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.

3DMark2001SE Benchmark Results
	Motherboard (FSB/Memory)	3DMarks	Ranking
1.	512MB TwinMOS PC3200 (166/333 MHz)	15761
2.	512MB Corsair XMS3200 LL (166/333 MHz)	15724
3.	512MB Corsair XMS3200 LL (210/420 MHz)	16352

Unfortunately here we're pretty much all CPU limited, that's why the scores are so close to each other. Still we certainly have come a long way in two years, I remember when a top of the line system could only score 4k!

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 (SYSTEM)
	Motherboard (FSB/Memory)	3DMarks	Ranking
1.	512MB TwinMOS PC3200 (166/333 MHz)	368.1
2.	512MB Corsair XMS3200 LL (166/333 MHz)	368.3
3.	512MB Corsair XMS3200 LL (210/420 MHz)	407.4