AquaMark3 - Post your TRISCORE ! (PC specs also, please)

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First of all - AquaMark3 is a nice free benchmarking utility based on the game-engine used in games like aquanox and spellforce. After you run the test it provides you with a "TRISCORE" which is a quite realistic estimate of the gaming performance of your pc. AquaMark3 is a DirectX 9 benchmark. But since it's based on a real game engine it has fallbacks to DirectX 8 and even DirectX 7.

So, I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of scores you guys and gals get with your CRPG rigs ;D

Also, all of you with older PC's please participate, It would be very interesting to see the scores of old rigs too.

It's only a 60meg download (as opposed to the 600megs of 3dmark06) and you can get it here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=673

The test only takes a few minutes, not half an hour like 3dmark.

I'm in the market for a new videocard and I was benchmarking my current one (to compare when I get the new one installed) using aquamark3 - and that is where I got the idea for this thread. Please run the default benchmark in 1024x768 if possible so that the scores really compare.

So, I'll start this with my own results:

I'm running an Athlon64 3000+ with a gig of ram and a Geforce 7600GS (256mb)
and here's the triscore I got:

GFX - 8,343
CPU - 8,549
OVERALL - 56,074

With this system I can run all the modern games fine in 1024x768 (like bioshock, stalker, two worlds , neverwinter2 etc) but I'm preparing for Clear Sky and TW: Temptation :D
 
GFX: 11,697
CPU: 11,280
TOTAL: 72,875

Intel P4 Extreme Edition 3.73ghz
3gig RAM
PNY Geforce 8800GTX
 
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I'm running an Athlon64 3000+ with a gig of ram and a Geforce 7600GS (256mb)
and here's the triscore I got:

GFX - 8,343
CPU - 8,549
OVERALL - 56,074

With this system I can run all the modern games fine in 1024x768 (like bioshock, stalker, two worlds , neverwinter2 etc) but I'm preparing for Clear Sky and TW: Temptation :D

I've got a very comparable system: AMD 64 3000+, a gig of ram and a 7800GS (256MB). The weird thing is that you get a higher cpu value(while it's the same), but a lower overall.

gfx 8.69
cpu 7.99
overall 56.226
 
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It won't run for me, I get the famous MS error report!!
 
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Thanks guys, very interesting. This is what I was hoping for!

Now, I got a 8600GT really cheap at a local store. It has 512mb of memory and it cost only 95eur. I sold my old one for 50eur so I spent 45eur to upgrade. So what are the results? Did this upgrage make any sense? Let's see:

My new aquamark triscore (with nothing but the GPU changed, same driver version too):

GFX: 11,142
CPU: 8,628
OVERALL: 67,719

Not bad for an Athlon3000+ with only a gig of ram!

The cpu score also seems to have gone up a bit, perhaps the CPU somehow has less work now due to a more powerfull graphics processor?

Now this, to me, is a very good result and a very nice improvement for 45eur.
That's 11,645 more points.

I am a very happy panda. I'm gonna go play some two worlds and stalker now.
 
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Core 2 Duo 6750 (2.66GHz)
2 GB RAM
GeForce 8800GTS (320MB)

GFX 25,752
CPU 13,011
OVERALL: 129,430

That system is fairly new though, at least for me. Was a steal too (pre-made rig, nothing customized). I'm pretty happy with it.

It replaced my old computer which died about two months ago (P4 2.2GHz with 1.5GB Ram and a GeForce 6600GT)... I don't think I would have tried the Benchmark with that one. ;)
 
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@Arhu: Wow that's very high-end :D You rich son of a.. uh... rich?

129k eh? Howcome narpet's score is only 73k.. only 5k higher than mine?
He has more ram and the same GPU, his processor is single-core though...
Could the multi-core thing make that much of a difference in these kinda cases?!

But arhu has more than twice the GFX score compared to narpets.. with the same model gpu...

interesting!
 
@Arhu: Wow that's very high-end :D You rich son of a.. uh... rich?

Hehe, no, not really rich. It must have been available for over a year too, I think, and it has to last for several years again. I had suffered long enough, I couldn't enjoy the latest games for some time now. Vampire Bloodlines was the last one that was more or less playable.

I'm happy that I had to go for a completely new configuration, because there are limits on how profitable it is to upgrade only selected parts. Building one of my own like I did before would have been too expensive.

As for the difference in score regarding narpet's and mine, I guess it's due to my processor being dual core.
 
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Oops. You're right, it's a GTS. I updated my post above.
 
