Not for everyone, I know, but I've often used the Basic (Free) Edition to benchmark my machine and to test the effectiveness of upgrades. However, having to sit through the demos does become a tad tedious and unnecessary, but I'd rather do that than pay £18.99 for the full version. However this week it's been reduced to £3.79 on Steam so for that price I think it's worth grabbing it while you can.
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neoboy
30 Dec 153#16
Tempted but I run my games on a potato.
gupsterg
30 Dec 153#9
A few things I've used it for:-
i) looping 3dmark firestrike graphics test 1 to check for artifacts when OC'ing graphics card
ii) tested bios mods I did to my video card to see if they were improving performance
iii) seeing if increasing CPU clock was improving graphics score, so for example on my original i5 4690K I'd need 1.26v to reach 4.6GHz but only 1.18v for 4.4GHz . As 4.4GHz was getting same graphics score as 4.6GHz I saw no point using the 4.6GHz profile.
Like OP said in opening post not for everyone but for those that do use it at this price heat worthy IMO.
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Danglos
30 Dec 151#1
Tempted but I'm running an EVGA 980 Ti FTW @1080p so until I buy a better monitor it eats every game so far!
gr8h8me to Danglos
30 Dec 15#8
Im running Evga 980TI OC with a Predator G-Sync X34 and don't feel the need to even get this software
ManMang0 to Danglos
30 Dec 152#14
Gratz
scott_87 to Danglos
31 Dec 15#17
Running dual SLI Titan X's here so I'm all good :man:
robtkerrigan to Danglos
31 Dec 15#19
I've got a 4gb 770 which seemed to be ok with this but if I sli it do you think the graphics increase would be worth it?
daBluone
30 Dec 151#2
Thanks OP
MikeLondon
30 Dec 152#3
I really want this but am just to stingy.
gupsterg
30 Dec 152#4
Heat added OP!
Just for anyone buying this deal once you've installed the Steam version go to the Help page in 3dMark and you can reveal the key and use it with a non Steam version of 3dMark.
sparx1981
30 Dec 15#5
Is this the latest one? I think i already have a few 3e mark apps so not sure if i have this already
jaydeeuk1
30 Dec 15#6
Good price for some willy waving software
junkshez
30 Dec 15#7
Don't see the point of this really, how much does the regular user even spend benchmarking?
It's better to find the benchmarks for your specific card online and spend this money on a game instead.
gupsterg
30 Dec 153#9
A few things I've used it for:-
i) looping 3dmark firestrike graphics test 1 to check for artifacts when OC'ing graphics card
ii) tested bios mods I did to my video card to see if they were improving performance
iii) seeing if increasing CPU clock was improving graphics score, so for example on my original i5 4690K I'd need 1.26v to reach 4.6GHz but only 1.18v for 4.4GHz . As 4.4GHz was getting same graphics score as 4.6GHz I saw no point using the 4.6GHz profile.
Like OP said in opening post not for everyone but for those that do use it at this price heat worthy IMO.
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i) looping 3dmark firestrike graphics test 1 to check for artifacts when OC'ing graphics card
ii) tested bios mods I did to my video card to see if they were improving performance
iii) seeing if increasing CPU clock was improving graphics score, so for example on my original i5 4690K I'd need 1.26v to reach 4.6GHz but only 1.18v for 4.4GHz . As 4.4GHz was getting same graphics score as 4.6GHz I saw no point using the 4.6GHz profile.
Like OP said in opening post not for everyone but for those that do use it at this price heat worthy IMO.
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Just for anyone buying this deal once you've installed the Steam version go to the Help page in 3dMark and you can reveal the key and use it with a non Steam version of 3dMark.
It's better to find the benchmarks for your specific card online and spend this money on a game instead.
i) looping 3dmark firestrike graphics test 1 to check for artifacts when OC'ing graphics card
ii) tested bios mods I did to my video card to see if they were improving performance
iii) seeing if increasing CPU clock was improving graphics score, so for example on my original i5 4690K I'd need 1.26v to reach 4.6GHz but only 1.18v for 4.4GHz . As 4.4GHz was getting same graphics score as 4.6GHz I saw no point using the 4.6GHz profile.
Like OP said in opening post not for everyone but for those that do use it at this price heat worthy IMO.