3Dmark 03 or 05?

[woot7800GT]

Quick question: What should I download, 3Dmark 03 or 3Dmark 05?

 

[beedubaya]

3DMark05 is more recent, and a 6600 GT should do very well on it....at least 3500. Both are real good benchmarks.

 

[Nubius]

both, and hell probably even 01 and aquamark while you're at it.

I bet your 6600GT gets around 3300 or so in 3dmark05

And possibly 8k or so in 3dmark03

 

[woot7800GT]

What do the scores mean? How do I interpret the data into stats I can actually use?

 

[Nubius]

you compare them with people with similar setups

 

[woot7800GT]

So basically it just gives me a number. Is it testing the whole system or just the GPU?

 

[an0nym0us]

it tests the GPU mainly, but i mean if you have your 6600GT on a socket A with 266 fsb it will be completely different than an A64 or P4 HT

 

[Nubius]

03 and 05 are basically just the GPU, 01 and aquamark test the system as a whole more