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• New Benchmarking Tool - moreBENCH
  Thursday 25 September 2003 – 12:02
  The company More3D develops 3D stereo software and tools.
• Riva TNT2 aces benchmarking
  Saturday 15 May 1999 – 08:06
  The Riva TNT2 graphics processor designed by Nvidia Corp.
• Futuremark launches Google Apps-styled approach to benchmarking
  Wednesday 9 April 2008 – 10:50 in Business
  More and more software manufacturers are positioning themselves for a thin-client era, typically referred to as software-as-a-service (SAAS). Futuremark is joining the frame with the release of VirtualMark, a thin version of the company’s 3DMark...
• Second Hand Smoke: The Demise of Objective Benchmarking
  Friday 28 July 2006 – 01:27
  The most interesting fallout from the recent AMD/ATI acquisition is going to be the impact it has on reviewers. Although I doubt that there will be any immediate impact on traditional benchmarking scenarios, I don't doubt that objective comparisons through performance testing will cease to have much relevance to the greater population in the near future.

• 3D Benchmarking - Understanding Frame Rate Scores*
  Tuesday 4 July 2000 – 07:00
  Understanding 3D-cards is not quite as simple as many people are suggesting. The first requirement for sensible 3D-card evaluation is a good understanding of 3D-benchmarks. This article about 3D-benchmarking is supposed to point out the bottlenecks of current 3D gaming solutions.
• SIPEW 2008: All About Benchmarking*
  Wednesday 23 July 2008 – 07:40
  We looked behind the curtain of SPEC, the largest benchmarking organization, and visited its 2008 Performance Workshop in Darmstadt, Germany, where server task scheduling and power efficiency benchmarking were hot topics.
• Benchmarking: Games*
  Tuesday 24 June 2003 – 06:00
  Since February, more and more allegations of cheating and improper conduct have come to light concerning NVIDIA and the 3DMark 2003 benchmark suite. We decided it was time to take stock, review what has happened so far, take a look at the goings-on behind the scenes and find out what roles ATI, NVIDIA, Futuremark, and the OEMs play in this little piece of industry drama.
• Vista: Benchmarking or Benchmarketing?*
  Thursday 19 April 2007 – 03:18
  Windows Vista features built-in benchmarking to assess system and component performance, by calculating so-called Windows Experience Indices (WEI). Can Microsoft really replace traditional benchmarking?
• THG Unveils New LCD Benchmarking Method*
  Thursday 23 September 2004 – 07:00
  We can't say it often enough: Don't go by manufacturers' specs in choosing a TFT display, which are often stamped by the innate optimism of the Marketing department. We were previously unable to measure LCD monitor latency under real conditions in a satisfactory and coherent way and had to rely on the old-fashioned human eye. But now, that is a thing of the past.