Windows 7 Experience Index

Oh no! you didn't guess.
Manual editing.
The file is the last one in Windows - Perfomance - Winsat - datastore. If you open it with word you can change all the readings (up to 99 if you wish - lol)

Odd that you guys would only get 7.3 with your HD5970 as I get the same with my GTX275... everything on my system scores 7.3 except the HDD which is at 5.9 (2x500GB spinpoints in Raid0) I was hoping for better but then the WEI scores means very little in the way of gaming performance.

Well I did not get the 7.3, I just got 6.0 and that's with latest drivers on the 5970.

This seems to be one patr of W7 that dont work to well

Your other hardware maybe crippling the graphics adapter. Do you have the fastest CPU and Memory? Remember the system works together, one slow component can slow the others.

You may have a point there Clifford ... but with Intel i7 950, Corsair 6GB PC3-12800 XMS3 DDR3 XMS Series Matched Triple Kit, Asus Rampage II Extreme, HIS ATI Radeon HD 5970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card i would have expected a higher score, but I'm happy with its performance

Perfect,davehc, congrats! I have decent scores in most areas, but a 2.9 with the Aero deal. On a PC less than a month old! I think I got cheated on the score, but it doesn't matter. For the past seven years, I've had XP Pro, before that Win 2K Pro. I still have the laptops that dual boot the two of them, but they have been put to other uses: Downloading and making discs for this one! Windows 7 beats all the rest!

Hello Endless Installation
I'm having the same problems as you have....I have two HD5970 in quadfire....and iI still only get 6.0 on both graphics tests....don't no why tho' ....hope someone have a solution for that problem....

Nearly all single hard drives, whether they're 7,200 or 10,000 RPM, score at 5.9 on the WEI score. There are some RAID setups that are getting better scores.

Using an SSD will give the best scores, especially in a RAID setup.

Just to clarify

Do you have all of windows 7 updates and the latest ati drivers installed?
You are saying that you score a 6.0 for both "Graphics" and "Gaming Graphics"?