Introduction
Welcome to 3DMark2000
3DMark tests your system's performance in 3D games. 3DMark is an excellent tool for Home PC Users, allowing them to see how their system performs and offers professionals the ability to compare how different 3D Accelerators behave on a wide range of computers.
3DMark focuses on testing the 3D performance of modern 3D accelerators in a "real world" environment. As most users use their 3D accelerator for playing games, 3DMark focuses on this type of applications in most of its results.
The 3DMark product line is the most comprehensive benchmark platform available for testing future game performance. The input from our BETA program, game developers and users allows us to predict what is going to be important for future game playing. We are delighted to introduce 3DMark2000 as the next stage of benchmark evolution.
We look forward to continue to provide you with the most accurate assessment tools.
Focusing on Game Performance
Seeing is believing
In order to test "real world" game playing situations, we're using Remedy Entertainment's proprietary 3D game technology, MAX-FX Technology(tm). Using a state of the art engine for performance measurement guarantees that the results are comparable to the gaming world. It also guarantees that you will see something absolutely breath-taking when running the benchmark.
Numbers only tell you so much. A benchmark should be much more than theoretical figures estimating theoretical throughputs. 3DMark2000 is a testing suite that will push your system's 3D performance to the limits, not just by drawing millions of triangles simultaneously on screen, but by rushing you through the most amazing 3D scenes ever done in real-time on PC.Easy Comparisons
After performing the 3DMark tests, you can view your results with the Online ResultBrowser (or offline ResultBrowser2000 for 3DMark2000 Pro installations), and see how your system performs under different conditions, such as changing the screen resolution, color depth and different buffering modes. You will also be able to view the Image Quality of your 3D Rendering.When you activate the Online ResultBrowser, your results are submitted to the MadOnion.com worldwide result database. You can then compare the performance of your hardware with system configurations around the world.
What's New in 3DMark2000?
- DirectX 7.0 support
- Modernized 3D engine with optimized pipelines for both Intel and AMD processors
- Completely new, scalable game tests & graphics
- New texture rendering speed test
- New high polygon count test
- New environment mapped bump mapping test
- Selectable texture color depth (16 or 32 bit) independent of display color depth
- Command line automation
- Support for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
System Requirements
3DMark2000 requires the following to be able to run:
Minimum Requirements to start 3DMark2000:
Additional Recommended Requirements for Testing:
- Intel Pentium Processor with MMX Technology, or compatible. Minimum 166MHz
- 64MB Memory
- Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98 Second Edition or Windows 2000 Professional.
- Microsoft DirectX 7.0 or newer
- A DirectX 7 compatible 3D accelerator
- 128MB of system memory
- Free hard disk space for Image Quality pictures
- Windows 98 or newer.
3DMark has been targeted for future application performance evaluation and therefore the recommended system configuration for testing is at least a 300MHz CPU and a 1999 released 3D accelerator. 3DMark has not been designed to be run on older generation components.
Note: 3DMark2000 does not work on Windows NT 4.
3DMark2000 Features
- One Click Benchmarking - Get a single 3DMark score in less than 5 minutes
- Awesome Demo - A stunning demo that is guaranteed to push your system to its ultimate limits. Featuring original sound track.
- Intuitive User Interface - 3DMark is fully tailored for the end user.
- Online Delivery - Download 3DMark2000 from MadOnion.com and visit the resource center for latest drivers and utilities.
- Usage of the Online ResultBrowser – Put your test result under a magnifying glass with the Online ResultBrowser.
- System Diagnostics and Information - System Info analyzes and displays everything in your system from the driver dates to hardware components.
- Global Testing Environment - Compare Your results over the Internet to see how you fare against the fastest computers on the Planet!
3DMark2000 Pro Features
3DMark2000 Pro is the commercial version of 3DMark2000. It has the same basic features but adds many useful features for benchmarking professionals:
- ResultBrowser2000 - Easy to use program for advanced result comparisons.
- Extensive Quality Testing with Reference Pictures - Use the comprehensive Quality Tests to unveil the true capacities of the card. Never before has comparing image quality been this easy.
- Batch Run Wizard - Run all resolutions and color depths with a few clicks and go get some coffee. When 3DMark finishes, change the display adapter and just let the program work for you again.
- Batch Run Command Line Automation
3DMark2000 Pro can be purchased from MadOnion.com.
Other MadOnion.com benchmarks
MadOnion.com helps you measure also other qualities of your PC, than just 3D game performance. Right now you can download Video2000 from MadOnion.com and evaluate the image and moving picture quality of your system. In the future MadOnion.com will bring more tools for measuring the different abilities of your PC.
Video2000
Video2000 is a tool for measuring the ability of your system to show images and moving pictures. A sequence of tests evaluates your system’s ability to display graphics, by showing a series of images that are usually very hard for PC hardware to display correctly. Video2000 also measures the ability to playback DVD-movies and gauges the speed of MPEG2 decoding and encoding.Video2000 can be downloaded from MadOnion.com.
BAPCo SysMark2000
SysMark2000 is a tool for measuring application performance. It enables you to perform a comprehensive test of your system’s performance with the most popular and forward-looking applications, covering a wide range of Internet Content Creation and Office Productivity applications.SysMark2000 can be purchased from MadOnion.com.
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