What res is permitted for PCMark05?

[Barton]

What screen resolutions are permitted for PCMark05?

 

Or is there only one resolution allowed?

 

If so what is that one?

[Maxi]

The default which is not configurable in the benchmark settings. If you see people changing this somehow or running in windowed, mode feel free to report their results.

[Barton]

I don't understand this requirement.

 

Is it about the Windows screen size or something else?

 

By Windows screen size, I mean the resolution settings for the display, the monitor.

 

Some small old monitors run at 640x480 or 800x600.

 

Others run at 1024x768 or 1100x800 (estimated).

 

Newer ones run at 1280x1024 or even higher.

 

So what I'm asking is if the rules require any particular monitor resolution for PCMark05?

[Massman]

You can use any desktop resolution you want. The benchmark resolution must always be the standard resolution.

 

In the past, many people ran 1024x768 for 3DMark03, for instance.

[Barton]

Thank you. I'm beginning to understand. A few more questions if you would.

 

1) What is the benchmark resolution for PCMark05?

 

2) How would people change that if they do?

 

3) Where would we see that in the submission screenshots if the resolution has been changed?

 

4) Where did the Orb show the benchmark resolution back when some users used the Orb rather than screenshots?