3D Mark 05 - the countdown begins!!!!

[anzak]

and every day when the counter ends they eventually put a new letter, and each countdown lasts aprox 1 day

100,000/60/60=27.7. So thats about 28 hours a letter, not 24.

It's really gonna suck if it spells OWNEDBYFUTUREMARKSUCKERS. :P

[bobmanfoo]

this whole countdown thing is :lame: Futuremark is :lame: for doing it, :kill:

[XP_GUN]

Yeah I agree how come there doing this O W N thing, just to piss us off. :rolleyes:

What it really spells,

"OWN 3D MARK 05, FOR IT WILL BRING YOU GREAT JOY AND HAPPENESS, TIME TILL RELEASE NOVEMBER 15 2006 AT 10:00 AM PACIFIC TIME. "

[AthlonXP1800]

Hmmm no E, it D.

I think I figured it out, it will need to complete the countdown with letter A, I guess the next letter after D will be Z in backward and then after Z, it will be A in forward. That will make it on around Wednesday to download 3DMark 05.

[netviper13]

It's no different than what ATI and nVidia have been doing for their last product releases. Anyone remember all the hubub leading up to the NV30 launch? It was insane.

[jAkUp]

But I got some answers out of worm, he said "the word is DOWNLOAD which will turn into a link as soon as the word is complete.. as you can see, the letters are scrambled to make it confusing"

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[GlowStick]

Ah, the mystery solved, and it makes perfect sence...... Download, bascily the contdown dose go for about 27 hours, however it dosent seem to start a new exactly when it should.

But if it spells out download, it means 4 letters left. Witch means October 1st. Makes sence kinda.

[mikechai]

The countdown is :lame: :lame: :lame: :lame: :lame: :lame:

[Riptide]

I agree. Enough hype. Just give us the date it's going to be out and be done with it.

[XP_GUN]

Is it here yet.... :rolleyes:

[AthlonXP1800]

I am sure it not "DOWNLOAD" because here are no 2 D in alphabet or maybe I am wrong.

[Greg]

Is it the 'final approximate day', or did we just experience a ' ' (space) character?

[AthlonXP1800]

Hmmm no more letter? Look like this is it, ready to download on Wednesday. :D

[borntosoul]

one way to get a 1000000000000 hits on their website hehe. i like to do a few tests with these types of benchmarks but in the end i dont take em too seriously, just a guide! i know somepeople live and die by these results.

whatever rocks your boat in the end is the bottom line to all this.

[Omega53]

one way to get a 1000000000000 hits on their website hehe. i like to do a few tests with these types of benchmarks but in the end i dont take em too seriously, just a guide! i know somepeople live and die by these results.

whatever rocks your boat in the end is the bottom line to all this.

I mostly use them to test OC's. Ive come to realize that these test strain gfx cards far more than any game will. If I cant pass a full run without any artifacts, I wont run @ those speeds.

[Smokey]

I mostly use them to test OC's. Ive come to realize that these test strain gfx cards far more than any game will. If I cant pass a full run without any artifacts, I wont run @ those speeds.

I used to think that also, until my OC wouldnt pass Unreal2 :retard:

Im just looking forward to seeing it run at 1-3fps on my putter :ORDER:

[siomitos]

The countdown has began but..i need a better nVIDIA chipset.
In 3Dmark05 i get a 3500 Score! :(










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