Chris F Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 The PC screenshot thread, and subsequent posts about FPS (Frames per Second) got me thinking about how each of our systems measures up. I propose we all benchmark our PCs, and share our results here in this thread. The 3 benchmarking tools we'll be using are: 3DMark 2001 Second Edition http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark2001/ 3DMark03 (Build 340) http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/ Aquamark3 http://www.aquamark3.com/ All benchmarks will be run at their default settings, as listed in their respective programs. No AA or AF enabled as well. Within your respective video card Control Panels, you should leave yours at Default, or Balanced (in the ATI Control Panel) settings so we can have a level playing field. We should also list our hardware, so we can compare benchmarks. Here is what we should list: CPU RAM Motherboard & BIOS Version Video Card & Driver Version I suggest that each benchmark be run after a reboot, rebooting between each benchmark. You might also like to close any applications you have running in your system tray. Here are my system specs: CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz - 800MHz FSB RAM: 1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM - Dual-Channel Mobo: ASUS P4C-800 Deluxe Video: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB) - OMEGA DRIVERS 2.5.30 Here are my numbers (Aquamark numbers are coming shortly): 3DMark 2001 SE: 17,121 3DMark03: 5,718 Aquamark3: 42,724 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Originally posted by Ruffneck@Apr 4 2004, 01:56 PM All benchmarks will be run at their default settings, as listed in their respective programs. No AA or AF enabled as well. What about settings in the ATI/Nvidia control panel, defaults as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted April 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 What about settings in the ATI/Nvidia control panel, defaults as well? As far as ATI cards go, I have mine on "Balanced" for both OPenGL and Direct3D. SO yes, default "Balanced" settings for both nVidia & ATI cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Ok, I'll run the benchmarks a little later. How about a few games with built in benchmark utilities like Halo, Quake 3, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted April 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 How about a few games with built in benchmark utilities like Halo, Quake 3, etc.? Some of us can do those separate, as not all of us own those games (I do though). I figure everyone can download the 3DMarks & Aquamark. But if you'd like to toss out your other scores, go right ahead. I'm sure those of us with the games would be more than happy to post their scores as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 System Specs: CPU: Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800FSB w/ HT Mobo: ABIT IC7-G RAM: 512MB Mushkin Level 1 PC3200 DDR400 (Dual channel) Video: Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB - OMEGA DRIVERS 2.5.30 HDD: 2x WD800JD (SATA) 7200RPM 8MB Cache RAID1 3D Mark 2001 SE: 17,221 3D Mark 2003: 5760 Aquamark 3: GFX- 5595 CPU- 9195 Overall- 42,911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted April 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 We're very close on those numbers Scott. Even though we dont have the same CPU or RAM. I'm going to try out some other things tonight and see if I can't get some better numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by Ruffneck@Apr 5 2004, 12:03 PM We're very close on those numbers Scott. Even though we dont have the same CPU or RAM. I'm going to try out some other things tonight and see if I can't get some better numbers. The main things that help my score are probably, my RAM timings, my HDD setup, and my motherboard. The only tweaks I did: -defragged my HDD -turned off process system.ini and process win.ini in the msconfig control panel I'll post some game benchmarks later if I can stop playing Far Cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 The only thing I've run is Photoshop 7 benchmarks. My dual G5 scores: 555 The next best score is a dual Opteron: 531 Dual 3ghz Xeon: 496 3.2Ghz P4: 427 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado@Apr 5 2004, 11:11 AM The only thing I've run is Photoshop 7 benchmarks. My dual G5 scores: 555 The next best score is a dual Opteron: 531 Dual 3ghz Xeon: 496 3.2Ghz P4: 427 no contest here is the winner. BTW - can't wait to get my A64 in so i can show you Intel boys a thing or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado+Apr 5 2004, 01:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FreakTornado @ Apr 5 2004, 01:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>The only thing I've run is Photoshop 7 benchmarks.[/b] How does one benchmark Photoshop, Ed? <!--QuoteBegin-gigapower@Apr 5 2004, 01:22 PM BTW - can't wait to get my A64 in so i can show you Intel boys a thing or two As Kirsten Dunst once said, "Bring it!". BTW, Kelley, you're gonna want to keep an eye on this site: http://www.amd.com/farcry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 can't wait to get my A64 in so i can show you Intel boys a thing or two What? How hot your computer can get? :lmfao: (I kid! I kid!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Originally posted by Buck@Apr 5 2004, 09:33 AM How does one benchmark Photoshop, Ed? You use PSBench, a set of photoshop actions that creates a 50MB image, and then runs a wide range of filters and operations on the image, recording the time of each one. It can be downloaded here: http://www.geocities.com/sw_perf/PSBench.html Note that the results graph is out of date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 oh my Dual 1.8Ghz G5 is about 97% of what Ed's machine is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted October 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 With release of 3DMark05, I figured I'd resurrect this thread. CPU:Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition RAM:1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM - Dual-Channel Mobo:ASUS P4C-800E Deluxe Video:BFG Nvidia 6800 Ultra OC - 66.81 Forceware installed 3DMark05: 5179 3DMark03 12814 3DMark 2001 SE: 22104 Aquamark: 65087 With each driver release for Nvidias drivers, I'll benchmark and update with new numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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