Thaught on 3dmark 2001.

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04-21-2001, 05:53 PM
ClawViper

Thaught on 3dmark 2001.

I wonder how the point's is calculated from that demo.. Does being able to run all of them slower get a higher score than only one of them really fast?

I don't think the points in themself are a good way to tell if a card is good or bad, but instead look at the individual benchmarks and there fps..

Still avarage fps is a bad way to tell if a card is good or bad, since they can fly at 400fps on one scen and then get down to 10 fps on another and it would avarage at 205fps. While a card that do 100 on one and 70 on the other only would get a avarage of 75fps and still be better!!

So i'm really sceptical to only have a avarage FPS too. Only me thinking like this?
04-21-2001, 06:12 PM
Iceball_AARF

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Originally posted by ClawViper:
I wonder how the point's is calculated from that demo.. Does being able to run all of them slower get a higher score than only one of them really fast?

I don't think the points in themself are a good way to tell if a card is good or bad, but instead look at the individual benchmarks and there fps..

Still avarage fps is a bad way to tell if a card is good or bad, since they can fly at 400fps on one scen and then get down to 10 fps on another and it would avarage at 205fps. While a card that do 100 on one and 70 on the other only would get a avarage of 75fps and still be better!!

So i'm really sceptical to only have a avarage FPS too. Only me thinking like this?

The 3DMark score is calculated using the following formula:

3DMark score = (Game1LowDetail + Game2LowDetail + Game3LowDetail) * 10 + (Game1HighDetail + Game2HighDetail + Game3HighDetail + Game4) * 20
04-21-2001, 09:51 PM
Rado

Quote:

Originally posted by ClawViper:
Still avarage fps is a bad way to tell if a card is good or bad, since they can fly at 400fps on one scen and then get down to 10 fps on another and it would avarage at 205fps. While a card that do 100 on one and 70 on the other only would get a avarage of 75fps and still be better!!

So i'm really sceptical to only have a avarage FPS too. Only me thinking like this?

No, you are not the only one. https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2005/06/5.gif

The minimum fps and deviation in fps is very important IMHO.