3DMark2001 SE	Source: MadOnion

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 Default Benchmark Results
	Memory (FSB/Memory)	3DMarks	Ranking
1.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (133/333 MHz)	11143
2.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (167/417 MHz)	13021

It's rare that I've been surprised so many times during benchmarking, but being able to break 13k with the videocard at default speeds is crazy!

Quake III Arena	Source: ID Software

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
	Memory (FSB/Memory)	FPS	Ranking
1.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (133/333 MHz)	335.8
2.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (167/417 MHz)	424.2

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo
	Memory (FSB/Memory)	FPS	Ranking
1.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (133/333 MHz)	94.6
2.	256MB GEIL PC3500 (167/417 MHz)	119.1

Again, I'm amazed by just how fast this memory/motherboard/CPU combination is! For the first time I have broken the 400 fps barrier in demo001!

For the non believers... =)