I thought it'd been stated that the hardware limitations would be the same for all the rounds in each division?

Except for Division VII, which is with legacy hardware. Initially the idea was to have 5 different platforms with each 1 benchmark every round, but after some feedback it was clear that would have been too much for participation. So we changed it to one distinct platform per round.

 

Apologies if this wasn't communicated properly

This should be fun even though I'am out my comfort zone -Dragon against nvidia2 all I got is second best if that .Hoping chip set ant a factor guess we will see

i have geforce 6200 agp 8x card 256 mb & hd 3450 agp8x 512mb cards. can i use any of them???

No, you'll need either GeForce 4 or Radeon 9000 series

can i use radeon 9550 256mb card?

Yup, that's a Radeon 9000 series graphics card!

just killed my abit nf7 poking around with DMM should know better by now I am blind as a bat I never learn- I'll be back

don't want to experiment with socket A. First time using this socket along with my first hdd [ide drive] and first ram sticks. just going with defaults.

I made preliminary check, due to a major problem on the website for me I can´t block atm - therefore I leave a notice here that you better read 3d99max verification rules again, nearly all screenshots are not valid

come on websmile I doubt anyone has any problem with any screen shots (maybe one) if anyone has a problem please speak up

 

my screens show all of this

 

3DMark99 Max benchmark settings

3DMark99 Max overall score

3DMark99 Max subtest scores

CPU-Z CPU tab

CPU-Z Memory tab

GPU-Z Graphics Card tab (Rivatuner may be used if GPU-Z fails to correctly report the GPU)

Major frustration, can't get Lobby to run even at stock.... ready to smash that fellow right in the sunglasses! Might have to resort to Win 7!

Grrrrrr I'm unable to run PCMark04... even on stock settings crashes to desktop after test 6 and that's it for my domination in this round.

Any ideas on what's the best OS for 3DMark99 MAX ?

Good job Tony and Mike.

You too Scotty, I got lucky with a good chip but I wish I had your efficiency. Hopefully next round is just as interesting. Congrats to everyone on a great competition.

Thank you all for great competition, it was a lot of fun, and next time I will start preparing earlier than a week before end.

Edited June 30, 20159 yr by phobosq

And I will start earlier than some hours before the end when I found my 9800 Pro does not work

Good job everyone.

Well done once again Tony

 

Thanks Scotty you too and thanks for answering any questions I had about this platform