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Redmotion
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 11:55
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Anyone rated their here computer yet?

My work computer just got in the top 2%. Which is quite amusing - because it isn't that great - I thought it was a midrange PC...

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Can't, need IE6, I have Firefox and IE7

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Lukas W
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I got "57% is ranked higher than your pc",
this is also my work pc (laptop).

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Lost in Thought
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Quote: "Can't, need IE6, I have Firefox and IE7"


Works fine here with IE7 0_o Mine is in the top 51% which is about where I thought it would be.

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Weird, didnt work at first, did just there. My work PC is in the top 1%

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Doesn't work for me, even when using IE6, why do sites bar out apparently non compliant browsers? I really find that annoying, as they would probably work anyways.

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It uses ActiveX, hence Firefox wont work. Try again using IE6, it should work, it seems to be temperamental though

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Quote: "Your system is among the top 22% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor. "
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 15:45 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 15:46
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Quote: "40% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system. "



that's because of the onboard graphics (which are 256 MB... but still on board)

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Processor Intel Celeron (M8) 597MHz
Display Card S3 Graphics Savage/MX
Memory 256MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 14.46GB
Display Card Memory 8MB
Display Driver Version 5.1.2001.0
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive N/A
Sound Card Yamaha DS1x Native Audio

I can't find a ranking system though.

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it says mine is in the top 6% of all scanned, but mine is a bit slow, or is it that im too fast?


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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 17:24 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 17:27
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I'm in the top 7%, and my compo is 2 years old.

However, it didn't detect my SLI, and therefore quoted me as having a 6600GT with 128MB of RAM, when in actual fact I have a dual GPU 6600GT with 256MB of RAM. It's a weird card though, so I guess they don't detect that sort of thing. Wonder what % I would've been in if it was detectable.

Edit: It also missed my 2nd HD.


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From what I've seen so far, I think in reality the service is pretty damn usless.

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It's just a clever way for them to get market data. "Hey, figure out how cool your rig is compared to everyone elses!" while they learn what specs users have and therefore can sell that data to software developers who need to know their target market.


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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 17:34 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 17:35
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"Your system is among the top 20% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor."

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 17:34
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Quote: "Your system is among the top 10% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor. "

/me rolls eyes



Its 9/11 - but its FAKE 9/11 Ts=SQRT(Df/16)
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 20:46 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 20:55
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Your system is among the top 3% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor. "


not bad for $499



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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:18
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Downright rediculous.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:22 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 21:53
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Quote: "Your system is among the top 22% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor. "


Not bad for a piece of crap.



[Edit]

That site is odd, it says I can play Neverwinter nights 2, but look:


and


Now the little pointer thing is after recommended...

Now to test this theory, downloading a demo of Doom 3, which it also says I can play.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:41
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I could have just went into my system and got this info my self, but...


Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2212MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Memory 2048MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 180.12GB
Display Card Memory 512MB
Display Driver Version 8.3.9.1
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive DVD
Sound Card Realtek AC97 Audio


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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 22:27 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 22:37
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I cry foul!

These specs get top 3%:
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 1810MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Memory 896MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 43.9GB
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version 8.1.3.3
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive DVD
Sound Card Realtek AC97 Audio

but my specs only get top 10%?
Processor Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz LGA 775 Dual Core
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 6800 PCI Express 16x 256 Ultra
Memory 1024 MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Free Disk Space 55 gig
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version Latest Nvidia Drivers
DirectX Version 9.0c Latest
Optical Drive DVD / CDROM Combo
Sound Card Sound Blaster Live 24bit PCI



Summin aint right man. I was robbed!
The video card alone ends the debate. PFFFT! (sorry no offense to Hobgoblin Lord's specs)





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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 22:30
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Yeah, I was gonna say that too. Either hobby misread the percentage, or that program is seriously screwed.


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lol, and I just ran it again and now it says 11%. Makes sense since they say "of the systems scanned", not "of systems", this can cause the scale to shift. If 1000 crappy systems went on and scanned right now all of our percentiles would move to the better.

lame



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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 22:37
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Quote: "33% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system."


I'm pretty sure it's my graphics card that's making it that bad
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 22:40 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 22:42
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Good point Mr Rustler. I suppose it must be in its early days of stat gathering. In a week or two, I dont our percentages would change.

Edit: Was still top 7%. Same as before.


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Haha I don't even get a percentage... yeah my pc sucks...

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It probably generates a random number
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Well the game matcher compatibility thing with it isn't wrong, I can in fact run Doom 3, thanks for the link, I would have never found that out Yeah so what I fall short of the specs, but you can't argue with results


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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 23:42 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2006 23:57
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@CR

Guess there are 2 possible reasons

a) It like athlon 64's better

b) I don't have any cows gumming up the works.

