Benchmarks: 3DMark 2001, QIII Arena
3DMark2001 SE is the latest installment in
the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new
graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 SE
has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor
manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite
demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test
a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders,
Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping,
support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests
using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better
performance.
| 3DMark2001 SE
Benchmark Results |
|
Processor |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
14275 |
 |
| 2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
15073 |
 |
| 3. |
K7N2-L - 175/350 |
16054 |
|
Stock
speeds, the K7N2-L is about 800 3DMarks faster then the AD77
(KT400) motherboard! That's a huge performance difference for just a
motherboard!
Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS)
that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and
having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still
able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.
| Quake III
Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM) |
|
Processor |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
290.4 |
|
| 2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
333.7 |
|
| 3. |
K7N2-L - 175/350 |
369.6 |
|
| Quake III
Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS) |
|
Processor |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
AD77 Infinity - 166/333 |
80.6 |
|
| 2. |
K7N2-L - 166/400 |
94 |
|
| 3. |
K7N2-L - 175/350 |
105.6 |
|
Quake III
has always been a bandwidth hog and it seems like 3D applications like the added
bandwidth of the nForce2! A 43 FPS difference in demo001 is
huge !
Page 1: MSI K7N2-L nForce2 Motherboard Review
Page 2: Over clocking and heatsink Clearances
Page 3: The Wonderful Blue BIOS
Page 4: Benchmarks: Sysmark 2002
Page 5: Benchmarks: Winstone 2002, Winbench 99
Page 6: Benchmarks: Sandra 2003, PCMark 2002
Page 7: Benchmarks: 3DMark 2001, QIII Arena
Page 8: nForce2 is the real deal
3DMark2001 SE