3DMark2001 SE is the latest installment in
the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new
graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 SE
has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor
manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite
demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test
a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders,
Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping,
support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests
using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better
performance.
3DMark2001 SE
Benchmark Results |
|
Processor |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
14275 |
|
2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
15073 |
|
3. |
AU11 - 166/333 |
15398 |
|
4. |
AU11 - 183/366 |
16144 |
|
As we can
see here, the AU11 is clearly faster then the MSI which is much faster then the
KT400 based AD77 Infinity.
Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS)
that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and
having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still
able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.
Quake III
Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM) |
|
Processor |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
290.4 |
|
2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
333.7 |
|
3. |
AU11 - 166/333 |
351.5 |
|
4. |
AU11 - 183/366 |
389.8 |
|
Quake III
Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS) |
|
Processor |
FPS |
Ranking |
1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
80.6 |
|
2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
94 |
|
3. |
AU11 - 166/333 |
100.7 |
|
4. |
AU11 - 183/366 |
112.3 |
|
Everyone
knows that Quake III loves bandwidth (and is a positively ancient game that
keeps on kicking). Here we
see that the AU11 is quite a bit faster then the competition! So what does all
this lead up to?