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- PassMark PerformanceTest V4.0
- Copyright (C) 2002 PassMark Software
- www.passmark.com
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Overview
- ========
- PassMark PerformanceTest is a software tool that
- allows everybody to quickly assess the performance
- of his or her computer and compare it to a number
- of standard 'baseline' computer systems.
-
- For more details please see the included help file
-
- Installation
- ============
- 1) Uninstall any previous version of PerformanceTest
- 2) Run (double click on) the petst.exe file
- 3) Follow the prompts
-
- UnInstallation
- ==============
- 1) Launch the Windows Control Panel.
- 2) Uninstall via the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel.
-
- Requirements
- ============
- Windows 98, Me, 2000 Professional, XP Home, and XP Professional
- (Windows 95 and NT are not supported)
- (Windows 98 requires Internet Explorer V5.0 or higher)
- 800 x 600 pixel display
- DirectX 8.0 or higher
- 32MB RAM
- 2MB of free hard disk space
- (plus additional hard disk space to run the Disk test)
-
- Purchasing
- =========
- Details of how to purchase the software can be found on the
- PassMark web site.
- http://www.passmark.com/sales/
-
- Documentation
- =============
- All the documentation is included in the help file.
- It can be accessed from the Help menu.
-
- Known issues
- ============
- Disk test, Windows 98.
- If the correct chipset device drivers have not been
- installed and DMA support is not enabled for the disk,
- then the system may appear to freeze for the duration
- of the disk test. Please consult your hard disk
- manufacturer for instructions regarding the correct
- DMA settings for your drive.
-
- 3D Test, Legacy video cards, Windows 98.
- Older video adapters may behave erratically during
- the 3D test or may lockup the system if the video
- drivers do not fully support DirectX. All modern
- cards with DirectX compliant drivers should function
- properly
-
- 3D Test, NVIDIA video cards, Windows XP, PC-Anywhere.
- When running Windows XP with PC-Anywhere 10.5 installed
- on an NVIDIA chipset based video card, pcAnywhere must
- be placed into "Compatibility" mode for the 3D tests
- to function. This is a known compatibility issue
- that will be addressed in the next release of
- pcAnywhere. Updating to the latest video drivers on
- the system may remove the need to manually change
- the pcAnywhere settings
-
- 3D Test, Software Emulation option.
- The software emulation option in the advanced 3D test
- will only function when the full version of the DirectX
- SDK (software development kit) is installed.
-
- Advanced CD & Disk test.
- When using the cached testing options, benchmark results
- can vary dramatically between the first test run and
- subsequent test runs. This is due to the operation of the
- Windows cache and is normal behaviour.
-
- Support
- =======
- For technical support please visit the PassMark website.
- http://www.passmark.com/support/
-
-
- Version History
- ===============
-
- V4.0 1/Sept/2002
- ------------------------
- - Advanced disk testing with graphing.
- - Advanced CD/DVD testing with graphing and exporting.
- - Advanced 3D graphics testing for full screen and windowed
- modes
- - Advanced network bandwidth testing with graphing
- and exporting
- - Advanced memory bandwidth testing and step size testing
- with graphing and exporting.
- - Replacement of the standard 3D test using DirectX 3 with
- three new DirectX 8 tests.
- - A new standard test for CD / DVD drive benchmarking has been
- introduced.
- - Much of the internal code has been rewritten to support foreign
- languages.
-
- Please see the PassMark website for details regarding
- changes in previous versions.
-
- Enjoy!
- The PassMark Development team
-