Benchmarking... what do I use?

[SunnyD]

I assume all the "real-world" benchmarks (not Futuremark garbage) means I need to actually own various titles and such... or does it?

Are things like the Crysis benchmark the actual full game, or something else (downloadable)?

 

[apoppin]

not necessarily

CoJ has a stand alone benchmark

so does WiC

Stalker Clear Sky has a new one as well as PT boats .. X3-TC also

do an internet search .. there are many benchmarking tools that are free and do not require the game

 

[vj8usa]

You can download the Crysis demo for free, and that'll let you run the CPU and GPU benchmarks for it.