www.downloads.com just do a search. It's a bit dissapointing though.
I can't wait to see whether it keeps it's rediculous t&l bias.
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www.downloads.com just do a search. It's a bit dissapointing though.
I can't wait to see whether it keeps it's rediculous t&l bias.
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If it aint broke ..... KICK IT!
I'll get it more for the pretty graphics than for the benchmarking. I don't see why I should even bother benching it once in a while when there are other people who's sole purpose of existence seems to be to get higher and higher 3d Mark scores. I actually use my computer, not just benchmark it https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif
*ducks a few wombats that come sailing out of the crowd!*
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The point of benchmarking is to tell if you've got every bit performance you are supposed to have got for your computer..Quote:
Originally posted by Momaw:
I'll get it more for the pretty graphics than for the benchmarking. I don't see why I should even bother benching it once in a while when there are other people who's sole purpose of existence seems to be to get higher and higher 3d Mark scores. I actually use my computer, not just benchmark it https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/08/2.gif
*ducks a few wombats that come sailing out of the crowd!*
If you've got something lower than other ppl with the same specs, then there is something wrong, and you should try to tweak your computer until you squeezed out everything your hardware can handle.
What is the point of buying a GeForce 2 Ultra when it gets 100 points in 3D Marks?
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Well, being a GeForce user myself, I like it...but I see your point.Quote:
Originally posted by t@xman:
www.downloads.com just do a search. It's a bit dissapointing though.
I can't wait to see whether it keeps it's rediculous t&l bias.
The biggest thing with 3DMark is the CPU bias. Do you want to see your score skyrocket? OC your CPU as much as possible.
A friend of mine at a LAN bragged about a score of ~3800 with a Celeron and a Voodoo3 2000. I was naturally suspicious, of course, so I told Bob to go to his BIOS. Lo and behold, his Celery was overclocked to 850 MHz. He set it back to 500 MHz, and a more realistic score of ~1900 was achieved.
The CPU bias is also favors Intel CPUs over AMD's. The highest score one month ago was an overclocked P3 GHz with a Geforce2 Ultra.
Still, I wish some games were made with the visuals that 3DMark flaunts...
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No no no, see, I don't care what the 3d Mark score says. I can tell, playing games, that I have a kick-*** configuration. I trust my own perception much more than I trust a program; writing programs myself in a constantly changing business environment not unlike the hectice pace of driver updates and conflicts in the 3d world, I can appreciate that things are going to get seriously horked over https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/5.gif
Anyway. Here's a series of screenshots from the new version. Very cool stuff. These are all at 1024x768x32.
http://www.sugar-river.net/~momaw/pics.html
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My feeelings are mutual, and lemme tell you something... I love my voodoo card, but at time the benchmarks pi.. me off. I tweaked it right to the *** and well my machine is fast .. quick... My neighbour gets po'ed when he sees the speed. But hey tweaking and benching are not the only steps. Maintence, such as defragging and scandisk make ya machine run at optiNUMB speed https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2002/02/3.gif . also setting ya own run file. By this I mean going to ya system set up and killing everything cept the 2 essentials! when ya machine boots up.Quote:
Originally posted by Terry:
The point of benchmarking is to tell if you've got every bit performance you are supposed to have got for your computer..
If you've got something lower than other ppl with the same specs, then there is something wrong, and you should try to tweak your computer until you squeezed out everything your hardware can handle.
What is the point of buying a GeForce 2 Ultra when it gets 100 points in 3D Marks?
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[This message has been edited by Lucifer696 (edited March 14, 2001).]
3dmark is a very synthetic benchmark. I woulden't trust the results too much...
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