Published on May 26, 2006

Windows Vista will contain a Microsoft-embedded benchmark, known as WinSAT (Windows System Assessment Tool.) WinSAT serves several purposes:

It's a tool for OEM system providers to help enable them to meet Windows Vista logo requirements
WinSAT runs during the Vista setup procedure, to determine if the system is capable of running the Aero 3D user interface and compositing system.

WinSAT ships in 32-bit and 64-bit

Users can run it as a rough guide to performance of Vista on their system, as well use it for a system diagnostic

WinSAT ships in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. The 32-bit version will not run under 64-bit Vista. It will even run on Windows XP, though due to differences in the way the benchmarks run, the results aren't really comparable.

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