3DMark05 Countdown Has Begun!

Posted by: [NT] on: 09/24/2004 07:29 PM [ Print | 18 comment(s) ] · 2993 views

The countdown has begun.. Just visit www.futuremark.com and remember to either disable any popup blockers, or allow popups for this site.

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JC Unregistered

#56964 Posted on: 09/24/2004 07:51 PM I am so excited I am going to P in my pants...NOT!!!!

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RAY16 Unregistered

#56965 Posted on: 09/24/2004 08:03 PM I don't give two shits about 3DMark scores but I'll download it to look at the purty graphics. What the hell is up with that stupid ass counter? Does Futuremark think they are too cool for a normal Days/Hours/Minutes/Seconds counter? Those bastards.

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Vegitto Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: 2003-04-23

#56966 Posted on: 09/24/2004 08:09 PM A new low for a benchmark that's next to useless for it's original purpose.

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someone Unregistered

#56967 Posted on: 09/24/2004 08:10 PM No i wont use 3dmark to compare my PC against others, the IHVs have made sure thats a waste of time. It is good to demonstrate what you PC can do and its useful to compare overclocks.

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shlepp420 Unregistered

#56969 Posted on: 09/24/2004 08:15 PM ok wierd timer, but the way its looking im guessing 12 hours till its out.

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Domingo Unregistered

#56973 Posted on: 09/24/2004 09:34 PM I never liked the last one. 2001 was entertaining to see and was always cool to run when you got new hardware. The last version was tedious and about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I'll always prefer games as benchmarks, so if they're going to make an artificial one - at least make it cool.

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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09

#56976 Posted on: 09/24/2004 10:29 PM "so if they're going to make an artificial one - at least make it cool." I'll second that. 3DMark 99 was the best, 3DMark2001 was alright, 2003 was very dull. And then they made a benchmark for cell phones? LOL!

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shlepp420 Unregistered

#56981 Posted on: 09/24/2004 11:30 PM yay 12 minutes

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shlepp420 Unregistered

#56982 Posted on: 09/24/2004 11:42 PM 4 now

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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09

#56984 Posted on: 09/25/2004 12:25 AM What a crock!!!! It was going to time out at about 6 my time, now it starts with a "W" and is back up to 98000000 !!!!! I think I'm going back to using FarCry and UT2004 if I really need to know how fast my builds are going.

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shlepp420 Unregistered

#56985 Posted on: 09/25/2004 01:10 AM Someone should nuke those whiney basterds off the earth (Futurmark) cuz all they do is whine whine whine when someone optimizes. But when someone optimizes fora game u dont hear the game company going whine whine whine.

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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09

#56987 Posted on: 09/25/2004 01:51 AM I'm all for optimizing. If it makes the game run better and still look as good as before, let 'em rip! Hopefully the ATI A.I. is as good as it sounds. Nice to see nVidia come out with something like it as well. And, would be even better if XGI gets the Vx series into the games!

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KNIGHT Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2007-08-13

#56988 Posted on: 09/25/2004 02:47 AM Ooooo! Cool new screensaver What? You thought it could be used for anything else? Hahahahaha

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Don_PhrostByte Unregistered

#56990 Posted on: 09/25/2004 06:02 AM showing 21 hours for me. different time zones, maybe?

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B3astage Unregistered

#56993 Posted on: 09/25/2004 11:36 AM but not when optmized means less textures are being drawn... which was the entire problem with nvidia half a year ago one would think that people know the diffrence between optimizing and cheating

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B3astage Unregistered

#56994 Posted on: 09/25/2004 11:39 AM Question for all those what good is artificial benchmark Can u honestly compare ATI vs nVidia when diffrent engines are involved ? thats why u have an artifical benchmark so u will know exactly how each card performs

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MuffinMan Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-09-15

#56995 Posted on: 09/25/2004 11:55 AM >>thats why u have an artifical benchmark so u will know exactly how each card performsthat particular engine. So the artificial benchmark is important for seeing how ATI and Nvidia cards perform on that particular artificial benchmark. While I agree this can be a little valuable in an overall review set, in isolation it's pretty much useless. So what exactly is your point?

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MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21

#57004 Posted on: 09/25/2004 06:23 PM How about using a game instead?