3DMark 06 Released

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  dammit beat me too the e-penis comment anyways my e-penis runs all games perfectly fine.... no need to... : godm0de
  • Not sure how I feel about you "beating" me to the E-Penis... : Malum

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  3903 3dMarks06 SM2 score: 1535 SM3 score: 1527 CPU: 1757 Hardware: 2x 7800GT SLI Athlon 64 X2 480... : dynamo
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    I'd be looking at where all your power is going.... This is bones stock as well: http://service.futur... : Power-Glide
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      My bad, the cores on his 7800's are @ 510mhz. : Power-Glide
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        I think 83 series drivers are slightly screwed. SLI may or may not have been enabled. I disabled SLI a... : dynamo
        • yeah I have a 7800GT and I got 3961 : Schnapple
  • That's messed up 4475 - 3dmarks 1834 - SM2.0 1803 - HDR 1645 - CPU 4400+ 7800gtx (256 mb) 2 g... : shred.
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  I agree about the bullshit SM 3.0 tests, why can't they run a backwards path like 99% of games will do fo... : nutcrackr
  • the sm 3.0 tests are the same as the sm 2.0 tests just with different lightings / effects your not missin... : Shadowdane
• What the hell? 1674 3D Marks on an Athlon 64 @ 2100 mhz w/ a radeon x800XL + 1GB of RAM? Ouch. : Athlon7

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• Oh and that robot scene used to run slow on my PC :D : NukeDukem
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  ...And that was a long way from Second Reality. :) http://the.fork.pl/scene/2ndreality.jpg : fechols
  • my Second Reality looked a lot better, what the eff did you run that with? =P #99, IAWTP. I used the 3... : yuried

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• die! :( : jarek99
• 9 hours 49 minutes remaining here! I love ResNet. >: ( : sgtsanity
• dude you get FIOS? They dont have that at my apt yet. : mankeroo
• I was expecting a picture of a bran muffin. : Dynotaku

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  it adds HDR rendering, different shadow models, a new CPU test, etc. yeah, it's not a revolution, but ... : Postal
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    Except now in the basic edition of 06 you don't get all the tests you got in 05 (can't run the balloon de... : yourname00
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      they've removed more and more functionality from the basic version for each release.. in a few more years... : Mo__
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        It's already just a series of screenshots for me. : Nephsevenon
        • LMFAO... http://thenicetech.com/Pictures/3d2k6.JPG : jodiuh

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  Won't happen, NVIDIA and ATI will continue to waste money and relations with Futuremark for as long as pe... : Matt Burris
  • ...Oops. It does give me a quick and dirty way to check system configs and updates tho. : jodiuh

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• 4374 3D Marks A64 X2 4200+ 1 7800GTX 2 gigs of OCZ Plat mobo sound : kevp
• 4892 X2 @ 2.5 7800GTX 256 @ 485/1375 2GB @ DDR500 2.5-3-3-7 : jodiuh

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  What is your setup? : baron calamity
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    athlon 64 3500+, 2gigs ram, x850xt. My CPU is getting kind of old also. : deeveee
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      I have an x800 pro and an amd 64 3200. I'm in for pain tonight! : baron calamity
      • I have about the same, I got a score of 1700 (and something), that's without any attempt to tweak anythi... : yourname00
      • my system is pretty close too yours. Only my cpu is overclocked too 2.7ghz Im not even gunna bother runn... : godm0de
    • you're insane. If you want to buy parts for a specific game then wait for the actual game to come out. Po... : kevp
    • I wish my system were that old. : mathyou
• The graphics tests ran ok for me. But I fell asleep on the slow ass CPU tests. : Schnapple
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  I would wait until ut 2007 is actually out, seems like your computer can handle todays games : shack_konto
  • Well I want to get the Dell 2407 when it comes out and I want to be able to run current games at the nati... : deeveee

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• Graphics cards double their performance about every 18 months. : Coriolis
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  The answer is yes, at least for current display technologies. Eventually we will reach a point where we ... : SolrFlare
  • We are quite a long ways away from that though because there is still significant graphical improvements ... : Chod
  • yeah when we see engines with 10 radisoity bounces then maybe we can start talking about the graphical li... : italiano3d

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• * Bethesda Softworks ' D* !?!?!?!?!? Or something. I don't know. q : rotten element

