Standard Def Steve wrote:

The thing is, back in 2005 SSE3 was the newest instruction set. All of the CPUs I tested had SSE3. 2005's CPU test was multithre […]
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mrau wrote:

theres probably a "reward" for additional instruction sets?

The thing is, back in 2005 SSE3 was the newest instruction set. All of the CPUs I tested had SSE3. 2005's CPU test was multithreaded, but I think it could only realistically take advantage of 2 cores. Going back to instructions sets, I suppose it could all boil down to SSE2 performance. Starting with Core 2, Intel really kicked up the performance of the SIMD unit.

386SX wrote:

3dmark2006 with a P-III is quiet impressive considering the cpu.

I only tested 03 and 05 on the PIII. 😀

I tested Celeron Tualatin with 3DMark 06 :

First 3DMark that requires SSSE3 instruction set is Time Spy (CPU test only).
VRMark needs SSE4.1 😁

agent_x007 wrote:

I tested Celeron Tualatin with 3DMark 06 : […]
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Standard Def Steve wrote:

The thing is, back in 2005 SSE3 was the newest instruction set. All of the CPUs I tested had SSE3. 2005's CPU test was multithre […]
Show full quote

mrau wrote:

theres probably a "reward" for additional instruction sets?

The thing is, back in 2005 SSE3 was the newest instruction set. All of the CPUs I tested had SSE3. 2005's CPU test was multithreaded, but I think it could only realistically take advantage of 2 cores. Going back to instructions sets, I suppose it could all boil down to SSE2 performance. Starting with Core 2, Intel really kicked up the performance of the SIMD unit.

386SX wrote:

3dmark2006 with a P-III is quiet impressive considering the cpu.

I only tested 03 and 05 on the PIII. 😀

I tested Celeron Tualatin with 3DMark 06 :

3DMark06 6800GT + Tualatin 1.56GHz mini.png

First 3DMark that requires SSSE3 instruction set is Time Spy (CPU test).
VRMark needs SSE4.1 😁

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I'm finding 3DMark05--particularly its CPU test--to be a VERY interesting benchmark. In my last post, I noted how strong the C2Q and i7 processors were in the 3DMark05 CPU tests. Well, it looks like Phenom II is also very strong here. A 1090T cruising along at 4069 MHz:

Firefly forest is still a heavy demo isn't it? I was amazed first time I saw it running even if very low frame rate (I think I had a 9500 Pro back then).

386SX wrote:

Firefly forest is still a heavy demo isn't it? I was amazed first time I saw it running even if very low frame rate (I think I had a 9500 Pro back then).

Nah, it's just completely bound by single-threaded CPU performance. Actually, all of 3DMark05 is CPU limited on anything faster than a Geforce 8800.