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XPBench is a new program you'll be
hearing more about as Windows XP testing becomes
more prevalent. Here's a clip from
Stardock's website explaining what it does...
"XPBench is specifically designed
to query which Windows XP features a video
card/driver combination supports and then to
demonstrate the performance improvements the supporting XP API's makes.
At this time, XPBench checks for the following:
1. Does the driver support constant alpha blending
(this improves the performance of fade effects as an
example)
2. Does the driver support per pixel alpha blending
(window shadows make use of this)"
STARDOCK XPBENCH:
Without reference
numbers from competing products, these scores
won't mean much to most of you. Just out of
curiosity we ran XPBench on a Celeron system with
integrated i810 graphics and had a whopping
overall score of 38...ouch. As we compile
more data with other products, we'll update you
with more XPBench results.
MadOnion's Video2000 is designed to
evaluate the video quality, performance and
features available in modern graphics adapters.
VIDEO 2000:
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The GeForce 3 Ti 500 performs
similarly to all the other cards in the GeForce
family on this test. Video and DVD playback is
adequate, not quite on the level of ATi's solutions,
or a dedicated decoder, but nonetheless very good.
Now, what you've all been waiting
for, 3D performance. The first tests we ran
were with
MadOnion's 3D Mark 2001. 3D Mark 2001 uses
Remedy Entertainment's DirectX 8 compliant "MAX-FX" Technology.
It tests a system's 3D gaming performance by using a
"real-world" game engine.
3D
MARK 2001:
Due to the increased core and memory
clock speeds, the GeForce 3 Ti 500 consistently
scored higher than a standard GeForce 3, at every
resolution. A score of 7040 at the default
setting of 1024x768 is excellent. With
absolutely no tweaking, that score would give us a
mid-level ranking in the
Fastest Webmaster challenge. (Don't pay
attention to the No. 1 spot!)
We can only imagine what
we're going to be able to pull off with a little
tweaking.
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