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AquaMark3 - Massive's take

Consider that most "DX9" games will use the shader with the minimum precision required. There's no point wasting cycles using 32-bit floating point when 8-bit INT will suffice. I think AQ3 is DX9 in that it appears to have been coded to DX9 spec. I also think HL2 is a more thorough DX9 test, and one that I'll be paying more attention to. 🙂
 
why do you say that BoomAM? they seem about the same to me as far as being a mix of some dx9 tech with lots of dx8 and older tech too, and both seem rather firmly in nvidia's pocket at this point.
 
Originally posted by: TheSnowman
why do you say that BoomAM? they seem about the same to me as far as being a mix of some dx9 tech with lots of dx8 and older tech too, and both seem rather firmly in nvidia's pocket at this point.
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It just seems more flexable than 3dmark. More ways built in to test things. Not just an end score to look at.
And its baced on a game engine that`ll be used in upcoming games, so it`ll be a good indication of initial DX9 apps. As initial ones will still be mixing DX7/8 parts to ensure backwards compatibility with non-DX9 gfx cards. But thats just my opinion.
 
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