I have a 2011 Mac Mini set up with Lion on one partition and Windows 7 on another. I installed Windows according the Apple's instruction. When I first set up windows, I did the Windows Experience Index test, which gave me:
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.4
Desktop Graphics 6.4
Game 6.4
HD 7.1
I installed Parallels 7 to run the VM off the boot camp partition. The scores under Parallels are:
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.6
Desktop Graphics 5.7
Game 5 (not surprising)
HD 7.4 probably due to AHCI enabled?
But when I go back to windows (i.e. boot up windows natively), the new scores are now
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.4
Desktop Graphics 5.9 <-----?!?!?
Game 6.3
HD 6.9 <-----?!?!
Thinking that there might be some Parallels tools remnants left over, I also uninstalled them via the control panel, but the scores did not change. Further, Autodesk Inventor seems to run a bit slower than before, and according to their hardware diagnostics, my graphics seem to be running in a reduced mode. Rolling back and reinstalling the graphics drivers did not seem to help either.
Anybody know what is going on here?
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.4
Desktop Graphics 6.4
Game 6.4
HD 7.1
I installed Parallels 7 to run the VM off the boot camp partition. The scores under Parallels are:
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.6
Desktop Graphics 5.7
Game 5 (not surprising)
HD 7.4 probably due to AHCI enabled?
But when I go back to windows (i.e. boot up windows natively), the new scores are now
CPU 6.9
Mem 7.4
Desktop Graphics 5.9 <-----?!?!?
Game 6.3
HD 6.9 <-----?!?!
Thinking that there might be some Parallels tools remnants left over, I also uninstalled them via the control panel, but the scores did not change. Further, Autodesk Inventor seems to run a bit slower than before, and according to their hardware diagnostics, my graphics seem to be running in a reduced mode. Rolling back and reinstalling the graphics drivers did not seem to help either.
Anybody know what is going on here?