Yeah, me - it took me ages to make my earlier post with the score, same reason. Did exactly the same as you   

Base score 4.2

Athlon 64 3700+ (san diego) @ 2.2GHz => 4.2
2 GB GEIL PC3200 3.4.4.8 Dual Channel=> 5.8
XFX GeForce 7600GT xXx @ 590/1600 => 5.9
Gaming Graphics => 5.2
HD WD ata100 80GB => 4.9

I am using my old ATA100 because I wanted to preserve the XP Pro on my hitachi 160GB SATA300 for safety (in case I hate Vista) , But why is my CPU so low?

Well, actually I think you were only joking PurrBall, but heck I had to try it out anyways
800X600 was the lowest res I could get, 16 bit colors and Windows Classic bumped up the score a bit:

 

Component	Details	Subscore	Base score
Processor	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+	4,8	3,1   Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM)	2,00 GB	5,7
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE	3,2
Gaming graphics	751 MB Total available graphics memory	3,1
Primary hard disk	75GB Free (86GB Total)	5,5
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

Doesnt look all half-bad now hehe

Yeah its an overclocked E6600 core 2 duo

If you go into Advanced and List all modes you can get to 640x480 with 256 color. I also like to change the wallpaper to solid black to minimize impact on RAM..

The Performance Information and Tools control panel breaks at that screen setting but you can still start the assesment and it will show once you set the screen settings back to normal.. Nvidia released WHQL 158.18 drivers today.

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ -3.1
2.3 Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 1.00 GB - 3.7
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6200 - 2.3
Gaming graphics 511 MB Total available graphics memory - 3.0
Primary hard disk 3GB Free (37GB Total) - 5.2
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

Dont laugh at my 2.3. It works for me for now.

And yes my Athlon runs at 1.8Ghz. I can even run some dreams.

Will try the latest Nvidia drivers to see if it helps, but at the mo I get better graphics score with the Vista drivers over Nvidia.

As far as updating drivers, Nvidia is going in the wrong direction:


My hp dv9230us laptop:

As purchased (Nvidia 97.46 drivers)

cpu Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.6ghz) 4.7
ram 2 gb @667mhz 4.5
graphics Geforce Go 7600 4.7
gaming Geforce Go 7600 4.7
hd 2x100gb 5400rpm 4.6


After installing nvidia 100.65

cpu 4.7
ram 4.5
graphics 4.6
gaming 4.6
hd 4.6


and after installing nvidia 158.18

cpu 4.7
ram 4.5
graphics 4.5
gaming 4.2
hd 4.6

Component Details
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 5.9
Gaming graphics 1534 MB Total available graphics memory 5.9
Primary hard disk 534GB Free (559GB Total) 5.9
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

Damn you 64-bit edition of vista!!!

i installed Vista simply so i could rate my system, so i could gauge any upgrades to purchase

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz (stock) 3.1Ghz (current)-5.7
RAM-2GB SuperTalent DDR2-800 PC6400 Dual Channel-5.8
Desktop-nVidia GeForce 7800GTOC-5.7
Gaming-255MB Total Available Graphics Memory-5.7
Primary Hard Disk-341GB Free (578GB Total)(2 Maxtor 300GBs in raid 0)-5.9

Final Score-5.7

must of been a 32-bit install I take it - the 64-bit edition laughs at 2gbs of ram much less 4... damn my 5.5

Update after over-clocking & RAM replacement/upgrade........

CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 4600 2.4ghz o/c @ 2.6ghz = 5.1
Memory: Legend DDR 400 RAM @ 3.5 gb = 5.2
Graphics: Nvidia 7600GS 512mb O/C = 5.3
Gaming: graphics performance = 5.5
HDD: Samsung 200gb = 5.3

Hoping soon to upgrade my GPU with a Nvidia 8600GTS 760mb card for around $399 Oz.

After installing the latest Nvidia drivers, my score went up to 5.0!

 

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ 5.2

Memory (RAM) 3.50 GB 5.9

Graphics Radeon X1800 Series 5.9

Gaming graphics 1790 MB Total available graphics memory 5.9

Primary hard disk 117GB Free (190GB Total) 5.2 <-- would be a 5.9 if i had the 3gb

Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

im gonna get a new notebook soon:

i dont now the WIE scores yet but it should be a lot better than my current one.

WWW Link

specs:

15.4", 1280x800

1 GB DDR2

Intel Pentium Dual Core 2060 (its a Core Duo)

Intel GMA 950

120GB SATA 5400RPM

DVD+/-RW/RAM Drive

I'll update this post later when I get the system.

yup, 32-bit.