Originally posted by: GoodDad
thanks got it!
Futuremark is it, but you want to be careful about what kind of card you've got, for the right test.
3dMark2001SE = DX7 mostly, DX8 some. Radeon 8500 through 9200/GeForce 3 is really "tried" by this test.
3dMark03 = DX8 mostly, DX9 some. Radeon 9500 and up/GeForce FX and up are all well tested by it.
3dMark05 = DX9. LOTS of DX9. If you have less than a GeForce 6600GT or Radeon X800, don't even bother.
If you run 3dMark2001SE on a GeForce 6800, for example, it's pretty much just going to sleep through it - it becomes more of a CPU test than anything, the graphics require so little work (relatively) for a modern card. And if you try to run 3dMark05 on a GeForce3, it'll point at you and laugh.