I can't drive 55
So how does 3DMark Vantage run on
our relatively powerful test system? Without comparison systems, we can't come
to any firm conclusion just yet - we'll save that for future reviews. However,
here are the scores for the four standard test scenarios. We're sure that the
ORB (Online Results Browser) charts are already full of people doubling or
tripling our initial meager attempts.
As usual, we don't feel that 3DMark
scores are actually better than gaming performance results. Just as performance
in Crysis tells you little about how your system will run Flight Simulator X or
Half-Life 2: Episode Two, 3DMark Vantage is at best an estimate of how some
future DX10 titles will perform on current hardware. We'll include it in some
of our reviews as a baseline measurement, but until we can actually play a Futuremark game we'll take the
ORB standings with a grain of salt.
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piroroadkill - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
oh and 3DMark2001 is still my favourite of the lotGriswold - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - link
I bet, it blends perfectly into the picture of "yesterdays world".KHysiek - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
that comes with Vantage. Now yout get hardly anything above nothing for free.skinflickBOB - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
I happen to run a business too. When I started out 11 years ago, I made one vow - to make profit - sl long as my means remained honest.Yeah, who'd want to earn money for a living eh?
I suppose you go out and work for free too do you?
Or lets all open up a business and not concentrate on charging for our services...
It's a simple concept really - we don't have to buy it do we?
Bob
michal1980 - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
yes business provides a service. However 3dmark provides nearly nothing to an end user. It was only remotly popular for stability testing, and o.c. fanbois.You dont play 3dmark, no games are based off of it. And the only reason it was popular at all, is because its free. Now the limited version costs 7 bucks. For a bench mark progarm. phhff sorry, vantage is an epic fail.
BigLan - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
Yeah, I saw it was released yesterday and was interested, but wanting $7 just to upload to the ORB?Kyanzes - Friday, May 2, 2008 - link
It's a major suckage that you have to pay for providing statistical data. I certainly won't pay for this "service", lol. 450MB download for a run-once benchmark? Stick it up to where it belongs.JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
Article updated (page 2). Honestly, I never even realized the new registration system until I saw this comment. Ouch. Okay, so $20 is not that big of an expense - especially if you're already spending thousands of dollars to try and top the ORB charts - but with the included advertising it seems the Basic mode at least should have remained free.AssBall - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - link
You missed the point totally while you were preaching your personal business ideals. He said they changed it so you get nothing with the free version anymore.