Doom-III just became a Non Issue in the benchmark war? - Page 7

sxotty · 10-26-03, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
Uhm....has anyone brought up or mentioned the fact that Doom3 is NOT going to include a benchmark utility or timedemo test?

It ain't, Johnny-boy has already spoke out on that.

John Carmack also stated he would get a benchmark utility out, so when did he say that he would not? I assume it was after the multiple shenanigans we have seen and is therefore more valid.

GlowStick · 10-26-03, 09:02 AM

he dosent know what doom3 is gonna have yet heh.

Mr.Tweak · 08-02-04, 02:33 PM

After giving up and going to bed (its 5.30am in Australia) I figured out while laying down that when you run a timedemo in Doom 3 the internal 60 FPS capped is removed and the proper amount of frames are in fact counted.

I'll keep you all informed within the next 24 hours as I write up an article on Doom III benchmarking on TweakTown. In theory, it could mean all the benchmarks HardOCP performed in their "guide" are useless.

I'm going to check up with our contacts from ATI and nVidia to confirm my findings, so nobody should jump the gun just yet but I'm pretty sure I'm right.

ynnek · 08-02-04, 02:53 PM

I'm pretty sure your right Mr Tweak.. I remember reading that before...

So, Yea, in essence, what you would only care about, is how often the game goes below 60 fps in the benchmarks, and what the minimum frames are.

Yes, you can feel the diff betwen 30 and 60.. some can even see it, say when something big with lots of detail flashes by you (like watching a train go by) It'll look choppier at 30 than at 60.. one way to trick the eye is to add in blurr per frame, so it appears to be blurred, not choppy.

I think minmum framerates is very important.. Cause thats when you need the fps the most when you are actually playing the game. I like benchmarks that show min, max, and avg frames.. even nicer are the ones that show line graphs of the fps thruout the demo.

majortom · 08-02-04, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisW

The last I saw, it was capped at 10 fps on ATI cards.

.

OOO, you ati fanboi's got served!

...wait a minute (checks specs) i have an ati. HEY!

Vagrant Zero · 08-03-04, 12:19 AM

Why was this year old thread trudged up? I mean ya...it's funny as hell to watch people make idiots out of themselves a year ago...but it's a year ago.

-=DVS=- · 08-03-04, 12:44 AM

You know Doom 3 zombies an all, ZOMBIE thread comes to life

Mr.Tweak · 08-05-04, 01:36 AM

I have posted my guide here

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...=guide&dId=678

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Mr.Tweak Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: www.tweaktown.com Posts: 11	Re: Doom-III just became a Non Issue in the benchmark war? After giving up and going to bed (its 5.30am in Australia) I figured out while laying down that when you run a timedemo in Doom 3 the internal 60 FPS capped is removed and the proper amount of frames are in fact counted. I'll keep you all informed within the next 24 hours as I write up an article on Doom III benchmarking on TweakTown. In theory, it could mean all the benchmarks HardOCP performed in their "guide" are useless. I'm going to check up with our contacts from ATI and nVidia to confirm my findings, so nobody should jump the gun just yet but I'm pretty sure I'm right. __________________ Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot www.tweaktown.com

08-02-04, 02:53 PM	#76
ynnek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,364	Re: Doom-III just became a Non Issue in the benchmark war? I'm pretty sure your right Mr Tweak.. I remember reading that before... So, Yea, in essence, what you would only care about, is how often the game goes below 60 fps in the benchmarks, and what the minimum frames are. Yes, you can feel the diff betwen 30 and 60.. some can even see it, say when something big with lots of detail flashes by you (like watching a train go by) It'll look choppier at 30 than at 60.. one way to trick the eye is to add in blurr per frame, so it appears to be blurred, not choppy. I think minmum framerates is very important.. Cause thats when you need the fps the most when you are actually playing the game. I like benchmarks that show min, max, and avg frames.. even nicer are the ones that show line graphs of the fps thruout the demo.

08-03-04, 12:19 AM	#78
Vagrant Zero I'm a Back Door Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,750	Re: Doom-III just became a Non Issue in the benchmark war? Why was this year old thread trudged up? I mean ya...it's funny as hell to watch people make idiots out of themselves a year ago...but it's a year ago.

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Mr.Tweak Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: www.tweaktown.com Posts: 11	Re: Doom-III just became a Non Issue in the benchmark war? I have posted my guide here http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...=guide&dId=678 __________________ Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot www.tweaktown.com

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