How do you do your bench-marking?

[Aleks]

I plan on picking up a 980 on boxing day and I wold like to compare my 670 benchmarks to the 980. It is honestly my first time going about this, how do you guys do it? Do you use any software? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[xnoobftw]

With 3dmark that is going on 80% sale right now GO GET IT EMERHARRGGGDD 

Or you can use unigine valley/heaven (i personally think heaven is better as it is more demanding) 

[Aleks]

With 3dmark that is going on 80% sale right now GO GET IT EMERHARRGGGDD 

Or you can use unigine valley/heaven (i personally think heaven is better as it is more demanding) 

Am I able to record benchmarks from other games with 3Dmark? Or is it just a one benchmark kind of thing.

[Volbet]

I use Unigin Heaven, 3DMark 11 (You can pick up the newer version for cheap on steam) and some games.

The games I use are usually Tomb Raider 2013, Metro: Last Light and Crysis 3. 

[felixbearpig]

i run it on 3dmark on extreme and i feel how smooth it is, as long as its mostly 60 im fine

[ShadowCaptain]

I prefer to just run actual game benchmarks, either the included benchmark tools (like in batman for example) or just running a specific part of a level and comparing

[xnoobftw]

Am I able to record benchmarks from other games with 3Dmark? Or is it just a one benchmark kind of thing.

it isnt a recording software! Think of it as a software that pushes your GPU to the max (It's like running a game but you cant actually play it)

A score will come out at the end which you can compare it with others!.

If you wanna record benchmarks from many games you could use metro last light/crysis 3 etc 

[xnoobftw]

Am I able to record benchmarks from other games with 3Dmark? Or is it just a one benchmark kind of thing.

However synthetic benchmarks scores are more common as compared to FPS of different games(like crysis 3 etc) as more people are accustomed to comparing their scores of synthetic benchmarks!!

TL:DR = Use synthetic benchmarks such as 3Dmark/Unigine Heaven/ Unigine valley if you wanna compare with others OR use games such as crysis3 (the most demanding game out there IMO) if you wanna find your max OC

 

[Toddwjp]

What ever benchmark you run, run it several times, thermals can effect the first run and give it a slightly better score as its starting from cold

[Aleks]

it isnt a recording software! Think of it as a software that pushes your GPU to the max (It's like running a game but you cant actually play it)

A score will come out at the end which you can compare it with others!.

If you wanna record benchmarks from many games you could use metro last light/crysis 3 etc 

Yea that is what I thought . I will pick up 3DMark for sure! Thanks!

[xnoobftw]

Yea that is what I thought . I will pick up 3DMark for sure! Thanks!

No problem  

[Zach's Tech Tips]

3d mark. is pretty good and see if you can beat my score on skydiver i got 35816 and am currently 78 on the leaderboard http://www.3dmark.com/hall-of-fame-2/sky+diver+3dmark+score+performance+preset/version+1.0/1+gpu my name on the board is zach-5873

 

I plan on picking up a 980 on boxing day and I wold like to compare my 670 benchmarks to the 980. It is honestly my first time going about this, how do you guys do it? Do you use any software? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[Humbug]

Do it using actual games, either with a built in benchmark or some repeatable sequence using FRAPs. Make sure vsync is switched off.

Much better and makes more sense than using synthetic benchmarks anyway.

[KemoKa]

Do several games. Synthetic (or even realistic) benchmarks aren't always as helpful nowadays. I got burned for this a little while back.

[Horrorfull]

Firestrike

Firestrike Extreme

Valley

Heaven

3d Mark 11

 

Pick your poison