3D Rendering

3dsmax 6

For our 3dsmax test we used version 6 of the program and ran the SPECapc rendering tests to truly stress these CPUs.

3dsmax6 - SPECapc for 3dsmax

3D rendering performance has been improved tremendously thanks to the move to dual cores as well as the FP performance enhancements in Yonah.

The graphs below are the actual render times used in calculating the composite score shown above:

3dsmax6 - 3dsmax5 rays

3dsmax6 - CBALLS2

3dsmax6 - SinglePipe2

3dsmax6 - UnderWater

Gaming Performance Multitasking Performance
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  • fitten - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link

    I've wanted an AMD 64-bit laptop for a while so that was a good read and made me feel a bit better about Turions.

    One other interesting thing about Yonah is the power management capabilities. I'd be interested to see the upcoming dual core Turion specs there. For instance, the Yonah, when in battery conservation mode, can turn off a complete core and parts of the L2 cache. I can't imagine the dual core Turion not having similar things, though, it would really give Intel the edge.
  • tayhimself - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link

    UGH! I meant dual core Turion laptops in the last line
  • bhtooefr - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link

    Umm...

    Note that it said "Total System Power Consumption" in the graphs...
  • Viditor - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link

    Yup...my bad. (sorry for that Anand...)
    I really would like to get more info on the tests though. I understand that they have to keep the origins of the mobo quiet, but without the details it makes it very difficult to gauge exactly what and how the tests were conducted...

    I would also LOVE an "edit" function on these things...:)
  • Calin - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link

    How about the overclocking experience?

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