3DMark 03 Performance Factors
Posted by: [PM] on: 07/31/2003 07:31 PM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ] · 2334 views
A very informative editorial has been posted at Aces Hardware. This will make you see 3DMark 03 in a different light, because it backs up what many have already noticed - 3DMark is far from putting realistic results from your system.
While doing some research on an old 350 MHz Pentium II system, Johan came across some interesting results while benchmarking 3DMark03. When equipped with a high-end video card, like a Radeon 9700 Pro, the 350 MHz Pentium II was able to more than keep pace with a 1.4 GHz Pentium III Celeron and even a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 in several of the 3DMark03 game tests. Perhaps this should not come as a suprise, since 3DMark03 is, after all, primarily a video card benchmark. But how much of one? Given the sheer magnitude of difference between the 350 MHz Pentium II and more modern hardware, we decided to investigate further.
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Devourer Unregistered |
#45946 Posted on: 07/31/2003 08:48 PM
I hope this puts a stake in the heart of 3D Mark.. I never liked any of the bench marks & never considered them to be of any real use since they are NOT A GAME!!!! Die 3D Mark!!! |
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crownrai Unregistered |
#45947 Posted on: 07/31/2003 09:18 PM
Yup I agree. 3DMark is not worth the bytes it's written with. |
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El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18 |
#45948 Posted on: 07/31/2003 09:49 PM
umm you cant compare 3dmark with those games.. especially not Neverwinter since thet got LOTS more going on than just the graphics... |
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crownrai Unregistered |
#45953 Posted on: 07/31/2003 11:26 PM
Ummm thats the point. 3dMark DOESN'T compare at all to ANY game. It's a pointless benchmark that does not give you real world results. In this example if you were to go by the 3DMarks alone you would think the PII-350 is almost as good as the other two machines. But if you look at the "Real World" benchmarks you can obviously see that is not the case (which it should be, a PII-350 is crap) |
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Urlik Unregistered |
#45966 Posted on: 08/01/2003 06:13 PM
But isn't the idea to test the video card? Not how good a system is for gaming? |
