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3DMark Vantage |
3DMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed to test the DirectX10 performance of your graphics card. They've been making 3DMark for over 10 years, with each new edition using the latest 3D technology to determine real-world performance. A 3DMark score is an overall measure of your system’s 3D gaming capabilities, based on comprehensive real-time 3D graphics and processor tests. By comparing your score with those submitted by millions of other gamers you can see how your gaming rig performs, making it easier to choose the most effective upgrades or finding other ways to optimize your system. 3DMark is widely used by the PC industry, press and media as well as individual users and gamers, for comparing performance levels between whole systems or even specific components.
We chose all of the standard settings, and only changed the resolution to see how it impacted the final score of the Gigabyte 512MB 9800GT. All of the quality options were set to Performance, and none of the post processing was disabled.
| 3DMark settings |  |
| 1024x768 |  |
| 1280x1024 |  |
| 1680x1050 |  |
We see that the results drastically decrease as an ideal resolution increases. Most gamers play at 1280x1024 or higher. During game play, it is normally accepted that ~30FPS is playable. This does not apply to 3DMark scores, as it is an entirely different test, and does not reflect real-world results.
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