3dmark Windows Download
Grethe Presnar
Hey guys, does anyone know how to get 3dmark 99 working on windows xp?
I have tried the compatability to windows 98/me, it does not launch but there is an active process for it.
I have looked around alot of forums and people are talking about how this version does not work on XP but there is a fix to download but all of the links are now dead. i possibly found the fix but after applying said "fix" when trying to start 3d mark it says to use a 3d accelerator that is capable of using textures, this is while i have a hd 3870 in the system and latest drivers for xp. I havent tested another card yet as its 3:15 am and im going to bed.
I want to run the benchmark on XP as i see everyone else uses it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
There's a specific patch that works. For me anyway. I've attached a conglomeration of 3DM patches I've rounded up(all from posts on VOGONS). In the folder named "3DMark1999-2001PatchPack" there's another folder named "3DMark 99 Max". Uninstall any previous patches you've applied(if necessary clean install 3DM 99 Max again). Then copy the files in that folder to C:\Program Files\3DMark 99 Max, overwriting all the existing files. Then it should work in compatibility mode or not.
EDIT: I need a patch for PCMark 04 if anyone knows were to get one for that. Just hangs at startup with the versions of XP I use. I've had it work in the past with other versions of XP...or something? Doesn't want to work with any SP3 versions I have. Disabling systeminfo doesn't do anything. Maybe there's another trick I don't know about? Whatever...probably runs better on 7 anyway. Which works perfectly for me(no extra effort required).
OMG this was it. I didnt even think to search for 3dmark hanging. The one that Mr.Scott posted was the only one i was able to find on some sketchy af ftp server XD but it didnt work. This one did, thank you so much
Yeah...that one works too. But I can only get it to work with compatibility mode. The one I mentioned works with or without it. Anywho...both are in that folder I attached. Which it looks like everyone is afraid to touch. Oh well...just trying to save ya some time. Download them all yourself and check them against mine. You'll find they're all bit for bit identical(aside from folder names...which I added numbers according to which came first on a few of them).
After installing the app, right click the 3dmax 99.exe and select UniExtract to Subdir. You will then have the setup folder. Right click the setup.exe choose compatibility mode and choose win 95, win 98/me, should work also for that, apply and save. Then launch the setup and it will then install.
However with nvidia GTX980 in win10 the 3dmark is stuck to vsync on, even when forcing it off in nvidia control panel. So it's not possible to use this for real benchmarking unless there is some fix for that vsync? I don't know of any. But it probably doesn't make sense to benchmark recent hardware with so old benchmark anyway. I also noticed that whenever nvidia control panel is running, the benchmark aborts instantly. But if you don't have much running on the background and control panel closed, it starts correctly.
I uploaded patched binaries for old 3D Mark versions up to 2001 some time ago, VSync is disabled in 1999 and there is also installable compatibility database that restores real fullscreen on Windows 8.x/10 (though you can also use dgVoodoo).
I downloaded 3Dmark99 from the Futuremark legacy site and ran it fine without having to anything at all on my Win10 x64 setup. It does limit my VRAM on my 970 from 4GB to 1GB though. I got 57k when I ran it last night.
I just found this thread. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me (I'm trying to run the program on WinXP 64 bit). It starts, but then just sits in the memory with 7-8 MB usage and nothing appears. Tried Win95/98 compatibility, copied the DLL with no luck. The integrated ATI ES1000 "card" supports only DX6, so this is the only 3DMark I am theoretically able to run. Too bad it doesn't work.
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