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and why is mother nature not supported on my machine??
It's becuase your G4 4600 is only a DirectX 8 card, and mother nature is a DirectX 9 bench.
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I'm on dialup, and decided to cancel it. My area doesn't get any type of broadband until the end of this month. The d/l slowed to 3KB/s after time, and then it dropped to 0.2 and kept timing out. A friend with DSL is going to burn a copy for me
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Yeah, don't worry too much, CausticVapor. The free-version of this benchmark is really just a teaser in a way. It doesn't tell me anything, nor will it tell much to anybody else. In other words: the free-version is worthless, IMO. Oh, and by the way, I score on a totally non-overclocked system (det. 42.86): 1407... wtf does it mean?? Nobody knows.
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Yeah i cant help but think nvidia are trying to prepare an excuse for when all the computer illiterates go out and spend megabucks on the supposedly revolutionary FX and then start whining about poor benches
--Jakk
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WOO HOO downloading it here at 300k!!!!!!!!!
http://www.gamershell.com/filehell/1296.shtml
Go to filehell #3
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That's where I dl'ed it from also. I'm still disappointed in the free-version. You'll see. I guess you get what you pay for, which for free, means nothing.
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WoooHooo
5117 marks.
200FSB
8RDA+
2X256mb CAS 2 Corsair
9700pro @ 350/335
Epox 8RDA+
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Corsair XMS 3200 5-2-2-2 (430mhz)
BB ATI 9700pro(8X)
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Taken from an article on OVERCLOCKERS.COM:
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"3DMark2003"
Ed Stroligo - 2/12/03
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Got the program and ran it with a TBredB running at 13X166 on an A7N8X, Radeon 9700 Pro running stock, got a score of 4586 with default settings. Had no problems whatsoever running the program, which was the purpose of the first run, not to get into a Hall of Fame with it.
What I visually saw was less than appealing. Three of the four tests bring the Radeon 9700 Pro to its knees at least some of the time. I was seeing framerates of less than 5 fps a few times more than a few times.
It's probably going to take at least one, maybe two generations of video cards for these tests to run all the way through at 24fps.
If your video card can't run DirectX 9, it looks like the programs skips the tests that use it and gives you 0 points for it. This helps to give people with GF4s ascores of less than 1500. Run a GF2, and you'll get a couple hundred points.
These results seem to be leaving most people with that kind of equipment kind of upset, as you can see in this forum thread.
What Really Is 3DMark These Days?
Is 3DMark really a benchmark anymore, as it is normally used? Or is it a virtual track for virtual hotrodding? Has the benchmark itself become a game?
I think that's how the overwhelming majority of people who actually use it perceive it. I don't think they really give a rat's *** whether or not it truly reflects video performance; it's just the playing field for competition.
Obviously, it can be used as a benchmark, and I don't think it wise to render a snap judgment on whether it's good for that or not.
But if you view it as a racetrack, one can say right away that it just threw the vast majority of its participants off the track, and isn't too hot a track for those who are left.
Beware a benchmark whose major effect on most people is, "Your system sucks, ergo, you suck. Buy, buy, buy. More, more, more."
If your system was perfectly good until you ran the benchmark, don't toss the system. Toss the benchmark.
Or don't even download and run it to begin with.
Email Ed
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Well, well. Seems I'm not alone after all.
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First the good news:
3217 3DMarks, comparatively I ROCK!
Second the bad news:
3DMark 03 free version sucks. You have absolutely no ability to do anything but run the benchmark at default settings and submit your results (If their servers are up).
I think the real reason Nvidia hates it is that it's a DX 9 bench and they don't have any DX 9 cards out yet. Seeing as I've yet to see a GfFX for sale anywhere, it doesn't really exist yet.
Athlon XP 1800+
Gigabyte GA-7DX
256MB PC2100 DDR
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro
"Dude you're getting a Dell." Obscure curse from the early 21st Century, ascribed to a minor demon-spirit known as "Stephen?" [sp].
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A new high score of 1419 P3 at 1.15ghz and TI4200
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Bizkitkid2001... why don't you read my post above? It is taken from overclockers.com, and it hits the nail on the head.
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I did read it, but am still complaining
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