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Performance - 3DMark 2003 Professional
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.

 It's of course true, this benchmark is not based on any game. Please remember this, never buy a graphics card based solely on the 3DMark score. I'm not bashing the 3D Mark suite here, it's good software but definitely not the sole basis for you to make an informed decision on to buy a graphics card.

NVIDIA takes back the performance crown in 03, however this number says absolutely nothing anymore I'm afraid. There has been so much discussion lately on driver optimisations and 3DMark 03 that I simply do not trust these results anymore. We posted them as you would otherwise request the results and basically because you want to see them. Do as you see fit with the results though.