3DMark 11 and Windows 8

[Xzibit]

I can't understand why my Physics score is lower on W8 compared to W7.
I tried to update chipset drivers, BTW here is new version for W8
http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...ivers.com).exe
And here is results
http://3dmark.com/compare/3dm11/3926393/3dm11/3766319
What's wrong?

[The Goose]

are you running the latest phyx software,bare in mind you will get a low score anyway,maybe that w8 is a beta

[Redemption80]

It's Bullet, there is no software to install.

Could be a CPU thing, but i don't see how this would change in W8.
The physics score in 3D Mark11 will be also affected by the GPU drivers as it uses OpenCL for parts of it, so maybe try different drivers or maybe W8 has issues with OpenCL.

[Lane]

Maybe something between 3Dmark rigid body simulation (physic test ) and windows 8.

Looking windows8 is not officially out and Futuremark should not have been validated for it right now, having just lower score is not really the worst problem.

FM_Jarnis (Official Rep) 3 months ago
Windows 8 Consumer Preview and FM Benchmarks
Preliminary Windows 8 compatibility fix is now available. For benchmarking on Windows 8 Consumer Preview, install SystemInfo 4.8, available here:

http://www.3dmark.com/support/systemi...

This update applies to all currently supported Futuremark benchmarks (3DMark 03, 05, 06, Vantage, 11 and PCMark 05, Vantage and 7)

Note that until Microsoft releases Windows 8 RTM and FM benchmarks are validated against it, use of the products on the Beta operating system is officially unsupported. In other words; "Should work, but if it breaks in new and interesting ways, we cannot promise that we'll fix it until Windows 8 RTM version is available".

Video drivers for Windows 8 are also beta versions at the moment and that should be taken into account when comparing results.

[hclarkjr]

i just tried running on windows 8 RTM with the default built in driver that come with 8. locked my machine up. was using the latest version of it too

[dsbig]

I been having same issue

my windows 7 physic score is 9268 and stays around that with each test

my windows 8 physic score is 8916,8822,8865

it never the around same with each test. the score goes up and down with each test run

[max883]

its not just 3dmark11, windows 8 is bad in cpu intensive aplicatoins and games!

my score droped from 10.500 in win 7 to 8.700 in win 8!!!! using i7-2600k 5.ghz with multitreading off.

[Ragingun]

Originally Posted by max883

its not just 3dmark11, windows 8 is bad in cpu intensive aplicatoins and games!

my score droped from 10.500 in win 7 to 8.700 in win 8!!!! using i7-2600k 5.ghz with multitreading off.

It likely will as they update the benchmarks for hardware with each operating system.

[nicugoalkeper]

Originally Posted by Ragingun

It likely will as they update the benchmarks for hardware with each operating system.

+1 yes win 8 and 3dMark 11 is a bit funny until they update it.

[dsbig]

according to there site 3dmark 11 was already updated to fully work with windows 8...


but still the low scores...

[gerardfraser]

My setup with windows 8 is the same as windows 7-SLI 680- About 17500P-22000G.

I say windows 8 works the same or better then windows 7,just what I have experienced.

[slow_poke]

w8 scores less for me on physics since day 1 right up till present also, not a lot lower but enough to matter, and consistently

[Hubble]

For me, windows 7 scores approximately 400-500 points higher than windows 8 during the Physics test. The graphics test scores about 100 points higher as well.

[leopr]

I've the same "problem" (f*cked up physics score), at least with the new 3DMark there is no difference between W7/W8 scores.

[Valerys]

My 3DMark11 results are slightly lower for me too on Windows 8.