3dmark- how much are YOU packin?

MunkeyEye · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 2:28 pm Post subject:

I just built a new system for myself coupla weeks back running W2K server. I should've benchmarked it before switching to XP two nights ago. I ran pretty horrible numbers through that 3Dmarks test though. Got about 3245 or something...

Currently running
AMD XP 1900
nvdia geforce 2 Ultra 64mb
Asus A7V266-E motherboard
1.5GB DDR RAM
Windows XP Pro.

PondScum007 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 3:13 pm Post subject:

ahh! oh no you dont! as soon as i get some more cash im going to have to go to 2gb of ram..thank alot munkyeye! grr... ;>

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YourPowersAreWeakOldMan · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2002 4:48 pm Post subject:

The 3D mark score isn't that great of a way to bench your system, you can tweak your system to specifically test high with the program. People can get incredible scores with unincredible systems.

Anyways Pentiums are better for playing games, if that's what you use your computer for. AMDs are good for actually working. A real benchmark test would be to see how fast you render a scene in 3D with raytracing, shadow mapping, and all sorts of atmospheric effects turned on in 3D Studio max. Then compare that time with another computer that rendered the same scene.

My computer rendered a full 3D landscape landscape in just over 3 minutes, the same scene took a Pentium 1.2 2 days to render.

My system is
Duel 1.4 AMD athalons
120GB raided Hard Drive space
768RAM (3 256 DDR ECC Registered PC 2100 RAM)
Gainward nVidia GeForceIII 64mb (Core Clock speed @228MHZ and Memory Clock speed @501MHZ)
Running Windows 2000 Pro.

My next upgrades are going to be to replace the Tyan Tiger motherboard with the newest ASUS duel socket A board that allows overclocking of the 2 processors and comes with USB 2.0, plus it runs very stable and ASUS is a good brand. Also I'm going to replace the 3 sticks of 256MB ram with 2 or 3 sticks of 1GB ram, which used to cost $800 each but have been drastically lowered in price, for me

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Not the greatest gaming machine (that's for Pentiums) but it'll render the hell outta anything in a fraction of the time other computers do, and it's awesome for all the art stuff I have to do.

[ This Message was edited by: YourPowersAreWeakOldMan on 2002-02-02 16:50 ]

Tommy.Chong · Registered User Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 283

2 words <Bow-Down> my system is what they use in nasa to steer satellites around with.....65years ago.

p2@300mhz
192mb memory
10gb 7200rpm hd

dont know what kinda video card i got being its kinda welded to the board,yes its a wincard.

In any case i need a new system.Id be intrested in buying a good MoBo to start out a good gaming machine,So if any of you guys/girls fixing to upgrade let me know if your gonna sell the old parts cause i needem.

Oh an next time your playing against me an i EMP you just remember 300mhz,56k,No graphics card. Repeat after me 300mhz,56k,No graphics card.Good

PondScum007 · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2002 8:00 pm Post subject:

oldman, thats a badass system...but i msut disagree that pentiums are better for games... athlon simply pwns any pentium... is there a shareware for the 3d Studio max thing? id liek to see how my system does under that...

chong my previous box was a 120mhz p1 wiht 48mb ram...oooo my... *shudder*

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YourPowersAreWeakOldMan · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2002 2:45 am Post subject:

Actually the PentiumIV 2.0 GHZ outbenchmarked all other single processor AMDs on the Quake 3 bench test, and even outperformed my duel processor system and others.

It was a P4 2.0GHZ, nVidia GeForce 3 64MB, 768MB ram, 80GB hard drive. And for games it was blazing...for rendering 3D in 3DS MAX 4 it chugged and putted as it slowly ground through the calculations. My friends work for a computer company and they give them the parts to stress test and benchmark and write articles for their website about the systems, so I'm constantly hearing about which parts and such are good for performance, and since the other is in RMA (return merchandise) he knows what breaks and causes instability. Both of their machines are fairly impressive, and they are rabid overclockers.

Also with most games you can't use the Both processors. ID games are the only games I know that allow multithreading. So in TFC I'm only working one processor, in RTCW and Quake 3 Arena I get to use both processors.

Like I said though, this isn't a game machine, I put it together with the idea in mind that I'd be doing video editing, and 3D artwork. It just so happens games run on it too.

As for 3D Studio Max, it's a professional grade 3D animation program used by industries to make animations, one name of note, Blizzard Entertainment, makers of Starcraft and Diablo2 uses it to do most of their animation in game and cinematics. 3DSMAX 4 doesn't have a sharwared version and costs in the range of $1200.

[ This Message was edited by: YourPowersAreWeakOldMan on 2002-02-03 02:47 ]

PondScum007 · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2002 7:59 pm Post subject:

meh $1200..ill jsut pick one up...wahts the site? lol not... yeh thats silly about the MP systems..i love how HL servers boast their DUAL athlon systems but it can only use one... if anyone has q3a to enable multiprocessor support you have to edit the line in your q3config to read <seta r_smp 1> where it is

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