View Full Version : New 3d Vantage poll
loonym
08-13-2008, 05:07 AM
New poll up at hwbot... cast your votes. http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2113
loonym
08-13-2008, 05:27 PM
I truly think this bench is good for XS hwbot team no matter what people's personal feelings are about it.
[XC] gomeler
08-13-2008, 09:40 PM
I would love to vote but for some reason I don't have a hwbot forum account or their password recovery doesn't recognize my email address. I want the default preset to scored for points though.
loonym
08-13-2008, 10:26 PM
They're calling for 70% in favor of adding points in order for it to pass so that's steep odds.
cowie
08-14-2008, 12:01 PM
from jmke's post at hwbot
current poll:
Yes: 61
No: 27
its close
cadaveca
08-14-2008, 12:03 PM
gomeler;3216213']I would love to vote but for some reason I don't have a hwbot forum account or their password recovery doesn't recognize my email address. I want the default preset to scored for points though.
ME too, and it worked beofre...:confused:
They're calling for 70% in favor of adding points in order for it to pass so that's steep odds.
who claimed that?
Riggs
08-14-2008, 12:53 PM
I hope it passes. :)
cowie
08-14-2008, 01:09 PM
who claimed that?
dude from hwbot news story lol
As 3Dmark Vantage does not comply to the hwbot rules (not free), we require at least 70 / 30 community majority in order to add 3DMark Vantage to the hwboint suite.
jas420221
08-14-2008, 01:15 PM
I say yes, but only at the Performance level. Its asanine to think a lot of people both have 1. Vista 2. A monitor to support that resolution.
zanzabar
08-14-2008, 02:07 PM
I say yes, but only at the Performance level. Its asanine to think a lot of people both have 1. Vista 2. A monitor to support that resolution.
u can use overscan and run svideo to a TV for extreme, or get a crt
loonym
08-14-2008, 02:19 PM
who claimed that?Right, just like cowie said, Rich made the rule.
jas420221
08-14-2008, 04:02 PM
u can use overscan and run svideo to a TV for extreme, or get a crtThats lame. Im not buying other :banana::banana::banana::banana: just to bench on X settings...:shakes:
The point zanz was, IMHO, you want the biggest demographic you can to participate. With using extreme, you only have a select dew that could meet the criteria.
SImple Marketing. :up:
zanzabar
08-14-2008, 10:34 PM
so u dont have an svideo cable and a tv that can use it
Right, just like cowie said, Rich made the rule.
lol didn't even see that :) why didn't he discuss that with the crew :cool:
jas420221
08-15-2008, 03:31 AM
so u dont have an svideo cable and a tv that can use itCertainly I do...However my office is in a different room than my 1080p TV. I am an adult with a wife and child and cant have cables running through my house just to bench. THough 10 years ago, that would have been fine!
LIke I said, if you want a lot of people, the masses have to be able to 1. have the stuff to run it (Vista and monitor to support that res) 2. It has to/should be easy (meaning I dont have to run a cable to a tv JUST to run a benchmark.
You want the most people posting their socres and such, the default should be the standard, Performance.
loonym
08-15-2008, 10:45 AM
lol didn't even see that :) why didn't he discuss that with the crew :cool:Well that's for you guys to work out, lol (get him :ROTF: ) Very steep odds for passing but not completely unfair I suppose since it's not a free bench. That's the one major sticking point left and it's a big one even though the price is relatively cheap. I completely understand both sides of this debate.
[XC] gomeler
08-15-2008, 02:26 PM
I never understood what was hard about paying for a full test suite like 3DMark.. A simple application like SuperPi or wPrime should be free as it's relatively easy to code but a 3D benchmark like Vantage? Compared to the amount of money we spend on hardware, $20 is nothing to pay for something you'll use for years.
Stapler
08-15-2008, 06:30 PM
gomeler;3221002']I never understood what was hard about paying for a full test suite like 3DMark.. A simple application like SuperPi or wPrime should be free as it's relatively easy to code but a 3D benchmark like Vantage? Compared to the amount of money we spend on hardware, $20 is nothing to pay for something you'll use for years.
I think it's more a matter of convenience than people actually having a problem with the price. Even the miniscule effort of typing in a billing address and credit card number is a strong deterrent when their is a one click alternative.