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Nuson · 07-31-2003, 11:25 AM

Ok, so 3dmark scores are primarily determined by your video card. I think we already knew that. 3dmark isn't fooling people into buying crappy systems and then throwing in a radeon 9700 pro so that they can play games.

I don't think this article is very relavant anyways, because the only proc that they used that's being sold in oem systems these days is the p4. I did, however, enjoy seeing the pii beat it in certain 3dmark games.

The problem with 3dmark is that people have placed alot of reliance on just one number which leads to cheating and soforth. If people took it for what it is -- a synthetic benchmark-- there would be no problems with giving 3dmark scores as a way of comparison.

07-31-2003, 11:25 AM	#3
Nuson Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 41	Ok, so 3dmark scores are primarily determined by your video card. I think we already knew that. 3dmark isn't fooling people into buying crappy systems and then throwing in a radeon 9700 pro so that they can play games. I don't think this article is very relavant anyways, because the only proc that they used that's being sold in oem systems these days is the p4. I did, however, enjoy seeing the pii beat it in certain 3dmark games. The problem with 3dmark is that people have placed alot of reliance on just one number which leads to cheating and soforth. If people took it for what it is -- a synthetic benchmark-- there would be no problems with giving 3dmark scores as a way of comparison. __________________ Frag Out!