Why do people benchmark their cards rather then play games ???

[dug777]

Cos i can bench while studying (or at least trying to ), and feel that i'm keeping my $400 AUD 9800 pro busy justifying it's purchase

 

[ronnn]

Some people bench to promote a certain brand. Others bench to justify their purchase. Lots of people bench to show off their ability to oc cards. Probably most people bench just to make sure their system is running reasonably correct.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: dug777
...and feel that i'm keeping my $400 AUD 9800 pro busy justifying it's purchase

I never thought of that

 

[Subhuman25]

Good subject this is.
The way I see it,benchmarking serves all of us in general.It's nice to see what's "under the hood" and how it performs to it's maximum while making a decision on a new video card (or any other computer component for that matter)
It serves our community by displaying what components are ultimately capable of and in the process of benchmarking also stumbling over glitches,incompatibilities,best drivers etc.
The community learns from those benchmarking tests and comparisons.
I know a lot of us comb the internet for information on "the latest & greatest" components and we indulge in reading reviews,benchmark tests,comparisons to form an "educated" informed decision making opinion of our own afterwards when building a new system or upgrading a current one.
Having said that,I'm not an overclocker and I never recommend it to the average home user due to reliability,stability & warranty issues,but it is nice of those that do since it serves as a useful measuring stick to those of us looking for all those criteria.
Generally something that performs great out of the box and overclocks without a hitch boasting good benchmarking scores,should serve as a very reliable,stable component in a non-overclocked system.
So I feel compelled to toss out some kudo's to those folks that spend their precious time and invested effort doing all these benchmarks and overclocking etc. and then posting those results for the community.
It indeed serves it's usefulness,more so than you may think

Thank you overclockers & benchmarkers!

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: VIAN
E-PENIS, that's right, whoever has the most money.

It would probably be a better competition if it was how much performance can be squeezed out of this much money, but that's never a factor.

It has nothing to do with who has the most money.

It has to do with who can do the most with the least money, at least in my case. If I can get a cheap processor and motherboard along with a bfg 6800 oc card to perform faster than a decked out p4 3+ghz chip and geforce GT or ultra, then its a success.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: slag

It has nothing to do with who has the most money.

It has to do with who can do the most with the least money, at least in my case. If I can get a cheap processor and motherboard along with a bfg 6800 oc card to perform faster than a decked out p4 3+ghz chip and geforce GT or ultra, then its a success.

This is exactly what I'm talking about...Does it really matter if it preforms better or worse based on what 3DMark says ?? So you spend 2 moths benching and get to play a total of 1 hour in Doom 3 over a period of 2 months ?

Why not just use the hareware to play some games and be happy ?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: ZimZum

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
OMGWTFCHECKOUTMY3DMarkSC0R3!!!

- M4H

That was mildly amusing the first 934 times you posted it. But now its played.

That's part of the reason I post it. I'm aiming to get all the Ruler Gods of the Great ePenis so angry at my whoring that up in every "OMGWTF3DMARK" thread that they either just stop posting them, or flame themselves into oblivion.

3DMark is good for only one thing - comparing a card/system against itself.

- M4H

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: 302efi

Originally posted by: slag

It has nothing to do with who has the most money.

It has to do with who can do the most with the least money, at least in my case. If I can get a cheap processor and motherboard along with a bfg 6800 oc card to perform faster than a decked out p4 3+ghz chip and geforce GT or ultra, then its a success.

This is exactly what I'm talking about...Does it really matter if it preforms better or worse based on what 3DMark says ?? So you spend 2 moths benching and get to play a total of 1 hour in Doom 3 over a period of 2 months ?

Why not just use the hareware to play some games and be happy ?

Actually, I play halo pc every chance I get and am preordered for halflife 2. Already beat doom3

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: slag

Actually, I play halo pc every chance I get and am preordered for halflife 2. Already beat doom3

Cool..I just used Doom 3 an example because it seems that everyone upgrades because of it ...I'm glad to see that you game with the card as thats what its made for... :thumbsup:

 

[KevinH]

Relax, just because people post their benchmark scores doesn't mean they don't play games. Doing a few tweaks, running 3dmark hardly consumes the months. Can we get a much ado about nothing?