3DMark Vantage out soon..

[Griff]

Vista/DX10 only.

Should put a few of your uber systems through their paces.

Is your rig up to it? - http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10171/

 

[David]

looks awesome, wil give that a shot when it's out

 

[Munson]

Yeah this does look good. Welcome back to tiny scores though

 

[dick]

pmsl.

didnt realise mine so old.

1.6Ghz AMD XP1900+
GF3 ti200
1gig ram 533 iirc (maybe more or less)

what is it though this 3d mark?

 

[thecremeegg]

Looks good though my system will crawl!!

 

[Munson]

It's a 'gamers' benchmark which is meant to stress your system as a measure of how powerful it is. In reality it's not really the be all and end all. In fact it often doesn't mean a lot other than how well your machine can run it (not an actual game).

I've always loved using it, but only as a guide for building/overclocking. Searching for huge scores in 3DMark is sometimes pointless if the games you play aren't going to stress the system as much as the benchmark itself. Although of course, it gives you a good idea.

Traditionally the cycle goes;

New version of 3DMark = tiny scores for everyone.
Then people start getting big scores.
Out comes new version

All good fun and quite entertaining in small doses. The only thing that really matters is the performance of the games that you like to play

 

[thecremeegg]

Not strictly true - watchin a new version of 3dmark crawl isnt a pretty sight

 

[Munson]

Not strictly true - watchin a new version of 3dmark crawl isnt a pretty sight

LOL so so true

 

[dick]

only game i play is flight sim, which runs... its no alienware graphics.... but i learn the skills either way

serves my needs anyway;
p**n - check
msn - check
facebook - check
CS - check

and as i dont waste s**t on my pc....i have thousands of pounds to spend on cool s**t.... like holidays and L's (a good combination )

 

[thecremeegg]

^ Nice

 

[Darren S]

Time to dig out my 'ol faithful TNT2 card. Let's see what this baby really can do!

D.