I was a little suprised myself, but I will say this I play DDO and I run with every shader/ shadow casting element etc w highest details and have no problems ever (unless they have a server problem) People I play with who have what statistically should be better machines but freeze up on them if they run top level. Don't know why could be because I got it pre built and the architecture of the system as a whole is good compared to guys buying components and slapping them together, sometimes pieces just dont work well together even though they may be higher end. Just a thought.


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Your system is among the top 23% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor.

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They could consider other factors too, I mean it says games over my spec can run on my system, and I tried it, they do and quite well, I mean I've done a lot to optimise my computer's performance, that's probably something that pays off in those tests, or it could be my mother board or a number of things. If I'm 22%, then my system isn't as bad as I thought it was, best stop calling my computer a piece of crap

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Quote: "Your system is among the top 25% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor."


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It didnt say anything on what percent my comp is... Whatever it only told the specs it says above
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Yeah Hobg, I am not sure why the thing is all messed up. I would think machines with pci e video would immediately class over anything agp. Weird. What you said about people slapping hi end parts together and having probs, while true, I doubt this scan is sophisticated enough to know anything that intricate without a deeper test. Even if it is that good, it still makes no sense in my case since my machines are always kept in top notch running form - no crashes - no hiccups - ever (yes, it is so infrequent an event that I can pretty much say never, or the negligible difference thereof). I can run any game full tilt and not have any issues. Maybe I am lucky, or maybe I am obsessed with keeping the machine tip top, doing things right, researching the parts before buying them, knowing what to avoid, etc etc - I dunno, prolly a mix of it all. I have been building my own machines since 1993 so I would hope by now I know a thing or two I think most likely the test is "lacking".

anyway I'll stfu now



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Quote: "I think most likely the test is "lacking"."


Since it put me in the top 3% I say its flawless I know what you mean though I thought that either A) im in the top 3% because people are testing their Capo's on the thing B)It's running a deeper test then I thought or C) they are saying my machine is in the top 3% of those that need to be thrown out and upgraded

I do have a killer FSB, and things open really quick for me like Word which opens in a matter of seconds compared to when I use the machines at school (Dell Duo Core 3+ghz) where it takes about 15-20 seconds to open. In reality though I don't care what it says because all that matters to me is things run well.

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yep



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Display Card NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Memory 256MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 3.55GB
Display Card Memory 128MB
Display Driver Version 9.1.4.7
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card N/A

Edit: Wait, WTF?! I -do- have sound card! I just bought an Encore ENM-232 4-Channel 32-Bit some days ago! :/ as always, it's M$ who's messed up... :/

With Tomb Raider Legend (which requires.... WTF, 9.6Gb?!?!?!) it says my compie is no workie (though it didn't took in account the space left in my secondary drive - 20Gb) and I must say it's accurate on this game.

Need for Speed Underground works, NFSU2 somewhat works, the race tracks are slow as -heck- and almost unplayable in this PC. Don't even think about Most Wanted which I can barely play with the lowest detail settings without suffering a constant HD slowdown (I lack CPU and RAM for that game). If NFSMW barely runs... that site gives me a laugh when it says I can play NFS Carbon XDDDD....

However...

"32% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system."

But I can play most new games anyways, so HA! (?)


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Quote: "Your system is among the top 4% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor"


EddieB has a faster CPU and newer GFX yet his is much lower than mine.

my specs:


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yeah, the test is broken or just stupidz.



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yup my system is better than Phaelax yet I got 22% thus the test is flawed.

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 2426MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Memory 2048MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 121.55GB
Display Card Memory 512MB
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Me thinks it doesn't like dual cores.
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i dont get it my pc was bought in may of this year brand new its got intel pentium D 3.0ghz 2gb of dds ram and top spec graphics card (it truely is a beat of a machine lol) and 52% of computers rank higher than it I dont understand

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Quote: "28% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system"



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i don't get a score with my computer at home. :/



weird how it only reads one of my disks :/

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It told me I only had 1GB of HD space free.

I was like, stupid test.





Later I checked and it turns out I only have 1GB of hard drive space left.

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I'm in the top 23%

Not too bad.

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I got:

My System Specifications
Processor Intel Core 2 2394MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Memory 1792MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 252.08GB
Display Card Memory 1024MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.9371
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Sound Card SB X-Fi Audio [B8E0]

But no %, where can I see that?
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maybe the test just favors win2k over xp?

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Quote: " Your system is among the top 10% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor."


Which makes little sense... I mean, look at my specs: Unless it just favours it due to larger memory quantities? But still, pretty decent for a now 4 year old machine

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) XP/MP/4 2000MHz
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Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 59.28GB
Display Card Memory 128MB
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Processor Intel Pentium D 3415MHz
Display Card ATI RADEON X700 Series
Memory 1024MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 47.98GB
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.6631
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio output

Doesn't seem to like dual cores or multiple hard drives. It doesn't tell me how many % are better than my system either, unless I'm just looking in the wrong place.

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right below the list of specs there should be a line of text with the completely wrong rating, and below that is a graphic scale of the aforementioned completely wrong rating.



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