Benchmarks + games for new laps to compare...

Im preparing to write a review about my new lap and would like to do some benchmarks, but not only 3Dmarks. I would like to do some game benchmarks as well so Im making a small list of games I should include.

I also thought it would be a good guide for newbies what to incluede in test to see how well/bad does the new laptop performs.

I would create a list of games/benchmarks with links to free/demo/trial versions so ppl can download them.

My small list:

3Dmark 2005
3Dmark 2006
[no point of testing 2003 and 2001 anymore]
CinemaBench 9.5
any other point giving benchmark??

F.E.A.R demo
Medieval 2: Total War [not sure about this one yet] demo
Half Life 2 demo
Bioshock demo
Crysis demo
Assasins Creed demo

how do You think this should be tested?? just Fraps??

please feel free to add to the list, we can select a list of 5-6 games that can show what the graphic card is capable of so people can write reviews that will be more consistent/comparable. This would be obviously upgraded/newer games added/old removed.

Let me know what do You think!

 

F.E.A.R, Bioshock, Crysis, Counterstrike, Oblivion, etc would be the most helpful.

edit: also overclocking + scores would also be very helpful. temperatures and battery life also :0

 

sweet, seeing how u got an ati hd2600!
for games, u can use fraps, but from what i heard it might lower the fps, but not by too much...

 

I wanted to do stock drivers w bloatware from manufacturer, then turn off/uninstall all unnecessary stuff and after that test after clean install. O/C also will be included.
What CS version is currently around?? I was thinking about Stalker as well. Maybe instead Oblivion.

 

Half-Life 2 and Counterstrike are good, but add in Lost Coast as well.

 

eeek, always update drivers (especially for a relatively new series card)

 

Ehm.. what is that game??
Why should it be included??

 

I am also planning on getting the 8510p (same configuration it seems too). If it is not too much trouble could you see how Battlefield 2 runs. If you don't have the game, you can use the demo here:

http://files.filefront.com/The+Battlefield+2+Demo/;3876613;;/fileinfo.html

It is still a taxing game, so it would be interesting to see how it performs.

 

Lost Coast is just a level created off of the Half-Life2 Engine. It includes the HDR lighting model that they implemented inside of Day of Defeat Source. You can read more at the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Lost_Coast

 

I'd say Medal of Honor: Airborne, World in Conflict, perhaps even GRAW2, even thought it's a bit unoptimised from what I've heard..

 

How about Pro Evolution Soccer 6? It's not the most graphically intensive game but it's a game that a lot of people play and it would be nice to see how it performs at higher resolutions. Personally I play it at 800x600 (high settings) on a P4 3 GHz/Radeon 9800 Pro to get a stable 60 FPS.

I don't think it's necessary to benchmark every shooter on the market.

 

RivaTuner does FPS as well as GPU Temp monitoring. I was told that there is less of an FPS hit than FRAPS.

 

I was going to say the same thing but then I thought.. maybe RivaTuner doesn't work with ATI. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

pes6 is a tight butt game, love it...though, not graphically intense, it delivers a great performance...used to run in all high on 1400*1050 with everything on high on mobility 9700....

 

At what framerate? I can go up to 1024x768 and still run at 60 FPS most of the time but it stutters just a bit more than at 800x600 which I find unacceptable.

 

dunno, it was running smooth as silk

 

I've already done the benchies for those games if you want to just skip them. I'll be posting soon

 

Ok. Nice. Keep us updated. I will br doing this post as some sort of guide soon.

 

Ok. The Guide is ready
Check it out here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2460732