3D Mark Vantage, official release

MadCow809 · April 28th, 2008, 08:46 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/MadCow809/van.jpg

In 5 hours or so... its on their homepage, its what all OCers and hardcore PC fanatics have been waiting for, the next great benchmark system by Futuremark. By the time ppl reply to this thread, it will probably be ready for download. Expect some pathetic scores as all Futuremark benchmark programs are extremely demanding on the hardwares.

http://www.futuremark.com/3dmarkvantage/

It won't be available to XP users, it's time to move along and upgrade to Vista.

Viper007Bond · April 28th, 2008, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MadCow809

It won't be available to XP users,

Ah, you got my hopes up. images/smilies/sad.gif

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Originally Posted by MadCow809

it's time to move along and upgrade to Vista.

That's hardly an upgrade. More like a downgrade in terms of load times, etc.

MadCow809 · April 28th, 2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Ah, you got my hopes up. images/smilies/sad.gif

That's hardly an upgrade. More like a downgrade in terms of load times, etc.

lol, yeah.. but the only thing I noticed that slowed down is the hdd transfer rate. Much faster on XP, but everything else is roughly about the same. Not too much on games, although test results says otherwise, luckily its just a few frames that is hardly noticeably in real gaming experience.

And why don't you try dual boot, have XP and Vista... just for the fun of it?

jeffy777 · April 28th, 2008, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MadCow809

And why don't you try dual boot, have XP and Vista... just for the fun of it?

Looks like I may finally have to. Just gotta get around to buying some more DVD-R's so I can burn the ISO I've had for ages, but haven't done anything with yet images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Just wish more games would actually benefit from DX10 to make the jump more worthwhile.....

Viper007Bond · April 28th, 2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MadCow809

And why don't you try dual boot, have XP and Vista... just for the fun of it?

Don't wanna pay for a legal copy or deal with the hassle of an illegal OS.

NooDle · April 28th, 2008, 11:39 AM

Yay, a new way of measuring exactly how crappy my PC is!
But alas, I don't have Vista, so I won't be using it.

MadCow809 · April 28th, 2008, 03:17 PM

fucking hell.

you need SP1 on top of Vista.

btw, the actual installation file isn't that big, its 470mb. Downloading speed was quite good, around 750kb/sec or so.

edit - nevermind, you dont need sp1 to run it. Got it working even though it asked for SP1.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/MadCow809/3dmarkmain.jpg

Anyway, this new 3DMark redefines what lag is all about. It uses DirectX 10 only, so it stresses the GPU like you can not imagine.

First test absolutely raped my pc, couldn't even get more than 15fps, it's a nice rendering of a chic being chased by a bunch of soldiers with laser guns. This all happened inside a cave, it made my pc lagged like shit, was quite painful to watch.

Second test is a bit better, got around 20fps or so. Test render was quite cool. Scene is set in the space, with thousands of space jets firing missiles on a giant planet, blowing everything up. Nice to watch, and doesn't lag as much.

Third test is just a bunch of old war planes flying around, I guess it tests the CPU, cos my PC wasn't lagging that much.

Fourth and Final test was the worst of all. Massive lag, my PC was heavily punished and couldn't even get more than 5fps. It uses some hectic physics engine to test a whole bunch of planes flying around, kind of the like 3rd test, but much more stressful on the pc.

Result isn't good : (

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/MadCow809/result2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/MadCow809/result3.jpg

XeroState · May 1st, 2008, 02:05 AM

Wow that is a harsh test...lol I didn't fair to good [albeit it better than I orginally thought].

