Monday, December 24th 2007

Futuremark 3DMark08 Preview

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According to Nick Evanson - Editor-in-Chief, a new version of the popular 3DMark video benchmark is coming "soon...". Signs indicating that the new 2008 version is indeed almost ready are illustrated on the exclusive Futuremark screens below.
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68 Comments on Futuremark 3DMark08 Preview

#26
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Craig, follow the second link to the 3D artiste, Marek Denko's page. Would you believe he made it on a P4 2.4? :twitch:
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#27
craigwhiteside
LOL, i thought that would take at least about 30mins to fully render those images on a c2d, but a pentium 4 and @ 2.4 :twitch:
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#28
craigwhiteside
well you get your hopes up and then it gets destroyed :(, well thats life for ya :nutkick:
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#29
jydie
I went to their website and found nothing about the next 3DMARK. Unfortunately, I only have Vista on my laptop... and I am sure it would choke trying to run the new benchmark.

While I was on their site, I looked at the top 3DMARK06 scores, and was shocked. All I hear about is how NVIDIA rules to benchmarks... but all of the top 3DMARK06 scores involve a Radeon crossfire setup. Seems as though the 2900 can overclock like crazy, with the right cooling. It made me feel a little better about good ol' ATI. :)
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#30
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
craigwhitesideLOL, i thought that would take at least about 30mins to fully render those images on a c2d, but a pentium 4 and @ 2.4 :twitch:
Man! I'm sure he must've used some SERIOUS Quadro / FireGL stuff. The last pic and "heritage" the HDR lighting is totally unbelievable !!
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#31
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
craigwhitesideLOL, i thought that would take at least about 30mins to fully render those images on a c2d, but a pentium 4 and @ 2.4 :twitch:
hahaha maybe a month or 2 on that P4 but hey that shows devotion :roll:
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#32
craigwhiteside
you never know, they might start doing games like this,

dx11 :D

crysis 2 anyone :p
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#33
AphexDreamer
Funny just yesterday I was talking to friend about 3D Mark, I said "they really need to come out with 3DMark 07 already, it been to long" and here they are with 08.

I really hope that is real because man do those graphics look like Real Life Photos.:twitch:
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#34
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
^ Sorry pal. Read posts 24~35. Futuremark doesn't seem to have made them.
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#35
OnBoard
So are the last 2 only fakes (they caught my eye too, looking so life like) or everything fake? That third picture I'd believe, although it too might be some rendered planes on top of real (modified) scenery on background.

Well anyways great screens fake or not =)

edit: would it have 4AA+ as default, surely not. None of those screens have aliasing, so they can't be real?
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#37
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Yeah. shots 1~3 seem legit. They don't even come close to 4, 5.
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#38
Triprift
JC316After seeing those pictures, I expect that I will get MAYBE 2000 points with my rig.
Yay another benchie to make my system cry :(
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#39
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
I'm more or less mentally prepared for a picturesque slide-show :laugh:
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#40
hat
Enthusiast
i bet i get 1k
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#41
Judas
I found this somewhere.. EDIT: from here www.fnode.com/forums/software-discussion/436-futuremark-3dmark08.html


3DMark Next System Requirements:

* x86/x64 single core CPU with SSE2 support. Performance similar to Intel Pentium D 3.2 GHz or better.
* Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 256 MB
* 1024 MB RAM
* 2 GB Free Disk Space
* Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)

3DMark Next Recommended System Requirements:



* Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent AMD CPU.
* Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 512 MB
* 2048 MB RAM
* 2 GB Free Disk Space
* Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)
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#42
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
btarunrI'm more or less mentally prepared for a picturesque slide-show :laugh:
slideshows hmm this reminds me of 3dm03 or higher and that FX5700 in my dads PC :roll:

according to HWBOT it got the job done well enough for 2nd place tohugh :D and i will get massmans...
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#43
snuif09
ill allready have slideshow in 05:banghead::banghead:
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#44
regan1985
about time they got in with the dx10 stuff we can start to compare cards and setups the old way:)
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#45
Nitrogliserin
another torture and brain masturbation for us :/
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#46
Ravenas
theonetruewillI think he meant: that if this is what DX10 game could bring us- it may be worth it.
Haha. I can agree that DX 10 is worth getting Vista for, even though I think it sucks that they (M$) make you buy Vista for DX 10. Vista isn't worth a benchmark app, lol, and that's what he said. :laugh:
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#47
InnocentCriminal
Resident Grammar Amender
I won't be surprised if, and when people say they can get this to work in XP.

^^
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#48
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
meh ill just get it to run on server 08 you can DL that for free :roll:
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#50
trog100
waiting for enough dorks to end up with vista is probably why they are so late releasing it..:laugh: :laugh: :eek:

trog
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