Soon, ATI = 6 months
Soon, Nvidia = Press Edition Only
Soon, Intel = As "soon" as netburst goes away
Soon, AMD = When they get enough money
Soon, Futuremark = when someone gets 15k 05 with a single card
Perkam
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Soon, ATI = 6 months
Soon, Nvidia = Press Edition Only
Soon, Intel = As "soon" as netburst goes away
Soon, AMD = When they get enough money
Soon, Futuremark = when someone gets 15k 05 with a single card
Perkam
Wow with both x1900 and 3dmark06 just around the corner, I can just feel the next-generation of gaming breathing down my neck. I know one thing for sure, i'm definately not going to be upgrading my computer this month LOL.
Next generation gaming, IMO will be when Vista is out, with SM4.0, GDDR3 cards, and Unreal 3 engines, etc, I.e end of this year, with Dual core optimized engines.Quote:
Originally Posted by sickness
In your case, I'd get a G71 or R580...and forget about G80/R600...it's still way to early for that..maybe wait for socket AM2, but 939 is still alive and kicking :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sickness
I wonder what score we will get with G70/R520....hmmm 5500?
I get 22k in '03, 10k in '05, and now in '06?
it doesnt look good Tim:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
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Originally Posted by perkam
prolly not a bad guess for stock x1x00/g7x00 hardware. 3dmark03 came out around 5k stock 9700pro. 3dmark05 came out around 5k stock on x800xtpe. Wassnt benching before 3dmark01 came out tho:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
It's coming on the 18th...watch XS and FM Servers get hit by a 50 ton rail car worth of members when ppl start downloading it.
Once it is released and Reviews begin to come out, this thread will be unstickied and changed to 3dmark06 Pre-Release Info...and a new 3dmark06 Reviews and Info Thread shall be formed :)
New Screenie Added.
Perakm
german site hartware.net reports that theres gonna be a free basic version, an advanced edition for 20 bucks and a professional edition with lots of additional settings for enterprise use selling for $500 :eek:
... and its supposed to be much more cpu dependant
lol it's on their own site on the main pageQuote:
Originally Posted by Der_KHAN
sounds to me like we finally have ourselves a new 01...as in a 3d benchmark that is both gpu and cpu dependent of course :cool: .Quote:
Originally Posted by Der_KHAN
05 is already very CPU dependent, at least at the high-end. I'd honestly prefer another as-little-CPU-dependence-as-possible benchmark, like 03 or what we all thought 05 was before SLI.
well i dont think that the single tests are much cpu dependant on todays video cards, cuz of the excessive use of shaders
but this time they will include the cpu tests score in the overall 3dmarks
The email gamespot just sent me says they have it for download right now.. but that could be a farse..
edit: this is what the blurb says:
"GameSpot is proud to announce the world premiere of the 3DMark06 Basic Edition, the much anticipated release from Futuremark Corporation and the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking!
Whether you're building a system from scratch or upgrading PC components, 3DMark06 will give you an accurate tool to assess the performance value of over-clocking, system tweaks and upgraded hardware. Measuring PC performance using a suite of advanced tests, 3DMark06 reliably compares the latest high-end gaming hardware, helping you to build the fastest gaming system that money can buy! Futuremark's exclusive Online ResultBrowser web service tracks 3DMark06 scores and can compare every user's PC to the fastest systems in the world (scores from 3DMark06 are not comparable with any previous version of 3DMark.)
3DMark06 is available as a free Basic Edition, a $19.95 Advanced Edition for home/private use offering expanded features, a playable mini-game and enhanced Online ResultBrowser features, and the $500.00 Professional Edition for commercial use.
The 3DMark06 Basic Edition will be available on
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
3DMark06 Features
DirectX® 9 3D game performance benchmark
Includes separate graphics card and CPU benchmarks
Produces workloads that simulate next generation 3D gaming requirements
Advanced 3D game engine supports HDR Rendering with SM3.0 Shaders, in addition to SM2.0 Shaders
Includes two HDR/SM3.0 game tests and two SM2.0 game tests
CPU performance testing via AI and physics workloads for both single core systems and multi-threaded, multi-core and multiple processor environments
3D graphics feature tests include Fill Rate, Pixel Shader, Vertex Shader, SM3.0 tests, and Batch Size tests "
Taken from: http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2006/3dmark06/index.html
so I guess the email was a little deceptive... the 18th it is. :)
good itll be nice for the cpu to mean something again... though futuremark's tests always seem to point right where next gen games are going, so im wondering if games are going to start leaning on the cpu alot more. as it is it seems like it doesnt make a difference if im running 2.0 or 2.6 ghz on my X2.
certainly 2.6 feels faster in windows, but in games id never know the difference... just a couple of frames.
Downloading now.. No SM3 on my X800GTO, but the hopefully the SM2 tests are pretty.
Already ran it. 2470 with 81.98 and 2896 with 81.95 :confused: Doesn`t newer drivers bring better performance ?
IMO this one requires not some kick ars cpu or clocked sky-high vga, but PhysX and full-of-shaders-pipelines grafic card:)
I guess after some short time we`ll have aproovement of my "imo" :)
no. 81.95 are the best benchers. this is known.
But they are FM unapproved for `06 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Tinker
82.65s do the charm for me, fix alot of crap going on in Q4 and dual cores. Although I am unimpressed with 3dM06, big rehash of 05, HDR mixed with some higher res textures and now you have 06. Really disappointed in the CPU test, not sure wtf is going on, and 0fps is pretty sad :slap:
Since the news will now focus on drivers that benefit cards in 06...little need for this to be stickied.
Perkam
man nvidia's drivers are confusing, i used to be annoyed with ati releasing a new driver every month, but at least i know which one to use.
with nvidia i have like 20 different drivers to choose from with no way of knowing which works best or which is least buggy... sheesh.
LOL stock X23800 and stock X800XT all in wonder got me only a whopping 2078 points, them CPU tests are unreal most of the imt was 0fps
Man o Man this makes me hate this pc even more and more every day...
cmon gt and new mobo