3DMark 2001
The latest version of MadOnion's 3D benchmarking suite is very much oriented toward DirectX 8 and future applications. That makes it an interesting test, but we suspect our performance was severely limited by the demands the program put on our GeForce2 Ultra card.

The Intel processors pull ahead here, which is no great surprise. Intel processors have traditionally scored highest on 3DMark until very recently, when Athlons briefly pulled ahead. The new 2001 revision of 3DMark rectifies that situation. Frankly, I've got to think MadOnion works a little more closely with Intel than they do with AMD, especially since Intel helps support BapCo/MadOnion. 3DMark is still a fine graphics test, but I'm not sure it's giving AMD and Intel processors even footing.

Vulpine GLMark
Vulpine GLMark, a new competitor to 3DMark, plays through a series of scenes rendered in real time. It uses a number of the advanced 3D features included in DirectX 8, but it accesses them via OpenGL, instead.

The results are very close, with the processors splitting the spoils according to clock speed.