The Origin of Speed: Origin's Genesis Gaming System
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3DMark06 is an aging benchmark now, but it still serves as a useful benchmark of GPU capability, particularly when combined with its bigger brother, 3DMark Vantage. We ran the test at default settings and looped it three times to obtain a more reliable result. Texture and AA settings were left in the default position (optimal and off respectively). |
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The latest version of Futuremark's synthetic 3D gaming benchmark, 3DMark Vantage, is specifically bound to Windows Vista-based systems because it uses some advanced visual technologies that are only available with DirectX 10, which isn't available on previous versions of Windows. 3DMark Vantage isn't simply a port of 3DMark06 to DirectX 10 though. With this latest version of the benchmark, Futuremark has incorporated two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, in addition to support for the latest PC hardware. We tested the graphics cards here with 3DMark Vantage's Performance preset option, which uses a resolution of 1280x1024. As always, tests were looped 3x. |
When we move to the newer 3DMark Vantage, the gap between the GTX 275's in SLI and the quad-GPU Origin Genesis configuration increases to 21 percent. Given the performance pattern we've seen thus far, it's likely that the gap between the Genesis and its competitors would continue to widen as detail levels and AA/AF levels increased.
