3DMark06, XP and 4850 X2

[stone_cold_Jimi]

I've made the unpleasant discovery that my nice new 4850 X2 doesn't rattle up a good 3DMark06 score in XP. It's about 1500 lower on a default run compared to my nice new GTX 260 216 in the same setup. Confirmation is found in the TweakTown review:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1646/sapphire_radeon_hd_4850_x2_in_crossfirex/index.html

So, great scores in 3DMark06 or Vantage in Vista, dismal score in '06 under XP. What's going on there? I find that enabling Crossfire adds very few fps over single 4850 performance; this seems true for UT3 as well as 3DMark. There must be a good reason for this. Any ideas?

 

[rounddodger]

Its 3dmark06, I wouldn't worry about it.

Do games play as fast?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

06 is old hat, run Vantage.

 

[iamTakeo]

06 is old hat, run Vantage.

Vantage Vista only no?

 

[reflux]

Meh, 3DMark is overrated. How many times have you thought "Oh yeah, I just can't wait to play 3DMark?" Games are what matters

 

[Lightnix]

Meh, 3DMark is overrated. How many times have you thought "Oh yeah, I just can't wait to play 3DMark?" Games are what matters

This, basically.

3DMark 06 is a benchmark. A benchmark is supposed to be indicative of the performance of your hardware. In actual applications the 4850 X2 will beat the GTX260. That makes 3DMark a useless application which gives you an arbitrary number when it's done.

 

[SinaiSound]

Meh, 3DMark is overrated. How many times have you thought "Oh yeah, I just can't wait to play 3DMark?" Games are what matters

What matters to who?

It's all fun isn't it?

What about those 1/4 mile car nutters? Shall we all go and tell them not to bother and just go driving on normal roads?

I've personally had better results in 3d06 in XP than Vista

What AI settings you running in the control panel? Everything on performance?