Vista performance scores

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Pickers

right, got it running on older PC
CPU 5.0 (AMD x2 4400 - should this be higher??)
RAM 5.9
gfx 5.9
gaming 5.9
HDD 5.2

Sounds about right - I'm sure I saw somewhere that someone with an X2 4600+ had a CPU score of 5.2 so your 5.0 sounds right.

On the sound front, I found a Trust card in the local Maplins for £30 that has vista drivers - it works a treat \o/.

Apparently Creative cards have serious issues with Nvidia chipsets - especially the 680 (mine ).
Until they sort their issues (apparently Creative and Nvidia are working together to come up with drivers (chipset and sound card) that eliminate this problem), a little advice to you all - If you buy a motherboard with an Nvidia chipset (especially the 680), just use the onboard sound for now (assuming you haven't left the add in PCI card up north ) and wait until the driver issues have been sorted before trying to use a Creative card.

Stan