Official 71.84

lithium726 said:
while this is true and is a better test of what is going on, do you not think it would be wise to first run a synthetic bench to see if anything is totally out of whack? i mean, everytime i install a driver i dont run through a bunch of time demos to make sure its working right - i just wanna boot up and play... so if 3dmark comes up and it has dropped (in this case) almost 50% - i assume something is up and go off to test a little more. if i see a gain, i figure everything is ok and only test it out if something starts going wrong in games..

i think 05 is a good preliminary test to find problems. the end all? hell no - but it is a good indicator of something that is wrong. the engine argument (IMO) can only be applied in these rediculous scoring thing - think of it this way... if the 3dmark05 engine is running at 34fps with a driver set and then the same 3dmark05 engine drops to 21fps with another... same engine, huge decrese in performance - would that not worry you?
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not at all, why do you need a preliminary test when you mostlikely have your game installed? Fire it up.

Just because i change the type of oil and gass in my saab, and suddenly the saab gets a lower gas milage, doesnt mean putting said oil/ gas mixture in my volvo is gonna produce the same performance loss. It means that every saab of exactly the same make and model MAY experiance the same performance loss. They call them synthetic benchamrks for a reason.

now if nvidia specifically said that thier drivers would increase your synth-benchie scores and they dont, thats a different story. If nvidia says that thier drivers will do such in such and they do what they say they will, then lower synth-benchie scores as a side affect isnt a bad deal cause realistically no games play using 3dmark engines.

even after running aqua mark, it generates a reality check saying how well your card/system can run thier game aquanox...
on a side not, if 3dmark was smart they would come out with a moddable game engine... and give it out free to the gamers.. THEN thier benchies would have some pull.
 
Zero problems here :)

Just make sure ALWAYS to use driver cleaner. It really saves fustration!
 
Or, mod your install of Windows so that annoying file protection crap goes away...
 
i find it much easier to tell if FPS dropped in 3dmark. its rendering the same thing over again - so tehres no "well maybe this is just how its supposed to be" type thing.

i dunno, i use it, i like using it for that purpose
 
lithium726 said:
i find it much easier to tell if FPS dropped in 3dmark. its rendering the same thing over again - so tehres no "well maybe this is just how its supposed to be" type thing.

i dunno, i use it, i like using it for that purpose
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LOL do you know how many games now have the ability to show you framrates in game? for all the ones that dont you can use the free version of fraps.
 
i know this - but in order to judge, i would have to install one set, remember what framerates i was getting at a particular point inteh game, reinstall the new set and see what its doing there. too much hassle IMO

3d mark is very cut and dry. hell, it just helped my fix a problem i was having.
 
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