XS HWBot Team

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FYI I did the pcvantage patch and after I get this mesg.




PCMark® Vantage

Required Software

To run all the tests in PCMark Vantage, the system should have the following software installed:

Microsoft Windows Vista operating system (32/64-bit).
Please note that PCMark Vantage 32-bit runs in both 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista.
Please note that PCMark Vantage 64-bit only runs in 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista.
Microsoft DirectX August 2007 Redistributable (included in the installation package).
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable x86/x64 (included in the installation package).
Notes:

PCMark Vantage 32-bit does not run in Microsoft Windows XP.
PCMark Vantage 64-bit does not run in Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit.
It is recommended to use a clean install of Microsoft Windows Vista.
NTFS file system is required.
Required Hardware

PCMark Vantage package requires approx. 800 MB of hard disk space and running the tests requires additional 800 MB space.
Modern CPU with SSE2 support.
SM2.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU gaming test.
SM3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test.


Its saying windows vista is the only one supported. I am on win7 64. are you guys on win7 also? SHould we install vista and try it?
IM wondering if the hw bot admins knew the issues and had some devious reasoning behind this contest. this is the most frustrating ocing experience Ive experienced since trying to clock 2 x1950's in crossfire the 1st week they came out.


steve check pm and get back asap.