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The_Pope · 18th Jan 2006, 14:28

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01...rk06_released/

Bladestorm · 18th Jan 2006, 14:32

Thanks for the heads up, joined the torrent .. now to flex my connection up to 2mb for an hour

Da Dego · 18th Jan 2006, 14:52

Honestly, the only point I've ever had for 3dmarkXX is watching the pretty animations. Which, since they're rendered in real time to stress my graphics card, I get to do at 9fps (if I'm lucky). The scores themselves are fairly useless, as far as I'm concerned, but the animations are great tech demos to see how much one can bring their video card to its knees. You get a sense of what level of graphics COULD happen if the 7800GTX was the standard mid-range card.

MrWillyWonka · 18th Jan 2006, 15:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Dego

Honestly, the only point I've ever had for 3dmarkXX is watching the pretty animations. Which, since they're rendered in real time to stress my graphics card, I get to do at 9fps (if I'm lucky). The scores themselves are fairly useless, as far as I'm concerned, but the animations are great tech demos to see how much one can bring their video card to its knees. You get a sense of what level of graphics COULD happen if the 7800GTX was the standard mid-range card.

The score is not entirely useless, it allows you to compare your computer with other computers who have run the software, it's an unbiased measurement if the settings are the same. But as you say, it does stress the video card, but then again, top games will stress the video card too, along with the fun of playing it!

And there's a patch for 3dmark06, already?

perplekks45 · 18th Jan 2006, 15:23

>20 minutes wait time on fileshack.com... gotta wait 'till I come back from work.

thecrownles · 18th Jan 2006, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Dego

Honestly, the only point I've ever had for 3dmarkXX is watching the pretty animations. Which, since they're rendered in real time to stress my graphics card, I get to do at 9fps (if I'm lucky). The scores themselves are fairly useless, as far as I'm concerned, but the animations are great tech demos to see how much one can bring their video card to its knees. You get a sense of what level of graphics COULD happen if the 7800GTX was the standard mid-range card.

The sad part of it is that to get graphics like these it takes a ton of modellers and texture artists, and a lot of development costs to make them work with games. I'm hoping that the unreal 3 engine will help make games with graphics like these easier to develop. I'm also interested to see how a physics processor plays into the whole thing.

Fr4nk · 18th Jan 2006, 15:46

hehe, File shack Mercery 1 month for 1$, pulling ~700Kb/s

Also I wonder how crippling this will be?

Tim S · 18th Jan 2006, 16:19

Very, in short.

Looks nice, but that's about all I can say about it to be honest. Meh.

oasked · 18th Jan 2006, 16:23

Dammit, I can only run the first two tests, both of which are 3DMark 05 re-hases.

The only test that I actually want to run is the snow-one but I need SM3.0 for that... grr

Fr4nk · 18th Jan 2006, 16:23

Well I scored 3465 (mostly CPU score) the first 3d test is basicly the same as 05 but it has better lighting etc. as for the blimp one thats pretty much the same too just the sea monster has a new skin colour and HDR is in there. The Snow one looks though.

oasked · 18th Jan 2006, 17:43

Wow, that was a hard CPU test, I got about 1 frame every 5 seconds. I'm guessing that won't be smooth unless you have a physics card (which 3dmark 06 is compatable with).

thecrownles · 18th Jan 2006, 18:01

361 3dmarks

radeon 9800 pro
p4 2.8c

play_boy_2000 · 18th Jan 2006, 18:12

1518

x800pro
3.4 p4
1 gig ddr2

Havn't had a chance to oc anything yet, mostly due to with laziness.

Mister_Tad · 18th Jan 2006, 18:26

ooh yay
now I need to ugrade again, so soon. Despite the fact that every new game runs well and im happy with the performance, futuremark says I need a faster system

dom_ · 18th Jan 2006, 19:11

well i started downloading it, then remembered that i always download the new ones then uninstall them after i have seen some pretty images.

so i cancelled it.
it gives no real comparison on how good your system is for gaming. for that you run game benchmarks.

my epenis is remaining the same length today

Meanmotion · 18th Jan 2006, 19:36

As a company I don't know how they keep going, cause all anyone does is download the free version, look at the pretty pictures and uninstall. I've run every 3dmark since '01 (i think) but i don't think i've ever actually compared my score to anyone else. The only comparisons i've ever made are before and after overclocking.

So, er, to sum up. Basically pointless but good fun.

Damn, I just remembered I had to RMA my 2gig of Ballistix and I'm running on 256MB nicked out of my mate's Mac. So i won't be able to run 3dmark for a couple of weeks.

-EVRE- · 18th Jan 2006, 19:44

yay, downloaded it and get this error from the installer
0 E:\Downloads\3dMark06_v102_installer.exe is not supported archive

DriftCarl · 18th Jan 2006, 20:18

i got 2420

AMD 3200+
6800GT
1 gig ram

Im very dissapointed though, near 600 meg download, 1.3 gig HDD space and the free part doesnt show you anything more than 05 did( except for the boring 1fps CPU tests which mayaswell been a slideshow for all its usefullness)

Da Dego · 18th Jan 2006, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister_tad

ooh yay
now I need to ugrade again, so soon. Despite the fact that every new game runs well and im happy with the performance, futuremark says I need a faster system

Quote:

Originally Posted by dom_

my epenis is remaining the same length today

Oh how true, how true...

perplekks45 · 18th Jan 2006, 21:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by play_boy_2000

1518

x800pro
3.4 p4
1 gig ddr2

Havn't had a chance to oc anything yet, mostly due to with laziness.

