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3DMark Next - Preview & Interview

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crazydingo

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http://www.beyond3d.com/interviews/fm05/p2/

Screenshot:
http://www.beyond3d.com/interviews/fm05/p2/images/next_3dmark.jpg

[*]HDR rendering.
[*]Complex HDR post processing.
[*]Dynamic soft shadows for all objects.
[*]Water shader with HDR refraction, HDR reflection, depth fog and Gerstner wave functions.
[*]Heterogeneous fog.
[*]Atmospheric light scattering.
[*]Realistic sky model with cloud blending.
[*]Strauss lighting model for most materials.
[*]Subsurface scattering shader for some objects (not visible in the shot).
[*]Texture & normal map sizes: 1024 x 1024 to 2048 x 2048.
[*]Approximately 5.4 million triangles and 8.8 million vertices.
 
Holy crap. It's going to look amazing.. and more than likely bring our scores back down to the quadruple digits... maybe even triple.
 
Oh ... my ... God.

Now I feel like I need to wait for G80 / R600 instead.

Man ... look at that. Spectacular !
 
Now kiddies, lets learn some things.

3DMark is NOT, I repeat NOT a game. All 3DMark does is tell you how fast your video card is. But we all know how fast our video cards are. So why do we care about the next 3DMark?
 
Originally posted by: dguy6789
Now kiddies, lets learn some things.

3DMark is NOT, I repeat NOT a game. All 3DMark does is tell you how fast your video card is. But we all know how fast our video cards are. So why do we care about the next 3DMark?
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Because it shows what your GPU can do and what games COULD look like.

And because its so pretty!
 
The image linked is visually amazing. I like it. 🙂

I'm very interested to see how current cards hold up against this monster. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: dguy6789
Now kiddies, lets learn some things.

3DMark is NOT, I repeat NOT a game. All 3DMark does is tell you how fast your video card is. But we all know how fast our video cards are. So why do we care about the next 3DMark?
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I normally share this sentiment, but this version of 3DMark looks interesting. I don't play 3DMark, but it's fun for the first week it's out. 😛
 
Originally posted by: SH3200
so is that rendered in seconds per frame? or frames per second.... im leaning towards the former....
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Oh man... that would be awful.

That certainly looks amazing... but default 3dmark @ 1024x768 won't look so hot. And at higher settings I have a feeling all the cards will simply get slaved...
 
Great, so it looks like another generation where 8K on the previous one yields 3K on the new one. Nvidia and ATI probably pay 3dmark millions of dollars per year, because a disheartening 3dmark score is often a cause for upgrade, as well as a sign that games to come will be humbling your PC.
 
Sad, isn't it, jiffy? What's more sad is who created the mess in the first place (that would be the consumer enthusiasts). 😛
 
the x300 is my waiting for ATI/nvidia get this whole mess sorted out and prices fall to sane levels for a 512MB card. I could go out and buy either card within the next month, but it wouldnt be nice on my grades(midterms suck) or my wallet.
 
Heh..wasn't bagging on your choice of card, man. You use what you can afford and are comfortable paying, and that's all there is to it. 🙂
 
nice

another 3dmock.....it serves its purpose i guess. while id never go by 3dmarks alone, theres no doubt they are a consistent and level way of pitching gpus against each other. 3d mark will never be the be all and end all of graphics though
 
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