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• This is why my hardware is unchanged in almost 3 years. P4 2.53 1gb PC3200 Radeon 9500 Pro 128mb ... : Dechter

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• nope, 4100 here on 7800gtx w/ amd64@2.6ghz : Commee

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  would you buy a 2nd car just to hook it up to a horsepower analyzer thingie? if you are happy with your g... : crypt_33
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    You'd be surprised how many people trick their cars out just to put out high dyno (horsepower thingie) nu... : Freon
    • I wish I had the money to build a dyno queen I'd use it to make a fast street car instead >:] : jrock
    • i wouldnt be surprised so much as saddened & disgusted :) car stuff just absolutely bores me to tears (no... : crypt_33

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  this is nicer. first 9k score: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=67 : SlamDunk
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    His e-penis hangs low : trOmblyj
    • Can he tie it in a bow? : FreonTrip

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• 3dmark05 crippeled my computer more than running 5 versions of bf2 simultaneously. : spdon
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  heh, yeah, I wonder what it would do to my 9800 Pro. Might even be fun watching how badly it gets beaten.... : aavenr
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    I'm in - but I'm curious how it runs on your 9800. My system is Athlon 2400+, 9800 PRO 256, 1GB RAM.... : trOmblyj
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      I'm running the same but with an Intel Pentium 4 2.4ghz. Let me know how yours runs. I'll just use your... : Korban
      • i have a Athlon 64 3000+ with 9800 pro and 1GB RAM... interesting to see what happens! : sludge vohaul
  • Dont make me boot up my 766 celeron with integrated vid on yo ass : conandan
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  I have to close programs running in the background to look at those full-size screenshots. : mysteryperfecta
  • lol : lord_omega

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• I don't think they've used Remedy technology after 3DMark2001. : freshyk
• I think 6 lifetime of computer hardware is pretty damned good though, don't you? : kevp

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• because it happens on film in every movie you've ever seen whether you realize it or not. the whole poin... : dopefish
• http://www.hinjang.com/gfx/gfx08.html : emacs
• The point is that if we had monitors that could display that kind of brightness we wouldn't need stuff li... : yourname00
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  Limited dynamic range is precisely the reason we need HDR rendering. It is so you can approximate a wide... : Freon
  • And personally I'm quite happy that I don't go blind from staring into a virtual sun on my computer monit... : yourname00
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  Play with HL2: Lost Cost and answer the question for yourself. :) You'll see the brightness of things ... : nudel
  • I think DoD does HDR even better, a little more subtle than lost coast. : yourname00
  • I have played it. Changing the hue/saturation of the image is not HDR. Adding bloom is not HDR. True H... : Casey Smith
• soft-shadows > sub-surface-scattering > * > faking HDR effects > HDR (at least the kind that created ... : 60days

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• 1634 - in 2560x1600 res mode. : bostrov

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• wow cool - my new system, dual core, loves the vid card tests from 3dmark05 but cried on the CPU tests. M... : Schnapple
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  Seeing as so many games are CPU bound, how is making the CPU a larger part in overall score making is les... : Torm
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    I think his point is that very few games currently take advantage of dual-core so if the tests reward a s... : nudel
    • 3dmark has already rewarded bleeding edge technology such as dual core. This goes all the way back to har... : dealie

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  Well you're supposed to be able to run some of the tests, but the rest (i.e., "all") are only unlocked wh... : Schnapple
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    Register as in pay or register as in register? : yourname00
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      register as in buy it for 500 bucks : sigpro
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        Dude, its $20, not $500. : baron calamity
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          Still I don't see why I should pay for anything that's just going to tell me I have a crappy computer. It... : yourname00
          • the only benchmarks to me are the games I want to play. : Pneum0
        • "3DMark06 is available as a free Basic Edition, a $19.95 Advanced Edition for home/private use offering e... : sigpro

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  the point of the CPU tests is to test how fast your CPU is!! : moshman
  • My point is there's better ways to test the CPU, PCmark seemed to have some sensible CPU tests. : yourname00

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  That city scene is included. It's in the new Canyon Flight version. : SlamDunk
  • Pics for proof: http://techgage.com/review.php?id=4007&page=6 : SlamDunk
• Yeah, the demo was just Return to Proxycon, i.e. the old one with HDR. :\ I used to love the 3D Mark demo... : node

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• The score is only based on the first few game tests, the other tests are scored seperately. : node