MadOnion heeft een nieuw benchmark programma uitgebracht, met de naam PCMark 2002. Het programma is bedoeld als allround benchtool voor allerlei soorten PC's, zoals desktops, laptops en workstations en is geschikt voor Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Er is een free-version te downloaden, die je voor $ 9,95 kunt registreren voor extra funktionaliteit en er is ook een professionele versie te koop voor $ 39,95. Hieronder een lijst van eigenschappen en highlights volgens MadOnion:
Key End User Benefits of PCMark2002:Technical Highlights of PCMark2002:
- Easy to Use: easy to use for both novice users, benchmarking professionals, industry vendors and press labs;
- Unified benchmarking: single software tool for all PCs, laptops and workstations;
- Cross Platform: compare performance changes across different operating systems (Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP);
- Integrated Online ResultBrowser: instantly compare results to the world's largest database of performance data with global validation;
- Free Download: PCMark2002 is available for immediate free download from the company's website at http://gamershq.madonion.com/download
- CPU Performance Testing: extensive testing suite correlates to consumers daily routines and performance requirements;
- Memory Performance Testing: system memory, L1 and L2 cache, video memory and AGP Bus;
- Hard Disk Drive Performance Testing: read, write, and file copy performance;
- System Crunch Testing: system multitasking performance measured by simultaneous runs of CPU, Memory and Video memory tests;
- WindowsXP 2D Testing: presents and measures performance of the new WindowsXP GDI+ 2D features;
- Video Encoding and Decoding Performance Testing: MS ASF (corresponds to MPEG4) encoding/decoding performance testing and DVD decoding performance testing;
- DVD Playback Quality Testing: testing suite from Video2000 has been improved to reveal weaknesses in de-interlacing techniques;
- Laptop Battery Endurance Testing: highly customisable battery endurance testing features offer advanced battery consumption profiles for different usage type;
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