Benchmark Question/results

[GNX547]

I just purchased my first gaming PC - have been using Mac's since 1988 - ok enough laughing :). The PC is shipping and the following benchmarks were run and sent to me. How does one use this information? I wanted to make sure I could get at least a few years out of the box.

3D Mark 05 Results
System Score 11290
CPU Score 9823.00

PC Mark 05 Results
System Score7551
CPU Score 6731
Memory Score 5461
Video Score 8661
Hard Drive Score 5803

System below
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz, FSB1066, 4 MB L2)
Asus P5WDH Deluxe Wireless Edition
2 x 1024MB Corsair XMS CM2X1024-5400C4 DDR2-667
Samsung SyncMaster 20.1" Flat-Panel 5ms - LCD Monitor
Asus EN7900GTX 512MB
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATAII
Antec P180 Mid Tower Case (black)
Seasonic S12 Series 600W Power Supply
Thermalright SI-128 Heatsink w/ 120mm Scythe Fan
2 x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 1600RPM 120mm S-FDB Fan
Windows XP Pro OEM SP2

[XJnine]

You've got about as good of a system as you can get right now. Other than DirectX10 compatibility you should be able to do some pretty good gaming with that thing for a few years.

Since the motherboard is SLI compatible you can always add another 7900GTX down the road to boost your graphics performance.

Nice purchase, enjoy your system! If you don't mind me asking, how much did that set you back and where did you order it from?

[GNX547]

Puget Systems $2,940 for the system. Best Buy for the Samsung $364. I don't tinker with PC's at this point so the price was worth it for me.

[GIBSON]

That's a very nice system. You'll have fun with it for quite some time I think.

[tomato]

HOLY SH*T, that's quite the "first PC" you've got yourself there... You should be sitting pretty for the next while and be able to run any game that you wish (jerk :P)

Welcome to Bjorn3D ;) :)

[Bio-Hazard]

Nice top of the line rig you got going on there, it should last you a little while at least..............;)

[Kougar]

Assuming you can get used to Windows, that system should blow you out of the water in the performance difference from any but the most recent Mac desktop. It's about one of the best set ups you could get. DirectX 10 will only be a concern if you plan to upgrade to Vista, otherwise that system will be all you need for 3+ years... ;)

[werty316]

Very sweet setup and now all you need is a DX10 GPU to go with it once they are out.

[dukeman]

nice setup. it is all top notch parts. i love it when i company uses good brand name parts instead of cheap crap but still charge the customer top dollar for it.

that is all some pretty good scores. now you need to oc it and see what it can do.

[Gray]

HOLY SH*T, that's quite the "first PC" you've got yourself there...

Ya my first "PC" was a 486DX 40Mhx, 28,800 modem, 2Mb vid card and I think 4Mb of Ram.

My first mac you don't wanna know those specs. lol.

Man this IS a nice first PC, That will keep you having fun for quite some time. I hope I can get that sys next year. ;)

[Xero (1)ne]

im currently trying to get XP on a Hewlet Packard Legend(painted over the model number) 58mb ram lawl:lol:

[GNX547]

First computer (and I was out of college for 3 years all ready) I bought was a Mac SE in 1987 - 2 mg RAM, 20 mg HD, 9" B&W screen (512x342), 8mhz 68000, at $3,500 or about what my new set up cost with the Monitor :)

BTW, the new computer arrived and its real nice. Have to still work on getting Teamspeak audio through headphone with game sounds - but so far so good. Very quiet - fans are pushing air through but not very loud at all.

[GIBSON]

First computer (and I was out of college for 3 years all ready) I bought was a Mac SE in 1987 - 2 mg RAM, 20 mg HD, 9" B&W screen (512x342), 8mhz 68000, at $3,500 or about what my new set up cost with the Monitor :)

BTW, the new computer arrived and its real nice. Have to still work on getting Teamspeak audio through headphone with game sounds - but so far so good. Very quiet - fans are pushing air through but not very loud at all.
That was actually a decent amount of ram compared to the hd. If we were to have as much ram as a 10th of the hdd now :lol:

[GNX547]

Yep - great purchase form Puget Systems. Open box, pull out computer, place computer in desk, connect keyboard, connect monitor, connect internet, plug into battery backup system. Turn on and off we go. Plug and play no problems.

Performance excellent - I have been playing a game called WW2OL since November 2002 - yeah I know the graphics are just ok but the game play is second to none if you gave the game some time.

Anyway on the Mac I was seeing maybe 15 to 20 fps in heavy town fighting (figure 100 players on the ground and a dozen planes or more in one town). Very difficult to play infantry at low fps. Now I am seeing 45 to as high as 75 fps in town in heavy battles, and over 90 at forward bases, and 100+ flying.

The game is getting a new rendering engine/routine in the next 6 months or perhaps later but that should help performance.