9800 GX2 Benchmark is out!

3dm06 only:



http://lly316.blogspot.com/2008/03 [...] hmark.html

not impressive at all, with the launch price.

So is there an official launch price?

I don't give a toss about the card, I want to know what motherboard they used?

Well my 3870x2 bends it over.... but i do agree with dev1se!

I get 12377
5573 sm2
6435 sm3
2483 cpu

i have a picture if u want but i have no idea how to add it to a post (kinda new to the forum scene)

Ta V.much

Ahh, but wait, maybe it's the drivers.
Yes, lets use the ATi fanboi line of "newer drivers will make the card RoXoRs"

I live way in the south... high temps AND humidity. Hell, I'm presently sunburned from a 2+ hour bike ride without a shirt... some of us don't need heaters.

Maybe George Foreman can put a patent on it!

Once I have windows reinstalled, I'll do it later.
As above, I said I'll do it without SLi and then with and see, firstly what my score is like with one GTX and also how close in comparison SLi'd GTXs get to the supplied figure for the 9800GX2.
It'll be interesting to see no doubt.
Just need to get my PC sorted first!

He he, thanks!

so did i. i said i has a pic just dunno how to add it

Thing is though according to testers of the 790i, SLI performacne with the G92 core on it rockets. Whereas 8800GTX performance doesnt.

SO tri-sliers could have been ripped off.

Right, I've benched my system in comparison to that (as I said I would! ) but bear with me, system is not fully optimised as I've just reinstalled windows. I did runs with and without SLi as per my sig in XP Pro SP2, video drivers 174.20 (thanks pauldh!).
Firstly, without SLi-


and with...



Basically, a poor showing for the 9800GX2 if they're the real benchies. My system gets beyond where they say it would with the same settings (AA level 4 (wasn't sure what that meant!) but at 4x, aniso filtering @ 16, 1280x768)
Apologies for no further information, but i'm shattered, so it's bedtime!
Hope they prove of some use!
Luke

wow thats a let down.....

Are you both using multisampling instead of FSAA?

Apart from that IDK, I guess they reported the tests wrong and used something else.

These tests have to be wrong...I get 9859 3dmarks with an 8800GT 512 using the same settings as the test on 3dmark06.

I know theres AA & AF involved here but it doesnt seem all that much better than 9600GT's in SLI.....

And the 9600's are cheap!

Its because they've activated AA and AF for the bench.


I just love how they keep releasing these 3DM06 benches YET NO REAL GAMING BENCHMARKS

No their bench is just wrong or a lie... I get close to 10k with a 8800GT 512 with the exact same settings they are using for the OP bench.

With my 8800GTS 512mb I scored a 11433 at those same settings. I doubt those benchmarks are accurate.

What I'd love to know is why people tell me that they get scores with one 3870 that are higher than mine with the 3870x2? Do they overclock their CPU? Do they have quad cores? I get a mere 9512 with the 3870x2. Yet, it seems to do great in games like Oblivion and The Witcher that benefit from Crossfire.

Futuremark might want to release a game incorporating their benchmark, but either way, they should update every couple of years. 3DMark 06 just seems outdated, and the CPU score just isn't right. Who's using the CPU to render graphics in a modern 3D environment anyways?

Don't be prejudiced. Nvidia needed driver updates to improve performance and support for their 7950. They needed drivers to improve on Vista performance. Nvidia cards aren't always fastest when drivers actually render what's in the game vs. what Nvidia fudges (i.e. Crysis's water) and so it goes.

Both ATI and Nvidia benefit from improved drivers as support for their cards mature. Anyone who doesn't see that is an Nvidia fanboy.

To add it to a post, you'd have to upload it to Flickr or Photobucket. I'm at work on my break and photo sites are banned, so I can't go into mine and add my Orb rating here, but I did it at home in prior 3870x2 threads. It said that there was only one other configuration like mine on record, so I guess not many are getting the 3870x2 who only have X2 4600+ class CPU's.

Oh well, your score shows me that I'm CPU limited. I don't overclock and the stock 2.4 gigahertz is doing me in. Can't wait for May when the Phenom 9750 arrives and I can get it with a 790 motherboard. It probably won't overclock but it will help avoid CPU limits, as will an LCD monitor (saving up for a 24" ). I'm still stuck with a CRT.

Looking at it in purely 3DMark terms, it's not looking too impressive at the moment.
I certainly won't be running to the shops to chop my GTXs for one!

i say good luck to NV i hope it is more like the results from vr-zone. hate to think NV did so well up to now to drop the ball then kick it into there team's goal

Remember 3Dmark scores mean notta in the real world, FPS does matter though.

Yeah, very true (my system is testament to that, benches nothing like as much as a C2Q, but FPS are damned impressive) but, I was purely viewing it on those stats.
It'll certainly be interesting to see what nvidia bring to the table, I think the next 3months in GPU's will be very, very interesting!
Just think, the 8800GT& GTS and the 3850 & 3870 will be nigh on obsolete!!


I jest, obviously!!