Where is AquaMark 3.0?!

[G3ck0G33k]

More than two months ago, AquaMark wrote ( www.aquamark3.com/press_releases-20030321-gen-eng.htm ):

"AquaMark3 will be released shortly and will be available to download from www.aquamark3.com."

Huh? Two months is not "shortly". Is nVidia holding them back here too?! It does indeed look fishy by now.

 

[Himself]

After all the crap 3dmark03 is getting, maybe they don't even dare.

 

[Borg]

After all the crap 3dmark03 is getting, maybe they don't even dare.

Wasn't Aquanox heavily optimised towards NVIDIA cards? If so, why should the makers be afraid to release their benchmark?

 

[cho]

they are doing a deal with ati and nvidia

 

[PCGH_Thilo]

After all the crap 3dmark03 is getting, maybe they don't even dare.

Wasn't Aquanox heavily optimised towards NVIDIA cards? If so, why should the makers be afraid to release their benchmark?

aquanox 2 runs actually way faster on r300+ cards than on nv3x. at least if you activate AF.

 

[Doomtrooper]

Interesting, thanks Thilo..

Go figure.

 

[DegustatoR]

aquanox 2 runs actually way faster on r300+ cards than on nv3x. at least if you activate AF.

Than on what?.. NV34 and NV31, i suppose? 8)

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/5900u.html#p23

 

[Doomtrooper]

Ixbit= Credability Zero..

The Alpha Doom 3 Benchmark site, then actually make conclusion based on Warez.

Edit: We are talking Aquamark 3 here .

 

[Doomtrooper]

http://www.aquamark3.com/general_description.htm

Technically, AquaMark3 utilizes recent hardware features of the new DirectX 9 API, such as PixelShader 2.0, while staying fully backward compatible to DirectX 8 and 7 graphics hardware. The graphics and game engine features activated can be configured in fine detail to allow the performance measurement to be adjusted appropriately for the target system.

 

[PCGH_Thilo]

aquanox 2 runs actually way faster on r300+ cards than on nv3x. at least if you activate AF.

Than on what?.. NV34 and NV31, i suppose? 8)

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/5900u.html#p23

I am not talking about Aquamark 1 or Aquamark.

There is a huge framedrop on NV30/35U in comparison to R300/R350 when activating quality settings (FSAA, AF). the 2.159 beta patch helped the NV30/35 a lot when measuring raw performance (+25%) but not in quality settings.

the same "issue" is with unreal 2 btw. all other benchmarks we use here (nolf 2, indiana jones, ut 2003, serious sam 2) run great on NV30/35, but not these two special ones.

 

[T2k]

Ixbit= Credability Zero..

Agreed. Ridiculous site.