Don't ask me how I did, but I just bashed you.

1588 points

So, what's to say about that? It's hard but not as hard as I expected it to be... except CPU test. Looking awesome as expected. That dragon/Nessie/snake-thing... OH MY GOD... but it's just '05 Reloaded imo.
Take a look here, X2 with impressive 0.7 fps @ CPU test.

Oh, and yeah... download is fast though.

// edit: Would be nice to see an FX-60 or Opteron 280 run the test which, as I just got told, might be limited to 2fps.

// edit2: Yep, CPU tests are limited to 2 fps. For more info take a look at the 3DMark06 WhitePaper. Page 18 for the lazy ones.

18th Jan 2006, 14:28	#1
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18th Jan 2006, 14:52	#3
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	Honestly, the only point I've ever had for 3dmarkXX is watching the pretty animations. Which, since they're rendered in real time to stress my graphics card, I get to do at 9fps (if I'm lucky). The scores themselves are fairly useless, as far as I'm concerned, but the animations are great tech demos to see how much one can bring their video card to its knees. You get a sense of what level of graphics COULD happen if the 7800GTX was the standard mid-range card. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

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18th Jan 2006, 15:46	#7
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18th Jan 2006, 16:19	#8
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18th Jan 2006, 16:23	#9
oasked Stuck in the Mud Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bromley, Kent Posts: 2,552	Dammit, I can only run the first two tests, both of which are 3DMark 05 re-hases. The only test that I actually want to run is the snow-one but I need SM3.0 for that... grr __________________ Intel i7 920 @ Stock \| 6GB Corsair DDR3\| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 WD640 AALS \| POV 8800GT \| Lian-Li PC65 \| Enermax 600W SLI \| Dell 2408WFP

18th Jan 2006, 17:43	#11
oasked Stuck in the Mud Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bromley, Kent Posts: 2,552	Wow, that was a hard CPU test, I got about 1 frame every 5 seconds. I'm guessing that won't be smooth unless you have a physics card (which 3dmark 06 is compatable with). __________________ Intel i7 920 @ Stock \| 6GB Corsair DDR3\| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 WD640 AALS \| POV 8800GT \| Lian-Li PC65 \| Enermax 600W SLI \| Dell 2408WFP

18th Jan 2006, 18:01	#12
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18th Jan 2006, 18:26	#14
Mister_Tad Serious about coffee Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham Posts: 7,556	ooh yay now I need to ugrade again, so soon. Despite the fact that every new game runs well and im happy with the performance, futuremark says I need a faster system

18th Jan 2006, 19:11	#15
dom_ ---> Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: uk, south east Posts: 3,936	well i started downloading it, then remembered that i always download the new ones then uninstall them after i have seen some pretty images. so i cancelled it. it gives no real comparison on how good your system is for gaming. for that you run game benchmarks. my epenis is remaining the same length today

18th Jan 2006, 19:36	#16
Meanmotion Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bracknell nr. Ascot Posts: 370	As a company I don't know how they keep going, cause all anyone does is download the free version, look at the pretty pictures and uninstall. I've run every 3dmark since '01 (i think) but i don't think i've ever actually compared my score to anyone else. The only comparisons i've ever made are before and after overclocking. So, er, to sum up. Basically pointless but good fun. Damn, I just remembered I had to RMA my 2gig of Ballistix and I'm running on 256MB nicked out of my mate's Mac. So i won't be able to run 3dmark for a couple of weeks. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4400+ \|\| A8N SLI Premium \|\| 2Gb Corsair XMS Pro \|\| 2*40Gb Raptor (striped) \|\| 250GB External \|\| Radeon X1950Pro \|\| WinXP www.OutForBlood.co.uk \|\| www.4Qradio.com \|\| www.EdwardChester.co.uk

18th Jan 2006, 19:44	#17
-EVRE- Supermodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Idaho U.S.A Posts: 343	yay, downloaded it and get this error from the installer 0 E:\Downloads\3dMark06_v102_installer.exe is not supported archive __________________ (Phenom II 940)(Foxcon A7DA)(8gb OCZ DDR2 800 )(8800gt aka hair dryer)(Big yellow case, CPU, GPU)(Enermax Liberty 500w)(lite-on DVD-RW w/LightScribe)(Seagate 300gb sata)(Seagate 320gb x2)(WD 200gb)(Dell 3007WFP 30"LCD, 19" Samsung, Acer 1280x720 projector)

18th Jan 2006, 20:18	#18
DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 201	i got 2420 AMD 3200+ 6800GT 1 gig ram Im very dissapointed though, near 600 meg download, 1.3 gig HDD space and the free part doesnt show you anything more than 05 did( except for the boring 1fps CPU tests which mayaswell been a slideshow for all its usefullness)