3DMark06 Available (and post your scores)

[jamesclarke555]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142457.html

[Ramrod]

Ohhhhhh! Looks nice!

[Bifta]

This is going to depress everyone just like 3d Mark 05 did when it crawled along on the CPU tests at like 2-3 fps (if you were lucky); still looking forward to it though as I haven't really upgraded anything since and it'll be interesting to see how poorly my machine stacks up.

[DocDutch]

looks sexy but I dont think my computer will be too happy with this or I wont be happy at all with the result.

specs:

P4 3.2GHz
Ram 1.5 GB of PC 2700
ATI X800XT not overclocked.

[Stephen]

I will give this a miss. My Athlon XP2100 struggled to run the 2005 version.

no disrespect intended, but I'm glad I don't worry about such things anymore, my PC will never be top of the range (got sick of wasting so much cash on it over the years) so if I want to play games, I use my XBox 360, works every time, no more downloading patches for the brand new game I've just bought, no more updates to sound/graphics cards etc just to get the thing working.
My PC just does internet now, word processing, and my new hobby, digital photography.

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by atlantis

no disrespect intended, but I'm glad I don't worry about such things anymore, my PC will never be top of the range (got sick of wasting so much cash on it over the years) so if I want to play games, I use my XBox 360, works every time, no more downloading patches for the brand new game I've just bought, no more updates to sound/graphics cards etc just to get the thing working.
My PC just does internet now, word processing, and my new hobby, digital photography.

Thats the way im going - PC Gaming is too much of a pain in the **** these days.

[Ramrod]

Wimps!

Im still an avid player of a game I first played in 2001 (Medal of Honor)I upgrade every year just cuz I can and play all the new FPS's but still come back to MoH.
As for 3dmark 2006 im gonna be interested to see what my x2 does if any

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Wimps!

LOL, true!

Agree with zinglebarb, MOH is 1st class, but now I can play them (FPS games) without worry on the 360. When I get good enough, I'll try to challenge you on COD2 (not that for a moment do I honestly think I'd beat you, the king)

I'll give it a go on my 9800 XT and P4 3.2GHZ Extreme Edition, even though it may just crawl (but it's good just to test it for stability).

Once I get my FX-55 and X850XT PE I'll run it again

[jamesclarke555]

Originally Posted by atlantis

no disrespect intended, but I'm glad I don't worry about such things anymore, my PC will never be top of the range (got sick of wasting so much cash on it over the years) so if I want to play games, I use my XBox 360, works every time, no more downloading patches for the brand new game I've just bought, no more updates to sound/graphics cards etc just to get the thing working.
My PC just does internet now, word processing, and my new hobby, digital photography.

Getting problems is half the fun

Your 360 not crashing then?

The only thing that bothers me is the current trend of jacking prices up for the best hardware, being an enthusiast is expensive work these days.

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Getting problems is half the fun

Your 360 not crashing then?

The only thing that bothers me is the current trend of jacking prices up for the best hardware, being an enthusiast is expensive work these days.

Agree in full with your 1st & 3rd comments. I used to chase techno, had to have the best mobo, fastest graphics cards, best sound cards/speakers, forever tweaking this, that and everything, and for what, a piece of game software bugged to death even before I get it on day of release
I counted up last night what I'd foolishly spent on PC gear and upgrades, and scared myself, nearly £9,000: shocked:
Never again.
Regarding the Xbox 360, I read about the crashing, and instead of the silly money I'd spent on PC gear, spent the outrageuos sum of 99p at Wilkinsons for 4 large tall rubber feet, stuck them on each corner of the power supply brick provided by microsoft, and never had probs since

[TheBlueRaja]

I would buy a 360 IF the games werent 40 quid plus, and thats online. Paying more than 30 quid seems way to steep IMO.