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Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.99 GHz
2 GB RAM (OCZ Reaper @ 2.2 V)
Powercolor ATI X1950 Pro 512 MB (PCI-E x16)

GFX: 17,040
CPU: 15,347
Overall: 109,586

Not too shabby for a budget rig...
 
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GFX 24.933
CPU 13.985
131.822

2x8800GTX 2*768mb
Intel Quad 6600
2gb Ram (Corsair XMS2-6400 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 4-4-4-12)

I do not think Aquamark uses Quad or SLI.
 
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Core 2 Duo 6750 (2.66GHz)
2 GB RAM
GeForce 8800GTS (320MB)

GFX 25,752
CPU 13,011
OVERALL: 129,430
@JemyM I think it's quite strange that your config would be less on GFX. You have a SLI config I presume and with the best (the very best is the 8800 ultra) GFX card out there.
It's no suprise that the cpu gets only a slightly higher score -> quad cores aren't really used in games like they should be (yet).
 
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I'm running an Athlon64 3000+ with a gig of ram and a Geforce 7600GS (256mb)
and here's the triscore I got:

GFX - 8,343
CPU - 8,549
OVERALL - 56,074

With this system I can run all the modern games fine in 1024x768 (like bioshock, stalker, two worlds , neverwinter2 etc) but I'm preparing for Clear Sky and TW: Temptation :D

Depending on what you are using the machine for I'd say that you run a risk of the low RAM being a bottleneck.

On a P4-3.0GHz, 2GB ram, Geforce 6800GS gpu with 256MB.

GFX - 9204
CPU - 8918
OVERALL - 60711

The only installed games that I dont run at max settings and 1024x768 or higher resolution are Gothic 3 (mainly due to the loading "pauses" rather than framerate) and Neverwinter Nights 2 (havent tried this with later patches though).

I wonder how the various 8600 cards measure up to the top of the line of the previous generation (7800? I'm not very up to date on this). I tend to usually go for the top of the last generation when I buy PC parts.

EDIT: If it makes any difference I ran the test with all my normal background crap, including the internet connection, up and running.
 
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@JemyM I think it's quite strange that your config would be less on GFX. You have a SLI config I presume and with the best (the very best is the 8800 ultra) GFX card out there.
It's no suprise that the cpu gets only a slightly higher score -> quad cores aren't really used in games like they should be (yet).

Yeah, I was thinking that it might have something to do with my drivers. I also did not spend any effort in optimization, I ran the test with all programs running in the background and I might have forced antialiasing/qa in the drivers.
 
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GFX 24.933
CPU 13.985
131.822

2x8800GTX 2*768mb
Intel Quad 6600
2gb Ram (Corsair XMS2-6400 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 4-4-4-12)

I do not think Aquamark uses Quad or SLI.
Yeah, I doubt it also. You should pop open the resource meter and watch the processor graphs while the benchmark is running. I wouldn't be surprised to see two of your four cores idling. I think I'll do the same when next I'm booted into windows just to see if it uses both cores on mine. I just assumed it did since it also has that option for Hyper Threading for the P4/Xeons and it would seem silly to add HTT support and not threading for multiple CPUs ...
 
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I'm thinking of doing some minor overclocking. At least my CPU, perhaps the Vga card also. I've been doing some reading from the net, too.

Any OC experts here?
 
I'm thinking of doing some minor overclocking. At least my CPU, perhaps the Vga card also. I've been doing some reading from the net, too.

Any OC experts here?
Not an expert, but I can give you some advice.
  1. Determine if you are willing to destroy the parts you intend to attempt over clocking.
  2. If using your existing hardware, research it and determine your possible gains to determine if it will be worth the trouble and risk.
  3. If you intend to purchase new hardware, research the most stable and known well performing parts.
  4. Research what folks are doing on your motherboard and what has been successful and what has not.
  5. Don't even think of using a cheap power supply or motherboard :)
  6. Before you begin, start a journal. In that journal, make a grid of all of the values you will be playing with on the X axis, and use the Y axis descending to record your incremental values. This will prove invaluable as you progress in baby steps to determine your maximum stable values. The X axis should have things like CPU Freq, VCore, Vmem, VFSB, Mem Ratio, Temp idle, Temp Load, etc.
  7. Test each incremental change with a small run of Prime95 and any of several other stress testing tools. Play a few games, stress the system.
  8. When you think you've found the 'sweet spot' run Prime95 for days and observe system stability, then continue with other tests until you are satisfied.
Do the research, start slow and resist the urge to just OC the hell out of it right away and you'll be a lot better off.

My 2c.
 
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Thanks, all good info. However, I'm gonna a do a very carefull & modest OC.
I don't think I'm going to even up any of the voltages.
 
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