Oh aquamark 3.. How I love thee

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 05:15 AM

IDK why but aq3 is by far my favorite benchmark. and i found some nifty x64 patch that lets me run it. i haven't had a good run of this in like 3 years at least. I remember the last time i ran it, i was squeezing just over 80k out of it. Man times have changed lol

The old Aquamark 3 score list

hat · Apr 10, 2010, 05:18 AM

Where is this 64-bit patch?

blkhogan · Apr 10, 2010, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hat

Where is this 64-bit patch?

Yes. Must have.

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 05:23 AM

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=62093

blkhogan · Apr 10, 2010, 05:24 AM

Really? How did I miss that so long ago.

Old age i guess.

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 05:27 AM

Lets see those scores people

sNiPeRbOb · Apr 10, 2010, 05:44 AM

There you go

and some tweaking

francis511 · Apr 10, 2010, 03:26 PM

What score did you get exodusprime ?

cadaveca · Apr 10, 2010, 03:31 PM

Rename the executable, if you have Crossfire. You'll get more points. I'd post screenies, but capture doesn't work in Crossfire.

tigger · Apr 10, 2010, 03:59 PM

Heres mine

Its been a long time since i have tried this

DOM · Apr 10, 2010, 04:01 PM

I couldnt get it to work with SLI

i get a higher score with one card

tigger · Apr 10, 2010, 04:05 PM

Funnily i ran it first with my card stock and got 138k,that score is with my card at 815/1100 and got 2k less,go figure.

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DOM

I couldnt get it to work with SLI

i get a higher score with one card

run in windows xp compat mode with desktop comp and color off

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francis511

What score did you get exodusprime ?

my score is on the first post

Black Panther · Apr 10, 2010, 04:12 PM

What nostalgia!

Aquamark was my very first benchmark tool, the first one I tried when I started benchmarking. I remember benchmarking my pc when it had the E4300, 2GB RAM and 8600GTS 256MB, on XP x86. If I find the old screenshots I'll post them here.

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cadaveca

Rename the executable, if you have Crossfire. You'll get more points. I'd post screenies, but capture doesn't work in Crossfire.

i renamed it to afrfriendlyd3d.exe, just to make sure.. and monitored it with msi afterburner to make sure it was working

sneekypeet · Apr 10, 2010, 04:44 PM

BTW, AM3 is very process aware, the more you can shut down in the background the higher AM3 will score

Ask AthlonX2 he was able to break 400K on a 275 anf a i5 750. Hopefully he will see this and drop a screen shot.

SLI is fail, best score I got was 223K and is seems to be on par with the 285 score in the OP when I was running 280's in SLI.

Also it is old enough to only use one core, so those who can drop to one core and clock farther can gain points as well

Black Panther · Apr 10, 2010, 05:18 PM

I think something's not quite right for me?

Here are my scores, the first one for the laptop and the second one for the desktop.
Both specifications are listed in my system specs.
Anyway, scores look kinda low to me?

Laptop:

Desktop:

Perhaps this is because I got Sli on the laptop and the 5970 has 2 gpu's ie CF?

@ Tigger (no offence

) your 4870 gets a marginally lower gpu score :/

sneekypeet · Apr 10, 2010, 05:21 PM

145 seems about right w/o major tweaking.

have you already renamed the .exe?

Both tests seem CPU bound/limited to me. when I hit 223K both scores were almost even.

Black Panther · Apr 10, 2010, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sneekypeet

145 seems about right w/o major tweaking.

have you already renamed the .exe?

I copied and replaced the 2 files from the x64 fix into the program files folder where am3 was installed.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised about cpu limiting for the desktop.

exodusprime1337 · Apr 10, 2010, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Panther

I copied and replaced the 2 files from the x64 fix into the program files folder where am3 was installed.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised about cpu limiting for the desktop.

as i stated and i'll put up some instructions in the first post

if you have crossfire change the file to afrfriendlyd3d.exe, and also set affinity by alt tabbing out and making sure it's all cores selected. also make sure that you turn everything off, think like running wprime or something, the bench is most definately cpu bound on almost all modern pc's. I just think that it's a fun bench.

tigger · Apr 10, 2010, 05:30 PM

BP why would i be offended

Your 5970 should score way higher than my 4870.

