Pro vs. free version

3DMarkŪ2001 SE ships in two versions: downloadable free version and the commercial Pro version. As the name indicates, the free version is downloadable from www.madonion.com/download/, and the Pro version can be obtained by registering and paying for the Pro license.

Please, read the license agreement for details about the distribution and usage rights of both of these versions of 3DMark2001 SE.

As with the previous versions of 3DMark, the Pro version offers additional features. The added features are the following:



ResultBrowser2001 SE

ResultBrowser2001 SE is the most efficient tool for analyzing, managing and comparing your 3DMark2001 SE results. You can gather large numbers of results in one database to compare them with each other in every respect. ResultBrowser2001 SE is also the tool for measuring the quality of the image quality test images. It allows you to zoom and compare to reference images, do pixel-to-pixel comparisons, as well as performing any of these functions simultaneously.

Read more about using ResultBrowser2001 SE in the ResultBrowser2001 SE Help File.



Batch Run

It's as easy as this: Select which of the tests you want to run, select the resolutions and customize the other settings you want to run the tests in, select where you want the results to be stored and the go to lunch while your PC goes through all the desired tests!

Batch Run has an easy to use wizard for choosing the batch run settings. For example, you can let your PC run through all tests on all resolutions and with all rendering pipelines. It can all be done in one single batch run.

Our Batch Run Wizard works like this:

  1. Select the display settings and setting combinations for the batch run.
  2. Select the tests to be run. Note that there is a time estimate for the run, which changes for each selection you make.
  3. Choose where you want to save the results. You can also specify the naming convention for your saved result files.
  4. This is the last dialog before the batch run starts. Check that your settings are correct and start the batch run. You can also save the settings for this batch run for later use (like, if you intend to use the command line start up for the batch run).


Combined Usage

The batch run is especially powerful when you combine it with the command line functionality. Make a batch run that starts automatically on system boot up, using the command line functionality, and select a network drive to save the results to. This is the way PC assembly companies can use 3DMark2001 SE Pro for automatic functionality and 3D performance testing. Just wipe the hard drive of the PC to be tested with an image of the operating system and 3DMark2001 SE with the settings described above, and turn on the power. The PC will automatically boot, start 3DMark2001 SE, run the batch run, and store the results on the selected network drive. Your freshly assembled PC will then be efficiently tested.

NOTE! If you use this testing methodology for assembly line testing, remember to uninstall 3DMark2001 SE Pro and delete all related system registry entries, or simply clear the hard drive of the PC. This is necessary, because the registry will contain 3DMark2001 SE Pro license information after the PC has been tested.