Longhorn's Secret Modder Surprises

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
Tomshardware has posted an article looking at two little known 'Longhorn' features that should particularly appeal to modders and gamers.

View: Longhorn's Secret Modder Surprises @ Tomshardware
The first and most comprehensive of the two features is a tool called the Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSat). This is essentially a benchmarking tool designed into Windows, which generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive and other critical components of the system and calculate a total score. This score can be used to compare your system performance to that of any other Longhorn system.
Submitted by: csimon

Source: Tomshardware

Comments

  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Hmmmm Intel vs AMD.... ATI vs NVidida?.... PC before being infected with spyware, and after..... Could be useful.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Now this is a useful feature!
    Tom's Hardware wrote:
    I'm not even allowed to reveal the code name for this feature, and the final name doesn't apparently exist yet, so I'm just calling it "Mod1". During the boot process, this tool looks for significant hardware changes; if it finds any, it restarts the hardware configuration process. This is the process you generally observe when you first install the operating system, which allows the system to initially boot so you can install the proper drivers. This should eliminate the need to start from scratch every time you change a motherboard, while still avoiding the dreaded "blue screen of death."
  • IT is MEEEEEEEE
    edited July 2005
    Thats pretty convienient. I spelt that wrong.
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