Futuremark lays an egg. - Page 3

SeriTonin · 04-29-08, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TrixteH

Windows XP'ers crying about 'how they should have made it DX9', get a grip.....you have 3D mark 06 which benchmarks DX9 to the max...why should they release another. ?

It's actually a dumb move on the company's part. They took out a good percentage of potential sales by excluding xp users.

Then again, odd's are, people smart enough to stay away from vista are also smart enough to not give two sh*ts about a benchmarking tool such as this.

**jcrox** · 04-29-08, 09:05 AM

I don't think it's all that terribly bad but I'm not paying for a benchmark tool, there's just too many free ones to be had. I can see if you're a reviewer or really really into over clocking buying a benchmark but I wonder how many people will actually purchase this thing? Seems like

material to me.

CaptNKILL · 04-29-08, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bman212121

Remember that they said they were planning on making games in the future. The idea behind vantage was they were making their own game engine to run the tests on, so games developed on this engine could be compared easily. I can't remember where that link was though, but if this does happen then they will make plenty of money licensing out their engine.

I don't think the engine is good enough to attract much attention from serious developers.

Unless its cheap...

But still, humming along at 7fps in game test 1 on a system that'd cost about $1500 brand new isn't exactly a good advertisement for the game engine. Developers need engines that scale with hardware to bring in more users. Whether this engine can or not, I don't know... but if it runs like ass and doesn't look impressive on my system, its just going to be worse on most other systems.

**lduguay** · 04-29-08, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

I don't think the engine is good enough to attract much attention from serious developers.

Unless its cheap...

But still, humming along at 7fps in game test 1 on a system that'd cost about $1500 brand new isn't exactly a good advertisement for the game engine. Developers need engines that scale with hardware to bring in more users. Whether this engine can or not, I don't know... but if it runs like ass and doesn't look impressive on my system, its just going to be worse on most other systems.

+1

**jcrox** · 04-29-08, 10:48 AM

I know it's not a big deal but it for some reason really bothers me when an app installs that stupid aegia driver crap on my computer like Vantage does. It just bugs me to no end.

Revs · 04-29-08, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jcrox

I know it's not a big deal but it for some reason really bothers me when an app installs that stupid aegia driver crap on my computer like Vantage does. It just bugs me to no end.

You can disable the Ageia driver install when installing Vantage. Just do a 'custom' install.

JigenD · 04-29-08, 12:04 PM

I agree with the OP, but I personally saw this coming a long way off, look at my previous posts. What stuns me is JUST HOW FAR this benchmark fails to reach the previous 3dMarks. Only 2 GPU tests, too.

BTW, I liked Future Crew, I've tried out every single 3dMark, and I used 01 and 03 extensively, I registered 3, 5, and 6 (even though 6 was a big step down, but not as bad as this one). Of course I haven't even tried this one, I don't have a DX10 card, but I've heard and seen more than enough now.

**jcrox** · 04-29-08, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Revs

You can disable the Ageia driver install when installing Vantage. Just do a 'custom' install.

to late now, you only get to run it once without buying it correct?

3dMark-Oh-FAIL

jcossin · 04-29-08, 12:32 PM

I think they are making a big mistake by making this a 'pay to use' benchmark. People aren't going to pay and therefore we will stop talking about 3dmark soon enough is my guess. As it is you don't see 3dmark06 even included in many of the reviews for new graphics cards anymore.

I agree with others here that I'll keep using the built in benchmarks for Crysis which totally stress the hardware with DX10. At least when I paid for Crysis I get a fun game to go with it and the benchmarks are very cool to watch!

**crainger** · 04-29-08, 05:20 PM

This just in. FutureMark is going cross platform due to piracy of it's latest PC benchmarking tool!

SH64 · 04-29-08, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by crainger

This just in. FutureMark is going cross platform due to piracy of it's latest PC benchmarking tool!

Thanks for the good news

**lduguay** · 04-29-08, 05:53 PM

FutureCrap deserves the ban hammer. What a piece of ****ing strikin ****

04-29-08, 09:05 AM	#26
jcrox Mahna Mahna Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, Wi Posts: 6,123	Re: Futuremark lays an egg. I don't think it's all that terribly bad but I'm not paying for a benchmark tool, there's just too many free ones to be had. I can see if you're a reviewer or really really into over clocking buying a benchmark but I wonder how many people will actually purchase this thing? Seems like material to me. __________________ Gaming MSI Z68 G3 \| 2500k \| CNPS9900MAX-B \| 8GB G.Skill \| EVGA GTX570 2560MB \|ThermalTake 850w \| X-Fi Titanium \| Antec 900 \| Asus PA248Q \| Lycosa \| Death Adder \| Win7 Pro 64 Dev/Backup Asus P5QL Pro \| Q9400 \| H50 \| 8GB G.skill \| GTX260 216 \| Ubuntu 11.10 Laptop 17" Inspiron \| i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500GB HDD \| Win7 Pro 64

04-29-08, 10:48 AM	#29
jcrox Mahna Mahna Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, Wi Posts: 6,123	Re: Futuremark lays an egg. I know it's not a big deal but it for some reason really bothers me when an app installs that stupid aegia driver crap on my computer like Vantage does. It just bugs me to no end. __________________ Gaming MSI Z68 G3 \| 2500k \| CNPS9900MAX-B \| 8GB G.Skill \| EVGA GTX570 2560MB \|ThermalTake 850w \| X-Fi Titanium \| Antec 900 \| Asus PA248Q \| Lycosa \| Death Adder \| Win7 Pro 64 Dev/Backup Asus P5QL Pro \| Q9400 \| H50 \| 8GB G.skill \| GTX260 216 \| Ubuntu 11.10 Laptop 17" Inspiron \| i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500GB HDD \| Win7 Pro 64

04-29-08, 12:04 PM	#31
JigenD Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,070	Re: Futuremark lays an egg. I agree with the OP, but I personally saw this coming a long way off, look at my previous posts. What stuns me is JUST HOW FAR this benchmark fails to reach the previous 3dMarks. Only 2 GPU tests, too. BTW, I liked Future Crew, I've tried out every single 3dMark, and I used 01 and 03 extensively, I registered 3, 5, and 6 (even though 6 was a big step down, but not as bad as this one). Of course I haven't even tried this one, I don't have a DX10 card, but I've heard and seen more than enough now.

04-29-08, 12:32 PM	#33
jcossin -=> Indy <=- Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 476	Re: Futuremark lays an egg. I think they are making a big mistake by making this a 'pay to use' benchmark. People aren't going to pay and therefore we will stop talking about 3dmark soon enough is my guess. As it is you don't see 3dmark06 even included in many of the reviews for new graphics cards anymore. I agree with others here that I'll keep using the built in benchmarks for Crysis which totally stress the hardware with DX10. At least when I paid for Crysis I get a fun game to go with it and the benchmarks are very cool to watch! __________________ http://www.cardcycle.com - Send greeting cards and gifts with a click! http://www.greetingcardsgirl.com - Check out the weekly Free Sale list posted every Sunday. Asus G71Gx Laptop nVidia 260m GTX 1GB DDR3 Intel Core2Duo P8700 (2.53GHz) 6GB 800MHz DDR2 64GB Corsair Xtreme SSD 500GB 5400RPM SATA HDD 17" 1440 x 900 WXGA+ LCD Windows 7 64-bit

04-29-08, 05:20 PM	#34
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