3DMark 03

3DMark 03
The latest in the 3DMark benchmark series built by Futuremark® Corporation (formerly known as MadOnion.com). The name 3DMark has become a standard in 3D graphics benchmarking; it has grown to be used by virtually all on-line and paper publications. It has proven itself as an impartial and highly accurate tool for benchmarking 3D graphics performance of the latest PC hardware. 3DMark has a very large following worldwide among individual PC owners. More than 5 million benchmark results have been submitted to Futuremarks Online ResultBrowser database. It has become a point of great prestige to be the holder of the highest 3DMark score. A compelling, easy-to-use interface has made 3DMark very popular among game enthusiasts. Futuremarks latest benchmark, 3DMark03, continues this tradition by providing a state-of-the-art Microsoft DirectX 9 benchmark.

The introduction of DirectX 9 and new hardware shader technologies put a lot of power in the hands of game developers. Increasingly realistic 3D games will be available over the next year and a half. The use of 3D graphics will become more accessible to other applications areas and even operating systems. In this new environment, 3DMark03 will serve as a dependable tool for benchmarking 3D graphics.

• Radeon 9500 Pro - Athlon XP 1800+ - 512Mb DDR266 score: 2329
• Radeon 9700 Pro - Athlon XP 2000+ - 512 MB DDR333 score: 4213
• GeForce 4 Ti 4600 - Pentium 4 2.4 GHz - 512 MB DDR400 score: 1659
  

As you can see not very much to show off here ;) This benchmark is so young that we hardly had time to test anything with it.