3DMark 06. New notebook line-up (new buyers please submit)

If u dont mind, give us your GPU-Z pix as well ^^
P/s: 3dmark often higher in vista but not that ~ 1300 point higher as in this case. It 's just slightly higher, usually 50 ~ 150 point difference is acceptable

 

Ok, just ran some Crysis benchmarks and I'm pretty satisfied. Keep in mind I have the baseline 1999 MBP, stock Boot Camp drivers and no OC.

1024 x 768 w/ all medium settings
Silky smooth. Probably 90% of the time I was looking at 40+ fps. Heavy combat usually stuck above 30fps and more often low to mid forties.

1280 x 800 w/ all medium
Roughly the same as above though with a few fps shaved off here or there.

1280 x 800 w/ mixed high and medium, ie high texture, particles and water, medium everything else. Probably would be my optimal setting. You still get most of the eye candy, an average of high twenties fps but very seldom dipping below 20.

1440 x 900 w/ mixed settings as above
Still very playable, average of about 20-23 fps, but in heavy combat you'll dip into the high teens at times.

1440 x 900 w/ all high (just for giggles)
Unplayable. 5fps max.

Not bad in my opinion, especially since I'm not really into heavy FPS games like Crysis. My bet is that with some laptopvideo2go drivers, a modest overclock (no thanks) and a nice custom setting for Crysis you can get some very good performance.





edit: has anyone figured out how to enabled the 9400 in XP?

 

wow,i guess those are very good results for mbp-

1)why didn't you try l2g drivers?
2)was it hot?

 

I'm definitely going to grab some l2g drivers, just haven't had a chance. I still want to put it through a battery of tests on all stock settings.

Surprisingly, no it did not get very hot at all. The fans spin up, but not all that loud. The best thing about the new build is that the GPU is now in the upper left as opposed to the last-gen MBP which, I believe, had it right under the left palm rest. The few times I gamed on a SR MBP I remember my palm getting pretty toasty. If you touch the bezel up above the keyboard it's still quite hot , but not really near the palm rests or keyboard.

 

good good!and if you letter post some results with l2g,it will be even better,still, + rep for you

 

Thanks for the benchies! +rep

So then, what do you guys figure the improvement over this would be with 4gigs of ram, higher CPU and 512mb video?

(I'm talking base config vs $2,499 config)

 

I tried this today. Turns out that the free edition I downloaded could not run in 1280*1024. Only when I upgraded to the professional edition I got acces to 1280*1024.

 

Yup, it's weird why they do that and that's why it can get very confusing for inexperienced people to run the free version of 3dmark06 and compare their results to other reviews using the professional edition.

 

Well, based on that screenshot Apple didn't underclock the 9600M GT in the MBP at all since 500MHz Core/1250MHz Shader/1600MHz Memory is precisely what nVidia supports. Although realistically Apple didn't underclock the previous 8600M GT much either since Apple clocked it at 470MHz Core and 1270MHz Memory while nVidia max was 475MHz Core and 800MHz Memory for DDR2 and 1400Mhz Memory for DDR3.

There is an nVidia FAQ article that said that the 9400M is disable under Bootcamp by design.

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243

 

Strangely the default resolution for my MBP is 1280x1024 and I can't make it run in 1280x800 for the basic edition.

 

bump c'on guys

 

Not really a benchmark, but I've been running both MAss Effect and TF2 in 1440 x 900, all high and V sync, buttery smooth.

 

Not very impressive.

 

2189. 1280*800. Xp Sp3.

 

MacBook Pro 2.53ghz ... 3dMark '06 = 5302 (on bootcamp Win XP Sp3)

 

@Mikespit1: can you maybe run Fraps and hit us with a couple of screenshots? That would be awesome, cheers!

@PhilFlow: is that the Macbook 9400? Because it can't be the Macbook Pro, that score is even lower than my 8600m GT...

@Mike105: that's not a bad score actually, can I ask what drivers?

Keep'em coming guys!

 

I used the standard drivers, whatever bootcamp installer put. I will try to reinstall the drivers later on and rerun the test ... and also i used native resolution (1440x900)

 

Yes Macbook 2.4Ghz stock.

 

3dmark06 - 5047
1400x900
2.53ghz 320gb7200rpm

 

So is there any way to get a gpu-z type screenshot of the 9400M?

 

How did that happen?

 

What do you mean how did that happen? Should this card be a lot stronger? That's tested on 1400x900... Are all of the other scores posted 1200x800 or what?

 

so what's the final verdict? What kind of 3dmark06 scores does the new MBP get and on what resolution does it get it?

 

Around 5000 at 1440x900, and around 5800 at 1280x800.

 

thanks. nice to know

 

has anyone tried the new forceware drivers? Supposed to be a huge gain in performance on some games.

 

I get 4000 from my HDX 1280/1024,so mbp should score~ 5500 on default.are you guys sure that you are running on high performance?