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WHAT THE....1.0 on Vista rating? 2.4 Macbook

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boss99er

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It gives me a 1.0 on the graphics card in Vista Ultimate. My computer is the 2.4 new MB with the NVidia 9400M GPU. Am I doing something wrong?
 
boss99er said:
It gives me a 1.0 on the graphics card in Vista Ultimate. My computer is the 2.4 new MB with the NVidia 9400M GPU. Am I doing something wrong?
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You're experiencing what's called Vista syndrome.

Screw that meter! Vista will run perfectly.:D

I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Are you running vista 64 or 32? I am having trouble getting drivers on the 64 so it says my rating is a 1.
 
Well....it wouldn't be a big deal but its shutting off stuff like Aero. I want Vista to look pretty damn it!!! Ha ha. Haven't tried any games yet.
 
Have you actually run the "benchmark"? You have to run the test to get the graphics ratings.
 
Ah, I'm not o Vista right now but there is a button right under the rating that says something about testing the rating. I will let you know more if I get on Vista soon.
 
Sorry, you got me too.. Must be something to do with your drivers. Sorry I couldn't help.
 
boss99er said:
It gives me a 1.0 on the graphics card in Vista Ultimate. My computer is the 2.4 new MB with the NVidia 9400M GPU. Am I doing something wrong?
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The 9400M is not exactly a speed demon like a discrete GPU is. It's still integrated graphics.
 
Yeah, but its no 1.0. I know that much. I sometimes use a piece of crap Dell at work thats made for nothing other than running Office apps....and it gets a 2.5.
 
boss99er said:
Parallels......is it up to parallels to release a new driver to be compatible with this GPU in this case?
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Does Parallels even support Aero in Vista yet? I've only run XP in it. You're not going to get full hardware access from within a virtual machine.
 
Not sure if its supported.....Aero isnt the sole purpose of finding this out. I just got the machine...Vista...and parallels so I'm just trying to play around and get the best I can get.
 
I just did more reading on the parallels site now that you mentioned it. Aero isnt supported yet. I bet its coming though with the upgraded GPU's in the latest batch of notebooks.
 
have you refreshed the score? If you're running it in Parallels or VMWare Fusion, it'll be 1.0 no matter what. Boot Camp will give you a correct score.
 
boss99er said:
I just did more reading on the parallels site now that you mentioned it. Aero isnt supported yet. I bet its coming though with the upgraded GPU's in the latest batch of notebooks.
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maybe... but they've just had a hard time getting virtualization to utilize the gpu of the host machine. it's one of the quirks of virtualization and how gpu's function.

with the dual gpu's that could be a difference.
 
It's gotta be the GPU, because my MBP gives me a 5.4 overall score.
 
My MBA gets a 3.5 in Vista through boot camp, so it is very likely a virtualization issue.

If I was virtualizing Vista, I would certainly turn off Aero.
 
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