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3DMark 2003 Professional The latest in the 3DMark benchmark series built by Futuremark Corporation (formerly known as MadOnion.com). 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 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 tool for benchmarking 3D graphics.
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. Especially after what happened in 2003.
For the sake of it I'm including a few scores.
| 3DMark03 | 1024x768 default |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 4xAA 8xAF |
1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF |
| 5950U | 6406 | 2970 | 2167 | 1657 |
| 6800U | 11526 | 6556 | 4974 | 3851 |
Well you have to admit, the importance of these results can be discussed, yet it surely does look yummie.
| 3DMark Score | 11526 3DMarks |
| GT1 - Wings of Fury | 254.9 FPS |
| GT2 - Battle of Proxycon | 95.0 FPS |
| GT3 - Troll's Lair | 78.3 FPS |
| GT4 - Mother Nature | 63.6 FPS |
| CPU Score | 746 CPUMarks |
| CPU Test 1 | 81.1 FPS |
| CPU Test 2 | 13.6 FPS |
| Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) | 3197.6 MTexels/s |
| Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) | 6048.7 MTexels/s |
| Vertex Shader | 28.9 FPS |
| Pixel Shader 2.0 | 155.2 FPS |
| Ragtroll | 50.9 FPS |
NVIDIA takes back the performance crown in 3DMark 03 for sure, however this number says absolutely nothing anymore I'm afraid. We posted them as you would otherwise request from us the results by email; and basically because you want to see them so we post them. Do as you see fit with the results though.
