Some Preliminary 3DMark06 results

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dderidex said:
Yeah, but who cares about FEAR performance? I don't, I never play the game.

In fact, I don't play ANY of the games you include in reviews (nor does almost the entire readership of SimHQ, in fact), so...those results are just as useless as 3dMark0# when you get down to it.

Unless you set out to benchmark *every single game* available, game benchmarks are exactly as 'useful' or 'useless' as 3dMark. They show you how a specific card performs in a specific situation that may or may not be completely meaningless depending on the reader. How well a card performs in FEAR, or Quake 4, or even FS2004 doesn't give ANY indication how it will perform in 'Silent Hunter III' or 'Lock On: Modern Air Combat' or 'Pacific Fighters'....so how are reviews using them any more useful to a simmer than 3dMark is?
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So let me get this straight:
3Dmark 06 is "the benchmark" for guys who play flight-sims? :confused:
Are you saying that 3Dmark 06 gives you an indication on how games like "'Silent Hunter III' or 'Lock On: Modern Air Combat' or 'Pacific Fighters'...." will run on your PC? :)

Terra - If not then I am confused and did not understand your post, sorry...
 
Terra said:
So let me get this straight:
3Dmark 06 is "the benchmark" for guys who play flight-sims? :confused:
Are you saying that 3Dmark 06 gives you an indication on how games like "'Silent Hunter III' or 'Lock On: Modern Air Combat' or 'Pacific Fighters'...." will run on your PC? :)

Terra - If not then I am confused and did not understand your post, sorry...
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Youre confused. What he is referrign to is the fact that all games perform differently reguardless of the hardware involved.
 
Yay, another program that'll make people go out and buy up new computer parts further driving the never-ending cycle of upgrading and e-penis enhancement.
 
dR.Jester said:
Yay, another program that'll make people go out and buy up new computer parts further driving the never-ending cycle of upgrading and e-penis enhancement.
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If you didn't love it you wouldn't do it! And its not about e-penis, its about frames....
 
Terra said:
So let me get this straight:
3Dmark 06 is "the benchmark" for guys who play flight-sims? :confused:
Are you saying that 3Dmark 06 gives you an indication on how games like "'Silent Hunter III' or 'Lock On: Modern Air Combat' or 'Pacific Fighters'...." will run on your PC? :)

Terra - If not then I am confused and did not understand your post, sorry...
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Pacific Fighters is one hell of a benchmark

I hear it doesn't run well on some cards. :p
 
I understand everyone's past issues with 3dmark05, but can we give 06 a chance at least. Let's analyze it some more first.

Isn't it a good thing that CPU(s) affects the score more than having SLI? We want future games to move to SMP like Oblivion and Quake Wars. Besides dual cores are much cheaper than dual video cards. You also gotta realize the free version just runs at 1280, a rez that you won't see much benefit with SLI in current or future game. Why would it be any different with 3dmark?
 
Brent_Justice said:
I don't think 3DMark represents what any current game or any future game will look or perform like.
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Why? Because nobody will be using SM3.0 effects in the future?
 
depends on your setup

my px6800 would see a pretty big improvement going to sli in 1280 imo, anything over 1024 and its workin pretty hard ;)

12 pipes doesnt quite cut it for higher rez's

 
Brent_Justice said:
new colors, textures and shadows to already existing tests, and added 1 new graphics test, i'm not impressed
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And i thought games developers were geting lazy with the same shit better graphics approach. Nice to see futuremark following in the footsteps of games devs..maybe they think this is an actual game now theyre following that trend. One test is apparrently playable...hardly makes the thing a game though whatever way they slice it.
 
Just read a 3dmark06 review at guru3d, they have a contest at the end.

Contest

To celebrate this release of 3DMark06 we will be giving away ten advanced licenses plus accompanied with a Futuremark T-Shirt. What do you have to do? Simple. Answer this easy question:

how many game demo's does 3DMark06 have ?
Send in the correct answer towards 3dmark06@guru3d.com, your email will not be logged or used for anything other than this contest. In the email please clearly state the answer and your full name and adress/country. There are no limitations to Europe or something. It doesn't matter where you live, we'll ship it there as long as there is a postal service!

The contest will close on January the 31st. Entries after that date will be ignored. You can only enter the contest once !
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I dont know the answer (or really care for the prize) but the [H] might as well get a majority of the names in the hat.
 
Now that it's out, I think it's time to close down the anticipation threads.
 
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