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. | MSI 
      K7N2-L - 166/400 | 15073 |  | 
  
    | 2. | FIC AU11 - 166/333 | 15398 |  | 
  
    | 3. | Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333 | 15406 |  | 
  
    | 4. | Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368 | 16225 |  | 
Again, the nForce2 motherboard perform about the same in 
all the benchmarks and overclocking gets us a nice 900 point boost! 
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 | 3DMarks | Ranking | 
  
    | 1. | MSI 
      K7N2-L - 166/400 | 333.7 |  | 
  
    | 2. | FIC AU11 - 166/333 | 351.5 |  | 
  
    | 3. | Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333 | 353.7 |  | 
  
    | 4. | Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368 | 391.3 |  | 
  
  
    | Quake III 
      Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS) | 
  
    |  | Processor | FPS | Ranking | 
  
    | 1. | MSI 
      K7N2-L - 166/400 | 94 |  | 
  
    | 2. | FIC AU11 - 166/333 | 100.7 |  | 
  
    | 3. | Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333 | 101.2 |  | 
  
    | 4. | Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368 | 113.3 |  | 
Quake III 
Arena says the 
exact same thing all the other benchmarks says - nForce2 is fast, damn 
fast!