www.newegg.com and searching on "nvidia 7300 512" I see 2, 1 for
$90 and the other for $64.

Checking www.newegg.com and searching on "nvidia 7200 GS 512" I get no hits,
so probably a 7300 as that is available with 512MB memory onboard.

Put in a $200 8800 based NVidia card and you can expect a higher score.

Are you actually having a problem? Or just feel bad that your system only
goes up to 3.0?