Btw, try out 3DMark2001 first. It's a much smaller download and you'll spend much less time with it. And you could use that time to download the other Demo ;)

I'd suggest getting the newest ATI drivers as well. Which is always a good idea :)

I'd be interested in the exact stats of our graphics card as well, but the 3DMark scores should give me a good idea anyway.

There's one reason to buy the Deluxe Model: If you want to use the onboard sound for gaming. The normal model only contains a normal AC97 codec but not the nVidia APU.

Hmph, couldn't even find a way to copy it. Oh well, here she is:

1024x768x32
3DMark Score -> 8565
Game1 - Car Chase - Low Detail -> 102.8 fps
Game1 - Car Chase - High Detail -> 52.1 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - Low Detail -> 132.0 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - High Detail -> 78.6 fps
Game3 - Lobby - Low Detail -> 135.5 fps
Game3 - Lobby - High Detail -> 70.0 fps
Game 4 - Nature -> 42.5 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) -> 639.2 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) -> 1266.5 MTexels/s
High Polygon count (1 Light) -> 35.6 MTriangles/s
High Polygon count (8 Lights) -> 8.2 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping -> 151.1 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping -> 89.8 fps
Vertex Shader -> 107.1 fps
Pixel Shader -> 136.5 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader -> 83.6 fps

Not that any of this means anything to me, but the pictures sure looked nice. :)

yalahii.


640x480x32
3DMark Score -> 11861
Game1 - Car Chase - Low Detail -> 137.8 fps
Game1 - Car Chase - High Detail -> 62.6 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - Low Detail -> 219.9.0 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - High Detail -> 110.1 fps
Game3 - Lobby - Low Detail -> 171.9 fps
Game3 - Lobby - High Detail -> 76.3 fps
Game 4 - Nature -> 79.2 fps

1600x1200x32
3DMark Score -> 4352
Game1 - Car Chase - Low Detail -> 55.7 fps
Game1 - Car Chase - High Detail -> 33.7 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - Low Detail -> 59.3 fps
Game2 - Dragothic - High Detail -> 42.5 fps
Game3 - Lobby - Low Detail -> 58.0 fps
Game3 - Lobby - High Detail -> 36.4 fps
Game 4 - Nature -> 18.5 fps

[ January 23, 2004: Message edited by: Sahi ]

Don't you have to specify a resolution?

Ok, so those are the default Benchmark values, and they do indicate that they used the cheapest (and slowest) version of the 9600 they could get their hands on.

As I mentioned before, it would be helpful to try: a) running it at 640x480x32, making the benchmark mostly CPU bound and b) running it at 1600x1200x32, which makes it mostly graphics card bound.

At 1024 it's a pretty good blend between graphics and CPU bound for most computers.

Well, if you test at just one resolution, yes, that's the right one to use :)

The benchmark always defaults to that resolution, no matter what you've set for your desktop. All "official" results must be obtained with those settings...

Ok, going to post my scores here...

1024x768x32, no AA, no AF (default settings)

11,600 3DMarks

Car Chase - Low Detail         187.0
            High                72.8
Dragothic - Low                176.4
            High               104.4
Lobby       Low                167.5
            High                83.5
Nature                          53.9

Fillrate Single Texturing   926 MT/s
         Multi             2088 MT/s

High Poly 1 Light          51.4 Mtri
          4 Lights         11.6 Mtri

Env. Bump Mapping              151.5
DOT3                           130.7
Vertex Shader                   90.2
Pixel Shader                   111.6
Advanced Pixel Shader           77.6

Point Sprites              26.6 MS/s

I'll post results for 640 and 1600 a bit later. No need to report anything beyond the 4 game benchmarks though, you can even tell 3DMark to skip the tests, to save a bit of time.

The other tests stress the graphics card only, and thus don't tell anything new when changing the resolution.

640x480x32, no AA, no AF

14,022 3DMarks

Car Chase - Low Detail         208.3
            High                69.0
Dragothic - Low                249.0
            High               131.2
Lobby       Low                188.5
            High                86.6
Nature                          91.4

1600x1200x32, no AA, no AF

6,972 3DMarks

Car Chase - Low Detail         102.3
            High                58.3
Dragothic - Low                 96.2
            High                66.8
Lobby       Low                 93.6
            High                53.7
Nature                          23.7

It is clearly visible, that the High Detail tests are mostly CPU bound (Lobby is a bit different due to the reflecting floor), whereas Nature and the Low Detail tests stress the graphics card.

I've edited my original post to add the new scores.

yalahii.

wow. this is technobable way beyond me.


cool. :)

???
I didn't say anything complicated yet, did I?
;))

You'd better be glad I didn't start talking about programming topics, or went into any detail on 3D graphics... ;)

How many missions are there in Demo? Or aren't you done yet?

Anyway, I'm sorry! ;) Don't know if the english version is even available yet... (german developer studio)

In any case, does it run well on your new computer? I think it should, but you'll probably get the best results when you turn the resolution down to 800x600x32 (I know I have to...).