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[The Modfather]

<-Intel proc, AMD benchmark would likely NOT work.
So ok, I got 3DMark now, WTF? What do I do?

[XhArD]

you open it, and push Benchmark. Itll run through whatever tests your pc can handle, which will very likely be allof them for you, and it will rate your computer in 3D Marks when its finished. Tellushow many 3D Marks you get. Which version of 3D Mark is it?

[RObErT_RaTh]

Or if you have the full version you can decide which test you want to run and for the actual score you only NEED to run the game tests. If you don't have full version you can't do anything about that and have to sit through the rest too.

[XhArD]

that depends which version of 3D Makr he has. in 01 you can choose which tests to do on the free version.

[RObErT_RaTh]

Originally Posted by XhArD

that depends which version of 3D Makr he has. in 01 you can choose which tests to do on the free version.

01 isn't worth running anymore, it's just too out of date to properly stress and measure todays hardware.

[XhArD]

I know and it sucks because my pc can hardly run '03 :'( My list of stuff to buy has grown a lot 80GB HDD, another 512MB RAM, new PSU, Decent cooling and mebe eventually get a 64 3200+. Itll be a long time before i get all that if i even do get it though

[RObErT_RaTh]

Work and save good man, work and save

[XhArD]

I actually might get all that sooner than expected... if i get a 64 3000+ instead, thats about $220, plus $75 for 512MB RAM, about $80 for the HDD, thats about $375, plus whatever i end up paying for PSU and cooling. Ive got about $320 lying around now, so i could go and buy all that stuff pretty soon if i wanted. We'll see.

[Bio-Hazard]

Here's a few of my older ones;
3D Mark 01: 26,857
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8590043
3D Mark 05: 5503
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=882406

[RObErT_RaTh]

Not too shabby at all