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I am editing this article as a Futuremark employee. I am happy to discuss any issues, questions, changes or suggestions for the article with admins and other users. Tripleblade ( talk) 14:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
The article suggests that 3dmark is used solely to evaluate video cards. In fact, the 3dmark score you get is an overall value of the whole system - when a new 3dmark comes out (eg 06) the video card tends to be the bottleneck, and therefore the dominant factor, but the idea is always to get a score that represents the system as a whole. Anyone care to correct this or prove me wrong? 16:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.67.226 ( talk) 16:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Some makers of 3D video cards also shiped their cards with custor drivers that detected if a test was in progress and ignored some operations to make the test report higher numbers. This ofcourse led to larger drivers and that the cards were actually slower for most usage.
Google is your friend:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Liftarn ( talk • contribs) 13:05, 11 April 2005 (UTC)
There is also an article called 3dmark. // Liftarn — Preceding undated comment added 12:58, 11 April 2005 (UTC)
do older versions still have a use, or should you ONLY use the new ones? The old ones now redundant? I don't know JayKeaton 20:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Should I make things like 3DMark06 redirect to this article? If someone wonders what 3DMark05 is and they type it in, they might not think to type in just 3DMark. Geekosaurus 22:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Two previous topics mentioned here are 3DMark performance and using old versions. First, 3DMark does evaluate more than just the video card performance. At one point during the benchmarks, 3DMark synthesizes 3D video performance by using the CPU to perform the 3D tasks. When this test is performed, there is no variation in the frame rate value. Adam Kemp 01:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Second, there was a question as to whether older versions of 3DMark should be used for video testing. The answer is yes, as each version is tailored to evaluate a certain version of DirectX. It is a good idea to match the version of 3DMark with the approximate age or generation of the video GPU. After all, many gamers prefer using many different benchmarking programs to give them an idea of the performance of their video card. Adam Kemp 01:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
No Vantage criticism over the fact that the PhysX test is not done in a fair manor and boosts the scores unfairly?
Em27 (
talk) 16:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
It would be nice to have a section with a scale of scores achieved with some well known, reference hardware. http://techfragments.com/news/313/Hardware/AMD_Phenom_II_Overclocked_to_6-5GHz.html this video shows 3DMark05 reaching a score of 45,474 in some very extreme conditions, so I am sure it's impressive ;) however there is no comparison points given in the wikipedia article. AugustinMa ( talk) 01:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
The article does not seem to provide the most basic fact about scores - is bigger better or worse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.137.188 ( talk) 19:34, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
"3DMark 11 will install on a system with a DirectX10.1 (or lower) card, but will not run when you try it (shows an error message that DirectX 11 compatible hardware is required)." Is this statement really necessary? The minimum specs listed on Futuremark website state "3DMark 11 requires DirectX 11, a DirectX 11 compatible video card, and Windows Vista or Windows 7." Is it likely that a reader would expect it to work outside those requirements, i.e. on a system with DirectX10 or lower? Tripleblade ( talk) 13:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
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Filesizes should be included. The compressed file size for the 2013 version with fire strike is 1.5 gb. The 2016 version appears to be around 5 gb (verification needed)-- Lmstearn ( talk) 14:03, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
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I am editing this article as a Futuremark employee. I am happy to discuss any issues, questions, changes or suggestions for the article with admins and other users. Tripleblade ( talk) 14:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
The article suggests that 3dmark is used solely to evaluate video cards. In fact, the 3dmark score you get is an overall value of the whole system - when a new 3dmark comes out (eg 06) the video card tends to be the bottleneck, and therefore the dominant factor, but the idea is always to get a score that represents the system as a whole. Anyone care to correct this or prove me wrong? 16:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.67.226 ( talk) 16:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Some makers of 3D video cards also shiped their cards with custor drivers that detected if a test was in progress and ignored some operations to make the test report higher numbers. This ofcourse led to larger drivers and that the cards were actually slower for most usage.
Google is your friend:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Liftarn ( talk • contribs) 13:05, 11 April 2005 (UTC)
There is also an article called 3dmark. // Liftarn — Preceding undated comment added 12:58, 11 April 2005 (UTC)
do older versions still have a use, or should you ONLY use the new ones? The old ones now redundant? I don't know JayKeaton 20:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Should I make things like 3DMark06 redirect to this article? If someone wonders what 3DMark05 is and they type it in, they might not think to type in just 3DMark. Geekosaurus 22:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Two previous topics mentioned here are 3DMark performance and using old versions. First, 3DMark does evaluate more than just the video card performance. At one point during the benchmarks, 3DMark synthesizes 3D video performance by using the CPU to perform the 3D tasks. When this test is performed, there is no variation in the frame rate value. Adam Kemp 01:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Second, there was a question as to whether older versions of 3DMark should be used for video testing. The answer is yes, as each version is tailored to evaluate a certain version of DirectX. It is a good idea to match the version of 3DMark with the approximate age or generation of the video GPU. After all, many gamers prefer using many different benchmarking programs to give them an idea of the performance of their video card. Adam Kemp 01:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
No Vantage criticism over the fact that the PhysX test is not done in a fair manor and boosts the scores unfairly?
Em27 (
talk) 16:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
It would be nice to have a section with a scale of scores achieved with some well known, reference hardware. http://techfragments.com/news/313/Hardware/AMD_Phenom_II_Overclocked_to_6-5GHz.html this video shows 3DMark05 reaching a score of 45,474 in some very extreme conditions, so I am sure it's impressive ;) however there is no comparison points given in the wikipedia article. AugustinMa ( talk) 01:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
The article does not seem to provide the most basic fact about scores - is bigger better or worse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.137.188 ( talk) 19:34, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
"3DMark 11 will install on a system with a DirectX10.1 (or lower) card, but will not run when you try it (shows an error message that DirectX 11 compatible hardware is required)." Is this statement really necessary? The minimum specs listed on Futuremark website state "3DMark 11 requires DirectX 11, a DirectX 11 compatible video card, and Windows Vista or Windows 7." Is it likely that a reader would expect it to work outside those requirements, i.e. on a system with DirectX10 or lower? Tripleblade ( talk) 13:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to one external link on
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Cheers. — cyberbot II Talk to my owner:Online 13:36, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Filesizes should be included. The compressed file size for the 2013 version with fire strike is 1.5 gb. The 2016 version appears to be around 5 gb (verification needed)-- Lmstearn ( talk) 14:03, 30 July 2016 (UTC)