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3DMark06 Basic Edition build 1.1.0 (Windows)

3dMark06 is the latest in the 3D benchmarking series. The program is one of the most prefered methods of testing hardware and software performance for all PC configurations.

Tags: Benchmarking, Microsoft Windows, Futuremark, 3DMark06, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-09-28

PCMark 2005 memory benchmark favors Intel CPUs

This piece by Ars Technica is, if true, a serious blow for the credibility of Futuremark. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Performance, Memory, CPU, Futuremark, Tool, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-08-01

PCMark04 1.2 (Windows)

PCMark04 is the latest version of the popular PCMark series. This application-based benchmark is a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including large applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to be a smaller installation as well as to...

Tags: Application, Futuremark, PCMark04, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2004-05-14

3DMark 3.4 (Windows)

Based directly on the DirectX 9.0 3D platform, this latest iteration of the 3DMark series of graphics performance benchmark tools takes video diagnostics a step into the future. With real-time rendering and an increased emphasis on vertex shaders and pixel shaders, 3DMark03 is on the cutting-edge of gaming technology and,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Test, Futuremark, Note:This, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2003-04-29

3DMark2001 1 (Windows)

3DMark2001 is the latest installment in the popular 3DMark series. Combining DirectX 8.0 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide benchmark results designed to empower you to make informed upgrade decisions by delivering the game content of tomorrow--today. 3DMark2001 has been created in cooperation with major 3D accelerator...

Tags: 3D, Futuremark, 3DMark2001, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2001-03-13

XL-R8R 1.0 (Windows)

XL-R8R brings you the first intelligent PC hardware upgrade recommendation service, developed by MadOnion.com and delivered by its vast PC Performance Database (a database that contains hundreds of thousands of performance results from its series of benchmarks, 3DMark2000, Video2000, and BAPCo's SYSmark2000). In addition to the spectacular sound and light...

Tags: Performance, PC, Microsoft Windows, Futuremark, XL-R8R 1.0, Hardware Upgrade, Performance Management, Desktops, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2000-09-20

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First reviews of Toshiba Qosmio with SpursEngine

More than three months after Toshiba launched its first desktop replacement that makes use of the Cell processor in Japan, the Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802 has reached U.S. shores and received its first hands-on reviews from PCMag.com and ComputerShopper.com. The Qosmio G55 series is part of a new...

Tags: Toshiba Qosmio, Desktop, Quad-core, Desktop Replacement, Video, Toshiba Corp., PCMag.com, ComputerShopper.com, Qosmio G55, Qosmio G55 Series, Quad-Core HD Processor, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so

Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Vista 32-bit vs. Vista 64-bit - Benchmarked

Vista 32-bit vs. Vista 64-bit - BenchmarkedHad the choice.Had the choice recently, between 64 and 32 bit. I went with 32 bit because I'm not confident enough yet in the maturity of 64 bit drivers and applications for what I specifically want in my pc. It wasn't an easy choice,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, defender, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, 64-bit, 32-bit, Vista 64-Bit, PassMark

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

How+do+you+benchmark+real-world+work%3F

How+do+you+benchmark+real-world+work%3Fagree ?You Jest I'm sure! FF3 is faster, very much so and has yet to Freeze Like IE7 which is a joke as far as browsers go!UsabilityThere are three things that would dramatically improve my real world work.The first thing is relatively small but it annoys me. It is...

Tags: Operating systems, FF3, operating system, real world

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Microsoft: Windows Vista sales rate double that of XP

Microsoft: Windows Vista sales rate double that of XPTime for the ABMers to point out that many of ....... these sales may still be sitting on the shelf of the retailer or some where else in the channel and not in the consumers hands. Of course the same would...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

3DMark 2006 1.1.0 (Windows)

3DMark®06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests,...

Tags: 3D, Performance, Microsoft Windows, Graphics, MadOnion.com, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-12-01

Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT

We considered Nvidia's GeForce 7900 GT the 3D card price-performance leader when we reviewed it back in the spring of this year. It was fast enough to do justice to most games on the market, and its $300 price tag didn't break the bank. We're less enthused about its fall...

Tags: Performance management, Nvidia GeForce, GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce 7950, NVidia Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Product reviews 2006-10-03