No Parhelia card present in the mad-onion hall of fame

[Amiga Blitter]

http://gamershq.madonion.com/hardware/halloffame/

and no fixed card from matrox

[Taz]

So, there's more to life than 3D Mark

[Admiral]

Originally posted by Taz
So, there's more to life than 3D Mark

[UberLord]

Originally posted by Taz
So, there's more to life than 3D Mark

You've discovered UT2003 Benchmark as well?

[Wombat]

3DMark is worthless. Always has been.

[Mehen]

its probably not shown because there arent enough people with parhelias to have good average of 3dmarks so they dont put it up.

[gordo-uk]

Originally posted by Wombat
3DMark is worthless. Always has been.

When you have graphics card companies writing specific drivers just to boost 3Dmark scores, it shows you that 3Dmark has lost all credibility as a genuine benchmarking tool.

My old Geforce 3 has a slightly higher 3Dmark score than my P, but its a lot slower in UT3K2.

[Fluff]

If Parhelia was king of 3dmark , this thread would not be here. And the people over at NURC. Would be scoffing that their parts are more reliable and don't ship with bugs. Calling us MaIdiots etc,

Hey it's almost the weekend.

[UberLord]

Originally posted by gordo-uk
When you have graphics card companies writing specific drivers just to boost 3Dmark scores, it shows you that 3Dmark has lost all credibility as a genuine benchmarking tool.

My old Geforce 3 has a slightly higher 3Dmark score than my P, but its a lot slower in UT3K2.

nVidia, Matrox, ATI, PowerVR et all have game specifc optimisations in their drivers as well. Should we throw those benchmarks out of the window as well?

3DMark is a good synthetic benchmark. But it's only testing 3DMark. You need to sample other benchmarks - like UT2003 Bench, GL Excess, etc to get a better overall picture.

[The PIT]

The only reason why I use 3dmark is too get a rought idea my card is doing. If newer drivers hang or bios changes or other problems cause it to hang or display graphic problems I know I've got a possible problem. Even then I would check out other programs and then if they ran ignore 3dmark completly.

[Evildead666]

Dats de one Pit.
Just use it to test overall stability.
Use other, many benches for the 3D output tests....

[WyWyWyWy]

Because... Hall of Fame only take cards with 1.6GHz ino account?

[gordo-uk]

Originally posted by UberLord


nVidia, Matrox, ATI, PowerVR et all have game specifc optimisations in their drivers as well. Should we throw those benchmarks out of the window as well?

Yes, those of us who started playing pc games long before 3D cards arrived know what playable is, some people should use their eyes once in a while and stop jacking off on numbers.

Does the game look good? is it smooth? if its yes to both, its playable and who gives a rats what the FPS counter says.

[Pace]

If I had a half inch penis I might want to submit my score to MadOnion. However, it would appear that small penises currently reside in Roma.

No offence intended to any Romans. Also, any jokes you can think of to respond to "If I had a half inch penis" will be ignored

Or indeed, passed onto my girlfriend.

P.

[UberLord]

Originally posted by gordo-uk
Yes, those of us who started playing pc games long before 3D cards arrived know what playable is, some people should use their eyes once in a while and stop jacking off on numbers.

Does the game look good? is it smooth? if its yes to both, its playable and who gives a rats what the FPS counter says.

So how do we know which is the fastest card that gives the best experience for Game X then?