February 2, 201411 yr Author is the amd stage a single cpu or cpu thread? bit confusing Use 1 processor core(s) in total. for stage 4 is a dual gpu ok or not?like the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 800 Yes, allowed Am I to understand that we are allowed to disable cores for SC2?Because based on the the limitations and past competitions my understanding is that it must be ONE SINGLE CORE CPU and NO CORE DISABLING. Just wanna be clear so I'll know. Thank you... Disabling cores is never allowed, so the CPU must be single core.
February 2, 201411 yr How do I know if my gpu is allowed in the "Rare Vendor" 3dmark03 stage? What do you mean exactly for "Rare Vendor"?
February 2, 201411 yr There is a list of acceptable vendors in the stage page, under the rules of the stage. 'Only use SIS, XGI, Matrox, PowerVR, S3, 3DLabs, 3DFX videocards.'
February 2, 201411 yr Only use SIS, XGI, Matrox, PowerVR, S3, 3DLabs, 3DFX videocards. Are the on-board (chipset) graphics allowed ??? Are they considered to be videocards ???
February 2, 201411 yr The Pentium II stage says : Only use processors from the Intel Pentium 2 family. Is it ok to use PII based Celeron (Mendocino)?
February 3, 201411 yr Author can i use nvidia 610m? I'll add all the 610 variants. (so yes) Are the on-board (chipset) graphics allowed ??? Are they considered to be videocards ??? Yup allowed. They are considered videocards . The Pentium II stage says : Is it ok to use PII based Celeron (Mendocino)? All Processors allowed can be found under the hardware database, here: http://hwbot.org/hardware/processors#key=intel_pentium_2. So to answer your question: yes.
February 4, 201411 yr why no agp-only? so real cool classic cards like voodoo 5 are chanceles against modern s3 .__. i´ll try agp anyway >.< apart from that a nice fun-competition
February 4, 201411 yr Crew Voodoo won't run 3DMark 03. Just wondering - am I the only one who has a full set of hardware (though, pretty medium to fight for rankings)?
February 4, 201411 yr I have all except stage #1 which is mainly the matter of buying it. But will probably participate only stage #3 and #5.
February 4, 201411 yr Actually Voodoo4/5 can run GT1... however it requires some sw hacks via 3D analyze... http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1129&whichpage=64 3DMark03 runs with Alpha35 plus 3DAnalyze ( emulate Cube Maps ).Small texture problems at the front of the planes and with transparency at the windows. Result : 95 3DMarks with Voodoo4 PCI As for the hardware - I have everything except the GeForce GT610. Maybe I'll buy one.
February 4, 201411 yr Actually Voodoo4/5 can run GT1... however it requires some sw hacks via 3D analyze... Such tweaks are forbidden here @hwbot. It is forbidden to run benchmarks "indirectly".
February 4, 201411 yr Yes, I know. I think the best benchmark for voodos is the 3Dmark 2000. Most of them can run it at default settings - V2 SLI and up. 3Dmark 99 is bit too much CPU limited. It would be nice to have some competition with voodoos in the future.
February 4, 201411 yr Crew Actually Voodoo4/5 can run GT1... however it requires some sw hacks via 3D analyze...This way you can run even 3DMark 03/05 completely.
February 5, 201411 yr Crew i have a voodoo 3 pci and dont run 3dmark 03 !! it's ok. no voodoo can run the 3dmark03 natively.
February 5, 201411 yr this cpu is allowed?? http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/pentium_2_celeron_500mhz_s370/
February 5, 201411 yr Will 3d Analyze work with some of the other brand DX8 cards or is it Voodoo only? Would have been nice if the bench would have been 01 / AM3, have on hand cards from most of the vendors, only one that will do 03 by design. Edited February 5, 201411 yr by Aleslammer
February 5, 201411 yr Crew Will 3d Analyze work with some of the other brand DX8 cards or is it Voodoo only? Would have been nice if the bench would have been 01 / AM3, have on hand cards from most of the vendors, only one that will do 03 by design. it will work with other cards as well. but for dx8 cards it's mostly useless, because dx8 cards already have the features 3d analyze emulates natively.
February 5, 201411 yr it will work with other cards as well. but for dx8 cards it's mostly useless, because dx8 cards already have the features 3d analyze emulates natively. Confused for a bit; Wiki showing the Voodoo line as DX8 cards thus the statement, Vintage3d, DX7 as well as a few other sites. Actually played a few games on the cards should have remembered. Not seeing Matrox and 3Dlabs in the directory listing when browsing video cards, personally done a couple of Matrox cards.
February 5, 201411 yr Crew yeah, the cards support dx8 but have no dx8 features like pixel shading. etc.
February 5, 201411 yr Crew Aleslammer, anyway 3Danalyzer and stuff like that is forbidden at HWBot. Pixel shaders are required only for tests 2-4. First test doesn't need them (and works on GF4 MX without shaders). The problem is with features like Cube maps and other, the Futuremark whitepaper describes them. And that's what Voodoo doesn't support AFAIK. And the main one - how about 32-bit color on Voodoo? most of them don't support it.
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