FutureMark : Bench Giant Interview
David Legrand le 09 février 2006 (10 685 lectures)
PCi : In the upcoming Microsoft's Windows Vista, 3D acceleration will have a direct influence over operating system's visual performances. Are you considering a new FutureMark's benchmark, testing windows moving speed, as in the good old days ?!
TS : Oh yes, and then some! While 3DMark will maintain its charter of a gaming performance benchmark, PCMark is going to be immensely more important product just because of Vista. In addition to gamers, 3D performance is now of great interest also to all corporate and home PC users !
Vista : prochain terrain de jeu de la 3D ?
PCi : Recently we've seen the release of HQV, a test to benchmark the quality of the video features of graphic cards. Do you have the same kind of projects in your labs ?
TS : We are active in video benchmark development both for PCs and for cell phones and handheld devices.
PCi : Cell phones are leaning towards 3D, you already have some benchmarks for this new kind of platform. Can you describe them, and how do you see the evolution of this industry segment ?
TS : Cell phones are definitely taking huge leaps in 3D graphics and other processing power. Ubiquitous, high fidelity real 3D gaming is available to us sooner than we believe. We have been working in this field actively for over 3 years by making public benchmarks and custom launch demos. Of benchmarks, we have covered 3D graphics by 3DMarkMobile06 (OpenGL ES 1.x benchmark), Java by SPMarkJava06 (CLDC1.0/MIDP2.0 & JSR184/M3G benchmark) and Symbian platform by SPMark04.
PCi : Intel recently unveiled a new type of benchmark tools, with its "Gaming Capability Assessment Tool" and its "Digital Home Capability Assessment Tool". The bench doesn't measure pure fps performances, but assesses hardware quality on "user's satisfaction". What do you think about this and are yourself considering to take the same direction for future products ?
TS : We think it is an interesting thing.
NR : I agree with Tero that this is an interesting thing, but really not something we can comment on at this time.
TS : Oh yes, and then some! While 3DMark will maintain its charter of a gaming performance benchmark, PCMark is going to be immensely more important product just because of Vista. In addition to gamers, 3D performance is now of great interest also to all corporate and home PC users !
Vista : prochain terrain de jeu de la 3D ?
PCi : Recently we've seen the release of HQV, a test to benchmark the quality of the video features of graphic cards. Do you have the same kind of projects in your labs ?
TS : We are active in video benchmark development both for PCs and for cell phones and handheld devices.
PCi : Cell phones are leaning towards 3D, you already have some benchmarks for this new kind of platform. Can you describe them, and how do you see the evolution of this industry segment ?
TS : Cell phones are definitely taking huge leaps in 3D graphics and other processing power. Ubiquitous, high fidelity real 3D gaming is available to us sooner than we believe. We have been working in this field actively for over 3 years by making public benchmarks and custom launch demos. Of benchmarks, we have covered 3D graphics by 3DMarkMobile06 (OpenGL ES 1.x benchmark), Java by SPMarkJava06 (CLDC1.0/MIDP2.0 & JSR184/M3G benchmark) and Symbian platform by SPMark04.
PCi : Intel recently unveiled a new type of benchmark tools, with its "Gaming Capability Assessment Tool" and its "Digital Home Capability Assessment Tool". The bench doesn't measure pure fps performances, but assesses hardware quality on "user's satisfaction". What do you think about this and are yourself considering to take the same direction for future products ?
TS : We think it is an interesting thing.
NR : I agree with Tero that this is an interesting thing, but really not something we can comment on at this time.
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- 4. FutureMark Products : What's next ?
- 5. Last word
