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.
Here both the Iwill P4GS and Epox 4G4A+ are quite a ways in
front of the others. Thanks to memory dividers that allow for higher memory
speeds, the PX845E, L4IBAE and P4ES are quite a bit faster then their other
i845E brethren. The Epox 4BEAV comes in last by a very large margin in this
benchmark.