3DMark05...

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Save money, build it yourself.

The last time I looked at building my own it worked out a lot cheaper to just buy a high end pc

I found this computer cheaper to build and it's way better than my laptop that cost my parents £1300

This only cost me around £200

That timer is taking an awful long time, I want to see if my system will even be able to play 1 of the tests

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Scott

I found this computer cheaper to build and it's way better than my laptop that cost my parents £1300

This only cost me around £200

That timer is taking an awful long time, I want to see if my system will even be able to play 1 of the tests

All I know is that about 3 years ago I selected the the 'best' in terms of components, totted up how much it would cost to purchase them individually and then looked at similar systems for sale. It was a lot cheaper to buy a pre-built system. Presumably the computer companies like mesh or alienware buy in bulk and thus get cheaper components.

Well it's cheaper to buy and build your self now

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Scott

Well it's cheaper to buy and build your self now

Go on then

List the parts you'd buy for £250 (I'll give you a bit of leeway)

To build a HIGH END system....

(At least alienware type spec)

Nah because it's not high-end like all of yours *groans*

Mine is only:
AMD Duron 1.8GHZ
512MB DDR
40GB SeaGate Barracuda 7200RPM 2MB Cache
8GB Quantum FireBall SE
GeForce 4 MX 420
Creative SB 128
Syntax SV266A motherboard
Lite-On 56X CD-RW + DVD-ROM

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Scott

I found this computer cheaper to build and it's way better than my laptop that cost my parents £1300

Desktop PCs tend to be cheaper than laptops (for the same spec, I do realise you can get laptops for the same price as desktops). I think part of the reason is laptops still use a lot of custom designed parts, where as desktops (at least the cheaper ones) are just assembled with off the shelf parts.

[Bifta]

Someone has mentioned on the futuremark site that the phrase the countdown timer is showing is "DOWNLOAD" not "OWND" and it's just got the letters jumbled up, I'd say there's at least another week to wait yet.

[keithwalton]

3dmark '05 is out (has been for 1hr 45mins approximatly) I've run it on my p4 / 9800xt, and got 2507 first run (cat 4.9's) i then put beta 4.10's on and it boosted the score to 2970. Not bad improvement, linkie here, http://service.futuremark.com/compare?dm05=753
(note first bench was project 366 but its no longer published)

3k was what I was expecting to get and hit it pretty much on the nose. It looks good, runs like a dog though. It would appear there is a fair amount of driver tweaking to be done

k

I can't download it since you need PixelShader 2.0, which my card doesn't support

[Bifta]

4hrs to download ... meh

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Bifta

4hrs to download ... meh

One must have patience

I have SEVEN hours to wait

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

3dmark '05 is out (has been for 1hr 45mins approximatly) I've run it on my p4 / 9800xt, and got 2507 first run (cat 4.9's) i then put beta 4.10's on and it boosted the score to 2970. Not bad improvement, linkie here, http://service.futuremark.com/compare?dm05=753
(note first bench was project 366 but its no longer published)

3k was what I was expecting to get and hit it pretty much on the nose. It looks good, runs like a dog though. It would appear there is a fair amount of driver tweaking to be done

k

Does the 9800XT support PS2.0? I've never owned one so I've no idea, if it doesn't then I doubt you'll ever see 3dmark 05 giving better benchmark scores.

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Does the 9800XT support PS2.0? I've never owned one so I've no idea, if it doesn't then I doubt you'll ever see 3dmark 05 giving better benchmark scores.

Yes, even the 9600 does

Only nvidia's new card support PS3

[Bifta]

My mistake, I was thinking of SM2.0b