GeForce4 ve ATI R250/300 çiplerinini duyrulmasından sonra MadOnion’da 3D Mark 2001’in yeni versiyonunu duyurdu. Yakında çıkacak olan versiyon full DirectX 8.1 ve WinXP desteği sağlayacak ayrıca Pixel Shader 1.4 desteğide gelecek.
– Support for Microsoft DirectX®8.1.
– Fully compatible with Windows XP.
– A new DirectX 8.1 feature test, utilising Pixel Shader 1.4!
– Updated “System Info” which can display additional system configuration info, including installed hard drives and AGP settings.
– The usage of compressed textures has been optimised.
– Support for the latest AMD® and Intel® processors.
– All reported compatibility issues fixed.
– Benchmark results from the original release of 3DMark2001 and 3DMark2001 SE are comparable.