3DMark Vantage benchmark

[tzetsin]

kk, heres something im not understanding, on the physics test, futuremark will allow a ppu to replace a cpu right?

your two gpus VS my 4

i just want to point out that I've got 4 gpus too, 2 x gx2 in that benchmark.

[cadaveca]

The ppu does not replace the cpu, it works along with it. Without the PPU, only 8 planes are in flight. With the PPU, 16 are in flight...so not only does it measure the addition of the PPU, it increases the workload so that they work in tandem.

So, we look at the single test in which you stomp on my score...a cpu test...how many planes do you see in flight?

Regardless, if we were to take just about any other type of test, like a game, I'd come out on top, if only from me having a quad @ 4ghz, vs your dualcore @ 3ghz...I mean, I could go and get two of the same cards you have, and the same board, and I'd be much faster...in everything except Vantage(because of the PPU, although I could choose which ran that specific Vantage test).

Don't get me wrong, your cards are faster than mine, but not with my cpu @ 4ghz, and not when your vgas are busy doing Phys-X.

Anway, try using a driver from before nV Phys-X, or turn PPU off in vnatage, and check the score again...


This is why Futuremark REALLY banned the scores....

Some peopel(alot) use Futuremark when considering buying a PC. A marketing tactic, for sure. Anyway, take the two benches we are looking at now, and if jsut considering this single bench, it would seem prudent to buy your rig over mine...but get 'em both home, and start playing games, doiong enconding, or whatever...the difference would be quite obvious.

That said though, crank up to 4ghz, and your system will beat mine in most games.

[tzetsin]

Ah ok, i wasnt aware that vantage upped the ante when including a ppu. shoots my argument all to hell ;D

I plan on doing alot of testing on that rig, unfortunatly almost imidiatly after getting that bench done i started having trouble (these two GPUs have trouble going from sli mode to single mode...) and had to waste a bunch of time sorting it out... then i got a call to go to work, so i wont be able to do anymore testing on that rig untill i get home in a couple weeks

so far i've got the cpu running at 4.2 on water, and the gpus oced to 750/1150 i didnt get time to do a bench like that though, wich i regret becuase i'm really curious as to what it can do.

[tzetsin]

ORB - World of Performance

This is my work computer, no phys X driver ;)

[cadaveca]

dead link.

[tzetsin]

fixed link

[Dr_BenD_over]

P13234
X6983

[FrankyG]

My Score...

[Alwaysrun]

I'm also highly suspect about this graphics benchmark legitimacy. I just ran the test on all stock settings and only scored 6753 points. My poor Radeon 4850 getting trounced by the 8800GT and single 9800 GTXs isn't really indicative of real world gaming power. Excuse me Vantage but I'm going back to playing Crysis Wars on 1680x1050 with all setting 1 notch from the top.