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jmke 25th April 2008 13:29

3DMark Vantage Has Gone Gold
 
It's finally done, and the countdown clock is ticking! Futuremark has just announced that 3DMark Vantage is ready, and the countdown indicates that it will launch on Monday, 28th of April 2008. Downloads should be available at 16:00 EET (13:00 GMT, 09:00 EST, 06:00 PST). Futuremark has also released a large set of new screenshots.

http://www.yougamers.com/news/18513_...has_gone_gold/

jmke 25th April 2008 13:32

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Custom preset can be used to run the benchmark at an user-selectable resolution for individual subscores, but the 3DMark score is displayed and saved to ORB only when using one of the pre-defined presets. In other words, to get a score using the "High" and "Extreme" presets, a widescreen display is required.
why this push for widescreen gaming? :(

Rutar 25th April 2008 13:43

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Originally Posted by jmke (Post 168729)
why this push for widescreen gaming? :(

Because everywhere except on planet jmke, people enjoy widescreen gaming. :D

thorgal 25th April 2008 13:45

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Originally Posted by Rutar (Post 168731)
Because everywhere except on planet jmke, people enjoy widescreen gaming. :D

lol |D

jmke 25th April 2008 13:57

if I were to build a game/benchmark I would not exclude people because their choice differs from others, but rather give the option for both groups.

thorgal 25th April 2008 14:21

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Originally Posted by jmke (Post 168735)
if I were to build a game/benchmark I would not exclude people because their choice differs from others, but rather give the option for both groups.

Choices have to be made, and the standard aspect screens are a quickly dying breed, so if one has to choose, this is the logical choice.

jmke 25th April 2008 14:27

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Originally Posted by thorgal (Post 168740)
Choices have to be made, and the standard aspect screens are a quickly dying breed, so if one has to choose, this is the logical choice.

you are one misinformed user. Only 25% of gamers out there use widescreen... 75% use 4:3.


http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html

Dying breed? I think not. 3DMark Vantage only supporting 16:9 for high end runs is not thinking forward, it's thinking with blinds and ignoring the majority of people.

but hey... ignorace is bliss right? If you think 16:9 is the standard, than I guess it must be right? ya? .... nope

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Originally Posted by Rutar (Post 168731)
Because everywhere except on planet jmke, people enjoy widescreen gaming. :D

afaik Steam is on planet earth.



thorgal 25th April 2008 14:59

Sorry Jmke, not misinformed at all : it's not what people are using today that matters, it's what they'll be using in the future. Just how many normal aspect monitors are still listed by the average pc-shop ? Or included in a new PC-package ?

jmke 25th April 2008 15:13

more than you think :)
if there's something that will definetely put a kink in your product is removing backward compatibility, should know this.

does your mobo have PS/2 connectors?

jmke 25th April 2008 15:16

ontopic: more info on the point calculation in Vantage
http://en.expreview.com/2008/04/17/3...logy-revealed/


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