when benching 3d marks

567234ta · 01-14-2005, 05:19 AM

what good is it to get a higher score using modified drivers?
everyone should use the same drivers, its about hardware not the software.

Butcher · 01-14-2005, 09:23 AM

That would depend on what you're trying to test.

567234ta · 01-15-2005, 05:07 AM

yeah but usually its the vidcard. not the miniboy modded drivers lol

Butcher · 01-15-2005, 11:07 PM

You could argue that having the fastest drivers better shows what the hardware can do.

567234ta · 01-16-2005, 07:46 AM

for the all out competitions for top spots on futuremark sure do what you got to.
but for regular users it makes it really hard to tell what is a good card and what card sucks.

Butcher · 01-16-2005, 10:58 PM

3d mark isn't that great for that anyway. Most reasonable reviews use actual games to show the performance differences.

Tempus · 01-17-2005, 03:14 PM

Anytime you are looking at the "numbers" there are so many extra possible factors that any sort of comparison is weak at best.

Even just running Anti-Virus can make a huge difference. Then there are bios tweaks, OS tweaks. Simple things like disabling services can have a rather dramatic effect.

01-14-2005, 05:19 AM	#1
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01-14-2005, 09:23 AM	#2
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	That would depend on what you're trying to test. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

01-15-2005, 05:07 AM	#3
567234ta Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: usa Posts: 93	yeah but usually its the vidcard. not the miniboy modded drivers lol __________________ Dothan 780 @ 3.0 P4GD1 x1900xt flashed to xtx 2x512 ocz platinum elite Antec 550 true control 2.0

01-15-2005, 11:07 PM	#4
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	You could argue that having the fastest drivers better shows what the hardware can do. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

01-16-2005, 07:46 AM	#5
567234ta Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: usa Posts: 93	for the all out competitions for top spots on futuremark sure do what you got to. but for regular users it makes it really hard to tell what is a good card and what card sucks. __________________ Dothan 780 @ 3.0 P4GD1 x1900xt flashed to xtx 2x512 ocz platinum elite Antec 550 true control 2.0

01-16-2005, 10:58 PM	#6
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	3d mark isn't that great for that anyway. Most reasonable reviews use actual games to show the performance differences. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

01-17-2005, 03:14 PM	#7
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	Anytime you are looking at the "numbers" there are so many extra possible factors that any sort of comparison is weak at best. Even just running Anti-Virus can make a huge difference. Then there are bios tweaks, OS tweaks. Simple things like disabling services can have a rather dramatic effect. __________________ Thou art God.

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