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G8800 Series 3DMark06 Score
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Sabrewulf165
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I dunno why people get down on the inquirer so much. They're right roughly as often as they're sensational and wrong, and either way it's a fun read. I mean come on, you didn't honestly expect a news outlet that goes by that name to be a bastion of responsible reporting did you?
In any case, CPU can definitely make a difference in 3dm06. Just upgrading from an X2 4200+ to a Core 2 E6600 put me from 7,000 to 8,100 on my 7950GX2, and I can feel the difference greatly in AI-heavy situations in Oblivion as well, so I wouldn't say that CPUs are meaningless in today's games. Hell, you can even go load up UT2k4 and start a botmatch with no bots, then add about two-dozen bots and watch your FPS drop quite a bit. That's a perfect example of CPU bottlenecking. Of course with a game that old, your frames are gonna be stratospheric anyway, but it's still a good example.
As for the supposed 12,000 score... regardless of what CPU that's on or how optimized the drivers may be, that's honestly not that impressive from a performance per watt perspective, if the rumors about G80 power consumption are to be believed. And whoever said a G80 will match 7900GTX SLI for half the cost must have some serious delusions about how much the 8800GTX is going to cost.
In any case, CPU can definitely make a difference in 3dm06. Just upgrading from an X2 4200+ to a Core 2 E6600 put me from 7,000 to 8,100 on my 7950GX2, and I can feel the difference greatly in AI-heavy situations in Oblivion as well, so I wouldn't say that CPUs are meaningless in today's games. Hell, you can even go load up UT2k4 and start a botmatch with no bots, then add about two-dozen bots and watch your FPS drop quite a bit. That's a perfect example of CPU bottlenecking. Of course with a game that old, your frames are gonna be stratospheric anyway, but it's still a good example.
As for the supposed 12,000 score... regardless of what CPU that's on or how optimized the drivers may be, that's honestly not that impressive from a performance per watt perspective, if the rumors about G80 power consumption are to be believed. And whoever said a G80 will match 7900GTX SLI for half the cost must have some serious delusions about how much the 8800GTX is going to cost.
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it was confirmed on B3D forums by some"respected" members that the 3dm2k6 score is roughly 12k
06 probably wont even start the test, it'll just pop up a window saying "you lose"