3dmark cpu?

[jiffypop]

Does the cpu make a difference when you run 3dmark05? Using the free version and just pushing Run 3dMark. My friend says it doesn't ...but from looking at all the 3dmark scores here it seems that it would.

 

[0V3RC10CK3D]

of course it makes a difference , they have 2 CPU tests to make it obvious

 

[StealthyFish]

lol, yea.. seriously... when you see those low res slide show tests toward the end of the benchmark is a CPU TEST =O, and we all just thought those tests were BS. lolz0rs

 

[PWMK2]

Actually, the results of the CPU test aren't factored into the final score in 05, which is why many people just skip the CPU test but still get a 3dMark score. That said, however, a CPU is obviously going to effect the performance during the standard tests - as a CPU always will in a 3D application, albeit not as much as a video card would.

In 06, however, the CPU test IS part of the final score.