My system is very very slightly overclocked [well actually I just use the nTune to OC it slightly when I do something demanding (Demanding Profile) and then leave it at factory settings for everything else (Normal Profile) ]. Not the best way of doing it, but for how often I using the Demanding Profile and how little it actually OC's, I'm not that worried about it. I didn't build my computer to crush these tests, but more to run things now while not costing me a bunch (starting from scratch since I previously had a laptop...lol)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/XeroState/results/1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/XeroState/results/2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/XeroState/results/3.jpg

April 28th, 2008, 08:46 AM	#1
MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:20 AM Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 3,117 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	3D Mark Vantage, official release In 5 hours or so... its on their homepage, its what all OCers and hardcore PC fanatics have been waiting for, the next great benchmark system by Futuremark. By the time ppl reply to this thread, it will probably be ready for download. Expect some pathetic scores as all Futuremark benchmark programs are extremely demanding on the hardwares. http://www.futuremark.com/3dmarkvantage/ It won't be available to XP users, it's time to move along and upgrade to Vista. __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08/09 Currently looking for a car, got any suggestions? 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb + 1000Gb\| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 + Toshiba 40" HDTV @ 1920 x 1080 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

April 28th, 2008, 03:17 PM	#7
MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:20 AM Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 3,117 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i LFS Status: Rep Power: 32	fucking hell. you need SP1 on top of Vista. btw, the actual installation file isn't that big, its 470mb. Downloading speed was quite good, around 750kb/sec or so. edit - nevermind, you dont need sp1 to run it. Got it working even though it asked for SP1. Anyway, this new 3DMark redefines what lag is all about. It uses DirectX 10 only, so it stresses the GPU like you can not imagine. First test absolutely raped my pc, couldn't even get more than 15fps, it's a nice rendering of a chic being chased by a bunch of soldiers with laser guns. This all happened inside a cave, it made my pc lagged like shit, was quite painful to watch. Second test is a bit better, got around 20fps or so. Test render was quite cool. Scene is set in the space, with thousands of space jets firing missiles on a giant planet, blowing everything up. Nice to watch, and doesn't lag as much. Third test is just a bunch of old war planes flying around, I guess it tests the CPU, cos my PC wasn't lagging that much. Fourth and Final test was the worst of all. Massive lag, my PC was heavily punished and couldn't even get more than 5fps. It uses some hectic physics engine to test a whole bunch of planes flying around, kind of the like 3rd test, but much more stressful on the pc. Result isn't good : ( __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08/09 Currently looking for a car, got any suggestions? 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb + 1000Gb\| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 + Toshiba 40" HDTV @ 1920 x 1080 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \| Last edited by MadCow809; April 28th, 2008 at 03:53 PM..

May 1st, 2008, 02:05 AM	#8
XeroState Joined: Feb 19th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regina, SK, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 116 Car: 2004 Saturn ION Redline Rep Power: 9	Wow that is a harsh test...lol I didn't fair to good [albeit it better than I orginally thought]. My system is very very slightly overclocked [well actually I just use the nTune to OC it slightly when I do something demanding (Demanding Profile) and then leave it at factory settings for everything else (Normal Profile) ]. Not the best way of doing it, but for how often I using the Demanding Profile and how little it actually OC's, I'm not that worried about it. I didn't build my computer to crush these tests, but more to run things now while not costing me a bunch (starting from scratch since I previously had a laptop...lol) __________________ 2004 Electric Blue ION Red Line 1 of 783 -- 1 of ~660 Canadian Red Lines -- 1 of 292 Canadian '04 Red Lines PC: NZXT Apollo Case - nVidia nForce 780i SLI A1 - Intel Q6600 - eVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS Crysis Edition - Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - OCZ GameXStream 700W - Thermalright ULTIMA-90 - Seagate 7200.10 & 7200.11 - LG G-H20L-S10 Camera: Nikon D60 Body - Nikkor 18-55mm - Nikkor 55-200mm - Hoya 52mm CP

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April 28th, 2008, 11:39 AM	#6
NooDle Joined: Jul 20th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 27 Posts: 3,185 Car: 2004 Opel Astra 2.2DTI Rep Power: 45	Yay, a new way of measuring exactly how crappy my PC is! But alas, I don't have Vista, so I won't be using it.

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