Black Panther · Apr 10, 2010, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigger

BP why would i be offended

Your 5970 should score way higher than my 4870.

You said it.

Problem is that it didn't score "way" higher

Black Panther · Apr 10, 2010, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by exodusprime1337

as i stated and i'll put up some instructions in the first post

if you have crossfire change the file to afrfriendlyd3d.exe

Desktop result after renaming the file

Weird

sneekypeet · Apr 10, 2010, 05:46 PM

there ya go, now you are in the game.

Look at my post a bit ago and try things like disabling the AV, I remember there was a ton of tricks to be found in the APK version of this bench

Apr 10, 2010, 05:15 AM	#1
exodusprime1337 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rhode Island, U.S.A Posts: 1,818 (0.91/day) Thanks: 138 Thanked 332 Times in 264 Posts System Specs	Oh aquamark 3.. How I love thee IDK why but aq3 is by far my favorite benchmark. and i found some nifty x64 patch that lets me run it. i haven't had a good run of this in like 3 years at least. I remember the last time i ran it, i was squeezing just over 80k out of it. Man times have changed lol The old Aquamark 3 score list __________________ Visit My CaseMod, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TOO!!!! Last edited by exodusprime1337; Apr 10, 2010 at 04:18 PM.

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Apr 10, 2010, 05:18 AM	#2
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Apr 10, 2010, 05:27 AM	#6
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Apr 10, 2010, 05:44 AM	#7
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Apr 10, 2010, 04:01 PM	#11
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Apr 10, 2010, 04:05 PM	#12
tigger I'm the only one Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HU5 1LL Posts: 7,189 (2.75/day) Thanks: 469 Thanked 940 Times in 773 Posts System Specs	Funnily i ran it first with my card stock and got 138k,that score is with my card at 815/1100 and got 2k less,go figure. __________________ http://img.techpowerup.org/110324/v6351cpuzvalj197.jpg ]Monster E6300 oc http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2163.html

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Apr 10, 2010, 05:18 PM	#18
Black Panther Senior Moderator™ Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,045 (3.23/day) Thanks: 2,165 Thanked 1,836 Times in 1,102 Posts System Specs	I think something's not quite right for me? Here are my scores, the first one for the laptop and the second one for the desktop. Both specifications are listed in my system specs. Anyway, scores look kinda low to me? Laptop: Desktop: Perhaps this is because I got Sli on the laptop and the 5970 has 2 gpu's ie CF? @ Tigger (no offence ) your 4870 gets a marginally lower gpu score :/ __________________ *My Great White Bengal build* Join the techPowerUp! Official Group on Facebook.

Apr 10, 2010, 05:21 PM	#19
sneekypeet Unpaid Babysitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 18,983 (7.32/day) Thanks: 3,033 Thanked 5,481 Times in 3,947 Posts System Specs	145 seems about right w/o major tweaking. have you already renamed the .exe? Both tests seem CPU bound/limited to me. when I hit 223K both scores were almost even. __________________ Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition

Apr 10, 2010, 05:30 PM	#22
tigger I'm the only one Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HU5 1LL Posts: 7,189 (2.75/day) Thanks: 469 Thanked 940 Times in 773 Posts System Specs	BP why would i be offended Your 5970 should score way higher than my 4870. __________________ http://img.techpowerup.org/110324/v6351cpuzvalj197.jpg ]Monster E6300 oc http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2163.html

Apr 10, 2010, 05:46 PM	#25
sneekypeet Unpaid Babysitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 18,983 (7.32/day) Thanks: 3,033 Thanked 5,481 Times in 3,947 Posts System Specs	there ya go, now you are in the game. Look at my post a bit ago and try things like disabling the AV, I remember there was a ton of tricks to be found in the APK version of this bench __________________ Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition

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