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3dmark 2003 released

  • 11-02-2003 9:30pm
    #1
    CivilServant
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    Futuremark creators of the graphics benchmark standard 3dmark have released their long awaited new version 3dmark 2003. The latest version has full benchmarking capabilities for directx 9 and provides some fancy demos to test your graphics hardware to the max.

    Weighing in at a whopping 171megabytes, 3dmark 2003 can be found here . FPS(Frames per second) afficiandos might have to wait for a few hours though as the site is been bombarded with page requests.


Comments

  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    filefront

    best place to get it.

    kdjac


  • #3
    Matt Simis
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    http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/utils/


    [EDIT2: New Link]


    Matt


  • #4
    drjolt
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    Groovy.


  • #5
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    798 BUGGER

    have to tweak and run again it seems to want to run in high spec mode.

    hmmm wonder who they in leagues with read on guru3d nvidia aint happy with the tests they thing its biased towards ATI.

    kdjac


  • #6
    BKtje
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    lol theres always conspiricies going around ;)


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  • #7
    Lucutus
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    Originally posted by KdjaC
    hmmm wonder who they in leagues with read on guru3d nvidia aint happy with the tests they thing its biased towards ATI.

    Perhaps something about nVidia pulling out of the 3DMark Program last december has something to do with those statements/rumours?


  • #8
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    It has more to do with the fact the tests use an ATI specific Pixel Shaders version and then fall back to the oldest Pixel Shader standard (not the one just under ATIs level). No game would operate like this, a game obviously would use the slowest and most supported standard. I have an ATI 9700 card, but I still think this makes the tests somewhat deceptive as this is not how a game works.

    The GFFX is slightly faster than the 9700 in the 3DMark 2003, had the test used a more logical approach, the FX would have scored considerably more.



    Matt


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