3DMark2001SE 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. 3DMark2001SE 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
numbers denote better performance.
3DMark2001SE Benchmark Results with
AF |
|
Video
Card |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
1. |
ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro 2xAF |
11621 |
|
2. |
ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro 6xAF |
11482 |
|
3. |
ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro 8xAF |
11411 |
|
4. |
ATi
Radeon 9700 Pro 16xAF |
11384 |
|
As we can
see, using AF gets us a similar performance penalty as using Anti Alaising. The
GeForce4 has a huge performance hit when it comes to anisotropic filtering. With
the Det 40.41's the GF4 scores about 9500 3DMarks with 2x AF.