Windows Vista Hardware Ratings (that I have come across)

System Requirements:

  • Windows Vista

Editorial:

The following is just a list of Vista ratings that I have come across and may or may not have any real world accuracy, however we all like to compare, and it looks like I am no different in that particular regard.

If you are curious as to why some entries appear multiple times with different ratings, it is because Microsoft in their infinate wisdom decided to re-define the benchmark ratings mid-way through 2007. This caused many of the values to change upon reasessment.

Where there are duplicates between Service Pack (SP) levels, I have intentionally waited for SP1 to arrive before re-evaluating them against a clean integrated DVD install so that you can compare both ratings. There may also be duplicates because of changes between driver releases.

Please Note: For Vista RTM ratings, there is a lack of consistency in values due to Microsoft’s reasessment of the ratings system in mid 2007. Where there are two sets of values, or out of place high values, please assume that they are rated before the benchmark reasessment update was posted to Windows Update.

Graphics/VGA

OEM Device RAM Edition SP Notes Bus Driver Aero Gaming
AOpen Aeolus MX4000-V64

64 MB

HP SP1 1360x768x32@60 AGP 4x

??

1.9

1.0

Asus Geforce N6200/TD

128 MB

B RTM 1280x1024x32@100 AGP 8x

158.24

4.1

2.4

Asus Geforce N6200/TD

128 MB

B RTM 1280x1024x32@100 AGP 8x

162.22

4.1

2.5

Asus Geforce N6200/TD

128 MB

HP SP1 1360x768x32@60 AGP 4x

175.19

2.4

2.5

Asus Extreme N6200TC/TD

256 MB

HB RTM 1440x900x32@60 PCI-E

97.46

3.4

2.8

Asus EN7600GT Silent/HTDI/512

512 MB

U SP2 1820x1200x32@60 PCI-E

185.85

5.9

5.9

Asus N7600GS Silent

256 MB

B RTM 1280x1024x32@100 AGP 8x

162.22

4.5

4.3

Asus N7600GS Silent

256 MB

B RTM 1280x1024x32@100 AGP 8x

163.69

4.5

4.4

Asus N7600GS Silent

256 MB

U RTM 1280x1024x32@100 AGP 8x

169.25

4.7

4.8

Asus N7600GS Silent

256 MB

U SP1 1920x1200x32@60 AGP 8x

175.19

4.6

4.8

Innovision 3D 8500GT I-8500GT-G4F3

256 MB

U RTM 1280x1024x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

5.0

5.2

Innovision 3D 8500GT I-8500GT-H4F4

512 MB

U RTM 1280x1024x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

4.7

4.9

Innovision 3D 8500GT I-8500GT-I4F3D

1024 MB

U SP1 1280x1024x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

4.6

5.2

Hercules Kryo II 3D Prophet 4500

64 MB

B RTM 1024x768x32@60 AGP 4x

16.055

1.0

1.0

MSI NX8600GT-T2D256EZ

256 MB

HP RTM 1024x768x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

5.5

5.9

PNY N6200A G606200A8D24L-SB

256 MB

HP SP2 1024x768x32@60 AGP 4x

185.93

2.4

2.6

Point Of View R-VGA150851 8400GS

256 MB

B RTM 1280x1024x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

3.5

3.6

XFX GeForce 6200-A LE

128 MB

HP SP1 1360x768x32@60 AGP 4x

175.19

2.5

3.0

XFX 8600GT PV-T84J-YAJG

512 MB

HP SP1 1024x768x32@60 PCI-E

169.25

5.3

5.6

Zotac ZT-62AA250-HSS N6200A

256 MB

B SP1 1024x768x32@60 AGP 4x

169.25

2.7

3.0

S = Vista Starter, HB = Home Basic, HP = Home Premium, B = Business, E = Enterprise, U = Ultimate

* Please be aware that graphics ratings are impacted by CPU Speed, CPU FSB Speed and RAM Speed as well as the AGP/PCI-E bus speed (4x/8x/16x) and driver.

** Stated Bus specifications are reflective of the test system and not necessarily the cards maximum specification.

CPU/Processor

OEM Device sSpec # Edition SP FSB/QPI Processor
Intel Celeron 1.3 GHz SL5VR B RTM 100 MHz

1.2

Intel Celeron 2.8 GHz SL77T HP SP1 400 MHz

3.4

Intel Pentium 4 1.70 GHz SL5TK U SP1 400 MHz
Intel Xeon III 1.8 GHz HT SL5Z8 U RTM 400 MHz

3.2

Intel Pentium 4 2.50 GHz SL6EB B RTM 400 MHz

4.2

Intel Pentium 4 2.50 GHz SL6EB B SP1 400 MHz

3.6

Intel Pentium 4 3.06 GHz SL726 B RTM 533 MHz
Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz SL6PF B SP1 533 MHz

3.9

Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz HT SL6WJ B RTM 800 MHz

4.5

Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz HT SL6WJ U SP1 800 MHz

4.2

Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz HT SL6WK U SP1 800 MHz

4.3

Intel Pentium 4 531 3.0 GHz HT SL8HZ HP SP1 800 MHz

4.0

Intel Core i7 950 SLBEN U SP2 4.8 GT/s

5.9

S = Vista Starter, HB = Home Basic, HP = Home Premium, B = Business, E = Enterprise, U = Ultimate