Aquamark 3 in B3D Reviews

[no_way]

What i really miss is diversity.

Thats the reason i suggested such diverse options like IDV's SpeedTree and X2 Threat rolling demo.
First one _could_ represent a significant future direction in realtime environments, second one sport simply very high-end graphics engine while being significantly different from mainstream.

 

[Miksu]

Maybe someone could use Max Payne 2 when benching? Though I don't know if it has any benchmark-options, but Fraps should do the trick. It's not the most shining game technically speaking, but still uses some shaders. VS 1.1/PS1.4 for characters' eyes&skins, VS 1.1/PS1.1 for the "Bullet Time Tone Remap"-effect and VS1.1/PS1.1 for the characters' shadows blur&fade-effects.

 

[Tahir2]

Using the most popular games as benchmarks is all fine and dandy but there is a diverse taste out there. I would suggest something like an RTS (Rome:Total War is out soon - look at AoM). The other problem is that IHV's (ALL OF THEM) can concentrate on 'optimisations' for a select few games and engines which SOMETIMES nullify any data obtained.

Get rid of RtCW due to the reasons you mention and SS:SE too IMHO.

Use less well known games to 'beat the cheats.' Aquamark3 might be a good choice but I haven't seen it so I can't comment. I would look at www.aceshardware.com (yea I know big mistake referring to another review site, but what the hell we are all grown up here) and have a look at what they do in their reviews for CPU's. One thing to note is that some benchmarks they use in my experience have a very high margin of error.