Windows Experience Index Level 6

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Robert McMillan

Does anyone know when Microsoft will be unlocking something higher than 5.9
to differentiate between computers using Windows Experience Indicator?

Robert
 
From Microsoft...
"Over time, as systems become more advanced, we expect to introduce higher
levels of 6 and beyond. This will be done approximately every 12-18 months,
as new innovations in hardware become available. When new base scores are
introduced, existing scores will not change (i.e. a PC with a base scored of
2.2 today will score a 2.2 in the new updated index, unless its components
are upgraded).
"
 
The article that Jay linked includes the exact quote below from Nick White,
Microsoft Product Manager. As well, there are quite a few articles on WEI on
microsoft.com. While I didn't see an exact match to the quote used in the
thread (probably because I didn't look long enough, you can if you like), I
did find the following items from Microsoft:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/f59082f4-6385-4a61-ba7e-2de9625a780a1033.mspx

Fourth paragraph. Not an exact quote, but does state that higher scores
will be introduced.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/help/0fee4637-8b21-41f1-87f6-66d2205420d61033.mspx

Third paragraph of the “Understanding the Windows Experience Index†section.
Still doesn’t provide “how often†but does state “levels of 6 and beyond.â€

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/help/60d9b045-e2fe-4f7a-9111-e2f2222851991033.mspx

Fourth paragraph of the “What’s in a number?†section of this article still
doesn’t have an exact quote, but does give the “12 to 18†month†timeframe,
but that is only to a maximum of 6.9. The continuation of the index moving
higher is not specifically anticipated by number of months in this article.
 
Dzomlija said:
Got it, thanks. It makes interesting reading. I'd love to see the
hardware out there that warrants a score above the current max of 5.9...
Click to expand...

I have an Intel Q6600, 4Gb DDR2 800Mhz, 512Mb 8800GTS, 500Gb 7200rpm SATA2
Western Digital Hard drive, Gigabyte P35-DS4 motherboard and I have 5.9 for
all scores at stock speeds.
 
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