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shaneincottondale · 01-14-03, 01:40 PM

Word of advice on benchmarks: play with them, read the numbers, then move on. Benchmarks are so biased one way or another that you will never get anything reliable. I've run 3DMark2001 on all mine and my friends systems....my score is 8453 but I can't tell any difference whatsoever when using a pc with a 10000 score. "Wow, a benchmark says my Axim has an arbitrary number that I dont have a real world reference to, woe is me." The only thing I've found benchmarks are good for is bragging rights between friends. We've all sat around and not one person can tell a difference playing the same game or using the same app on a pc ranging from a 5000 to a 10000 score. Do you really think your eye can tell the difference if you get 3 or 4 fewer frames per second? Doubt it. If you get all involved in numbers, you will never be satisfied with anything because no matter what you buy there will always be something better. I'm not flaming you, just opening your eyes a bit about turning useless data into a religion. :P

my 2 cents
shane

01-14-03, 01:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
shaneincottondale Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cottondale, Alabama Posts: 146 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Word of advice on benchmarks: play with them, read the numbers, then move on. Benchmarks are so biased one way or another that you will never get anything reliable. I've run 3DMark2001 on all mine and my friends systems....my score is 8453 but I can't tell any difference whatsoever when using a pc with a 10000 score. "Wow, a benchmark says my Axim has an arbitrary number that I dont have a real world reference to, woe is me." The only thing I've found benchmarks are good for is bragging rights between friends. We've all sat around and not one person can tell a difference playing the same game or using the same app on a pc ranging from a 5000 to a 10000 score. Do you really think your eye can tell the difference if you get 3 or 4 fewer frames per second? Doubt it. If you get all involved in numbers, you will never be satisfied with anything because no matter what you buy there will always be something better. I'm not flaming you, just opening your eyes a bit about turning useless data into a religion. :P my 2 cents shane __________________ Time is our greatest teacher, however it kills all its students!