3DMark '06 Just Released

[Sam Raven]

"Wish me luck;
cos my score's gonna suck"

Minimum requirements:
* Intel® or AMD® compatible processor 2.5GHz or higher
* DirectX® 9 compatible graphics adapter with Pixel Shader 2.0 support or later, and graphics memory of 256 MB minimum*
* 1GB of system RAM or more - 1.5GB of free hard disk space
* Windows® XP operating system with latest Service Packs and updates installed
* DirectX® 9.0c December 2005 or later
* Microsoft Excel® 2000, 2003 or XP for some 3DMark functionality
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for some 3DMark functionality
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*Graphics memory of 256MB minimum: To run the HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, a DirectX 9 compatible graphics adapter with support for Pixel Shader 3.0, 16 bit floating point textures and 16 bit floating point blending is required.

Futuremark website: http://www.futuremark.com/

Download mirrors: http://www.futuremark.com/download/?3dmark06.shtml

[OWNAGE TIME]

I will download now and post my score.

~Ownage

[Bombadil]

Yeah me too :) MY frined has been awaiting this very long.

[Chris Reinhart]

I download it and tried it out. I can't test it out fully, however, until I get my GeForce 7800 GT next week.

My current specs are:

Intel P4 Prescott 3GHz overclocked to 3.7GHz
MSI 925X Neo Platinum motherboard
1GB DDR2-533
250GB Western Digital S-ATA, 120GB Maxtor S-ATA: running in RAID 0
Creative X-FI XtremeMusic sound card
ATI X700 256MB PCI-Express graphics card - Will be GeForce 7800 GT next week.

At my current specs, the X700 video card actually freezes up numerous times in 3DMark06.

[FoxFire]

Wow I still have a 32mb graphics card...
::tear::
-FoxFire

[noobman]

Wow.... I'm at minimum for EVERYTHING... and I don't even meet the video card specs (128mb 6600GT)

[OWNAGE TIME]

Wow I still have a 32mb graphics card...
::tear::
-FoxFire

lmao...You need to upgrade man.

~Ownage

[Sam Raven]

lmao...You need to upgrade man.

~OwnageMoney, its all about money. Some people have all the cash in the world at their feet. Others can only hope to get rich when a money truck gets into an accident. The latter is me and others like FoxFire.

[Andrull]

ohhh, i got 4650 point in 06 (overral score). I see futuremark have intergrated the cpu bench with the other tests. And the cpu test is dual core optimised, so you get almost the double score with an dualcore :(

Its the same tests ass inn 05 but with much better graphics (HDR and shader 3.0). And a totaly new test + the cpu tests. (i havent seen anyone who get more than 0,8 fps in the first cpu test. (with ann 3500+@4200+ i got 0,334 fps):wall:

[Sam Raven]

The most this guy I know got with this AMD 4200+ at around 4.8 GHz was about 5 FPS.

[Celeron Gamer]

The most this guy I know got with this AMD 4200+ at around 4.8 GHz was about 5 FPS.


Woah, 4.8GHz that's a world record, especially a dual core.

Current AMD WR OC: FX-57 at 4GHz

[Sam Raven]

Woah, 4.8GHz that's a world record, especially a dual core.

Current AMD WR OC: FX-57 at 4GHzThe guy is n00bster.

[noobman]

Woah, 4.8GHz that's a world record, especially a dual core.

Current AMD WR OC: FX-57 at 4GHz
Could have been 3.8ghz, ever heard of a typo?

Anyways, I scored 1307 on 3dmark06

That's with the following:

Intel P4 2.53ghz @ 2.7
1gb DDR266 RAM
MSI GeForce 6600GT GDDR3 128mb @ 550/990 (AGP4x)

Maybe I should get a new system (or a PS3) for next year.

[Chris Reinhart]

4.8GHz isn't uncommon. There have already been 5GHz overclocks.

[Sam Raven]

Could have been 3.8ghz, ever heard of a typo?

Anyways, I scored 1307 on 3dmark06

That's with the following:

Intel P4 2.53ghz @ 2.7
1gb DDR266 RAM
MSI GeForce 6600GT GDDR3 128mb @ 550/990 (AGP4x)

Maybe I should get a new system (or a PS3) for next year.There are times when it seems getting a console would be better. This technology race for the best PC is won only by those with big bucks. Not bad score btw.

[noobman]

There are times when it seems getting a console would be better. This technology race for the best PC is won only by those with big bucks. Not bad score btw.
This time around it's even more appealing. Between the Xbox360 and the PS3, at least ONE of them is going to have virtually any PC game you may have your eye on.

Still, I'm sort of leaning towards a PC, since I've been primarily a PC gamer for ages. If I don't get a PC, it would be either PS3 or X360 with a Revolution, depending on how it turns out.

[Natoksane]

Tomorrow I'm getting 2 gigs of RAM and an x2 4600, I'll post my score after I have done my upgrades.

[Sam Raven]

Could have been 3.8ghz, ever heard of a typo?Ask n00bster to confirm.

[Andrull]

4.8GHz isn't uncommon. There have already been 5GHz overclocks.
On an AMD (especialy dual core), it is spectacular!
it woud have been 9600+!!!!