PCs ... Prepare to die

[Stringent]

New 3D Mark

http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark

[Domestic_Ginger]

We'll need a new thread to tabulate all the results!

lets see if there's any life in the old lady!

[Zak33]

Android and Apple iOS !!!

wow

[scaryjim]

Android and Apple iOS !!!

wow

So, if your phone gets a higher 3dMark score than your computer, do you admit it, or not?

[PowerPie5000]

Lets see how many people get the upgrade itch when they see their beloved PC's screaming in agony (or should i say 'hear' their PC's scream with heavy coil whine ).

[chuckskull]

Not had much that really thrashes this rig yet, let's see...

[Pob255]

Downloading the basic free version now . . . on my work pc, this should be fun

[scaryjim]

Not had much that really thrashes this rig yet, let's see...

Really? Read some forums and you'd think that the absolute *minimum* spec for getting acceptable framerates would be an i5 @ 4.5Ghz, 32GB of RAM and a GTX680

Won't be able to test any DX11 until my next upgrade*, but I'll be running Ice Storm on everything I own (might even persuade the boy to run it on his new Android tab when the Android version's available ), and I might do some hybrid crossfire testing on my AM3 system (I've got a spare 3470 kicking around for just such shenanigans )

*sudden realisation: the AMD bundle I won off Hexus is DX11! Finally, I'm on the cutting edge

EDIT:

Downloading the basic free version now . . . on my work pc, this should be fun

I should get my colleague to download it - we've got a computation workstation with dual 7970s in it

[Stringent]

Mine keeps crashing during the Ice Test. Demo runs fine, when the test comes it freezes and the FPS and frames keep going up. Anyone else?

[ste852]

I ran it and the final graphics test i got just 4fps -.-

[chuckskull]

Really? Read some forums and you'd think that the absolute *minimum* spec for getting acceptable framerates would be an i5 @ 4.5Ghz, 32GB of RAM and a GTX680
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I should get my colleague to download it - we've got a computation workstation with dual 7970s in it

What's the point in playing games without a giant e-peen to rest your keyboard on? It was at 4.9 for a little while, but the heat and noise was ridiculous. Saw over 100c on one core Decided to apply a small amount, just a wee bit mind, of sense. You really don't need anything like this for gaming tbh.

If you don't run it on the 7970's I will have to insist you turn in your nerd card.

On to the program itself, a couple of the tests were quite crushing dropped my fps in one down to 10fps, which is what you want IMHO. The last one fire strike is the chunky hard hitting benchmark, just skip the first 2 if that's all you're after scored over 1000fps on the first one Seemed to be using a 3Dmark05 level of polygons. Suppose it's there for bench older/slower rigs. (edit: seems you have you run through the whole lot on the free version regardless)

Main complaint is that the scores aren't presented within the program, you need to go online and their site seems to be really struggling atm. 4 distinct errors and multiple compete failures before I actually got a score and couldn't get the comparison system working at all. Though at least you don't need to rerun the benchmarks to retry.

Achievements seem utterly pointless, I got one for having 666 in one of my scores. As I said pointless.

It also shows a long demo of each benchmark before running them, which seemed to play no part in the actual benchmarking. Might be useful for stability testing I suppose but unless you're looping it which you can't do in the free version, again pointless.

It has however pointed out that my MVP isn't working(think that's just for this program) and my RAM's at the wrong speed so can't fault them on that.

Scores for anyone who cares; http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48479

Now I'm tempted to plug the old 470 in as a physx card damn you futuremark

[scaryjim]

If you don't run it on the 7970's I will have to insist you turn in your nerd card.

Sadly it's not my rig to decide Also, it might be on Windows Server in which case it'd be a no go anyway. I will give it a go on my work laptop though, be interested to seeing how a mobile i7 with HD4000 gets on

Ice Storm (the first test) is the one for cross-platform comparisons. It's DX11 level 9 (i.e. DX9 compatible) and has an OpenGL ES codepath for mobiles. Running it on a bleeding edge overclocked enthusiast rig is as close to pointless as I can imagine. I'll be interested to see how Tegra 2 compares to ULV Core 2 + GMA4500 though

[chuckskull]

Sadly it's not my rig to decide Also, it might be on Windows Server in which case it'd be a no go anyway. I will give it a go on my work laptop though, be interested to seeing how a mobile i7 with HD4000 gets on

Ice Storm (the first test) is the one for cross-platform comparisons. It's DX11 level 9 (i.e. DX9 compatible) and has an OpenGL ES codepath for mobiles. Running it on a bleeding edge overclocked enthusiast rig is as close to pointless as I can imagine. I'll be interested to see how Tegra 2 compares to ULV Core 2 + GMA4500 though

Didn't think of the mobile angle. Being able to easily and directly compare the whole range of devices could be interesting and could help with the problem you alluded to of overselling. It's an idea I hope they run with. My mate has one of those mobile i7s, nothing on a discrete card obviously but surprisingly competent and nippy, particularly for someone who grew up with integrated graphics being utterly unable to even handle youtube vids let alone gaming.

[ste852]

Now I'm tempted to plug the old 470 in as a physx card damn you futuremark

I run a GTX 470 and got the 4fps on the combined test

[kalniel]

Now I'm tempted to plug the old 470 in as a physx card damn you futuremark

Given it uses Bullet for physics I'm not sure that'd help

[Jasp]

What's the point in playing games without a giant e-peen to rest your keyboard on? It was at 4.9 for a little while, but the heat and noise was ridiculous. Saw over 100c on one core Decided to apply a small amount, just a wee bit mind, of sense. You really don't need anything like this for gaming tbh.

If you don't run it on the 7970's I will have to insist you turn in your nerd card.

On to the program itself, a couple of the tests were quite crushing dropped my fps in one down to 10fps, which is what you want IMHO. The last one fire strike is the chunky hard hitting benchmark, just skip the first 2 if that's all you're after scored over 1000fps on the first one Seemed to be using a 3Dmark05 level of polygons. Suppose it's there for bench older/slower rigs. (edit: seems you have you run through the whole lot on the free version regardless)

Main complaint is that the scores aren't presented within the program, you need to go online and their site seems to be really struggling atm. 4 distinct errors and multiple compete failures before I actually got a score and couldn't get the comparison system working at all. Though at least you don't need to rerun the benchmarks to retry.

Achievements seem utterly pointless, I got one for having 666 in one of my scores. As I said pointless.

It also shows a long demo of each benchmark before running them, which seemed to play no part in the actual benchmarking. Might be useful for stability testing I suppose but unless you're looping it which you can't do in the free version, again pointless.

It has however pointed out that my MVP isn't working(think that's just for this program) and my RAM's at the wrong speed so can't fault them on that.

Scores for anyone who cares; http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48479

Now I'm tempted to plug the old 470 in as a physx card damn you futuremark

Your scores don't fit at all tbh, I'm running a stock 3570k and 670 and my scores are higher then yours. You beat me in cloud gate but was higher in the other two...might be the driver version your running.