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d3fc0n5

07-08-2005, 11:13 AM

all in the tilte. does 3dmark up your score based on hardware?and not as much in fps. my friend and i are in a debate and he think it gives you a score based on hardware more then FPS. is these true

Vincentvega18

07-08-2005, 11:22 AM

No.

QuikSilver

07-08-2005, 11:34 AM

The scores are based on how many FPS you get while running the benchmark.

d3fc0n5

07-08-2005, 11:46 AM

ok cool cuz i read and artical a while back saying that when i flashed my 9800pro to and xt id get a 500point boost just cuz on the xt label

Snowman89

07-08-2005, 11:55 AM

ok cool cuz i read and artical a while back saying that when i flashed my 9800pro to and xt id get a 500point boost just cuz on the xt label
thats true, but not from the xt label, the r360 (xt and some pro) core has some shader instructions activated when running a XT bios but with PRO bios it is not activated, that is why you gain around 500points

Vincentvega18

07-08-2005, 12:12 PM

Throw your 9800 @ him. Although keep this away from any nvidia fanboys, they might say this is why you need 2*7800's to beat 1 x800xt in 2001

d3fc0n5

07-08-2005, 03:22 PM

well i would if i had the 9800pro still. this is a debate that stems back to dec.2004 now ive got 2*6600gts

happyhero

07-08-2005, 07:31 PM

depends on what version 3dmark(03 or 05 ) u are talking about.

Vapor

07-08-2005, 07:53 PM

depends on what version 3dmark(03 or 05 ) u are talking about.

No it doesn't....the score is based exclusively on FPS.

d3fc0n5

07-08-2005, 10:36 PM

i was talking about 03 and 01.

Vapor

07-08-2005, 10:56 PM

I'm talking about every Futuremark program. Throw Aquamark3 in there as well...they SOLELY rely on performance, it doesn't give a crap what's giving that performance.

happyhero

07-08-2005, 11:07 PM

i was talking about 03 and 01.ic-

happyhero

07-08-2005, 11:10 PM

No it doesn't....the score is based exclusively on FPS.so i stand corrected

d3fc0n5

07-09-2005, 06:09 AM

opps my bad i ment to say 03 and 05 i know 01 is based alot on CPU

_Veseliq_BG

07-10-2005, 12:48 AM

Yep, but again it doesn't care about the hardware, that's making it...
For example the score formula for 3D Mark 2003 is:
(Game Test 1 frame-rate x 7.3) +
(Game Test 2 frame-rate x 37) +
(Game Test 3 frame-rate x 47.1) +
(Game Test 4 frame-rate x 38.7)

It's may be the most exact test, becouse it pays more meaning to the heavy tests, and not much about the first, that is DX7.0...