Performance 3DMark 2001 SE Professional

3D Mark 2001 SE
3DMark 2001 is an installment in the popular 3DMark series. By combining DirectX®8 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide benchmark results that empower you to make informed hardware assessments. As with all MadOnion.com internet-enabled benchmarks, 3DMark2001 has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide you with the best possible and most reliable set of diagnostic tools. Weve also included a completely new demo-mode, which demonstrates some of the latest innovations and advances that real-time 3D Graphics can offer!

The Second Edition is a major enhancement to its 3DMark® benchmark solution, originally launched in 1998. Combining DirectX 8.1 support with the latest in 3D graphics, 3DMark2001 SE objectively measures how effectively a PC runs 3D graphics applications and provides users with an online results comparison tool that allows them to make informed hardware assessments and upgrade decisions
Using Remedy Entertainment's acclaimed MAX-FX Technology, 3DMark2001 demonstrates how to maximize your 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test your system's true game performance abilities.

We ran a standard test in 32 bit resolutions ranging from 1024x768 up to 1600x1200. And any videocard will be tested severely with this  revised benchmark of which the Second Edition registered Pro version was used.

You can already see where this is heading eh ? The benchmarks are very clear.. the Radeon 9500 is one fast bugger. When you play around with a faster system and CPU then performance will scale higher at standard resolutions, but not in 1600x1200 though. Let me remind you that the scores you are looking at have been done on a mid-range Athlon XP 1800+ based system.