3DMark05 Contdown has begun....

Shagga

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Just looking at the forum and some of the members there are saying that something strange happens when the numbers read zero. i.e. the letter O appears. Speculation is that it will be released in October...LOL :D

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Have a look for yourself...
 

Noid

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Sep 20, 2000
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Mine says .... W89770 ...

Yup ... just over 24 hours
 

Schadenfroh

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this thing uses SM3.0 model right? what happens if your card only supports SM2.0, does it skip a test like my voodoo5 did with 3dmark2k1?
 

flexy

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Sep 28, 2001
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W29596353

hmmm..i wonder whether the 'W" will count too...like if it reaches '0' it might switch to 'X' and start over ???
 

GtPrOjEcTX

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yeah, I think they're playing us, and this isn't a countdown to being able to download it, I think its a count down to reveal the date we will be able to download it.
 

gururu

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they did the same thing with 3dmark03. if I remember correctly, they actually did release it.
 

Lonyo

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Originally posted by: flexy

W29596353

hmmm..i wonder whether the 'W" will count too...like if it reaches '0' it might switch to 'X' and start over ???

Or it might be W E D N E S D A Y
........ .............W 2 9 5 9 6 3 5 3

Gah! Can't illustrate it properly. And I cant get rid of the code jobby :/
But it's the right length.
 

EULA

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find the 3rd derivative of the last number, multiply it by the letter, find the root, cube it, and you've got the number of hours left.