Well Someone is preparing for DX 9.0/ Futuremark is back

The new madonion website.

Madonion's new website

The entire site has been given a make over, and a new name It should also be noted that 3dmark2003 is lingering closely. The reps at madonion are posting little sweet tid bits about it in the forums day by day. I can't wait to try it.

Unfortunately I'm not looking forward to seeing that message "NO hardware support" again

[Kane]

WTF is up with these guys. First it's Futuremark (3dMark 99) then it's Mad Onion (3dMark 200/2001), now it's Futuremark again?

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[Shadow Lady]

MadOnion.com Changes Company Name to Futuremark Corporation

New Name Leverages Strength of Product Line and Aligns Company and Products in a Single Brand Name


Saratoga, CA – December 11th, 2002 – MadOnion.com™, announced today that it has changed its company name to Futuremark® Corporation. The goal of the name change is to leverage the strength of the 3DMark® and PCMark™ product lines and to align its corporate and product brand identities.

Futuremark® Corporation will continue to be the leading provider of computer performance analysis software and services to its established corporate and end-user customer bases. In addition, the company provides services to IT industry companies, enabling online marketing based on personalized performance information and allowing them to provide enhanced customer support.

"Effectively we are leveraging the phenomenal success of the 3DMark® product line," said Tero Sarkkinen, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Futuremark® Corporation. "With over 100 large corporate customers and 30 million end-users using our products and services today, we felt it was a good time to capitalize on the momentum of our product family."

Futuremark® Corporation has adopted its new name as a statement of the brand value of its products and is delivering on this promise with a synergistic, two-pronged approach. First, Futuremark® will continue to offer and expand on their popular 3DMark® and PCMark™ benchmark software suites. Second, Futuremark®’s service offerings complement the product lines and offer unique tools for product marketing, market intelligence and customer support. Futuremark® is well positioned into growth into new areas of benchmarking, such as the PDA and the wireless handset market.

"In conjunction with our aggressive software development and service strategies, we have been pursuing the development of a strong corporate identity that will accurately represent our company and its services to our clients and prospects”, stated Sarkkinen. "While our company name is changing, all core elements of the organization will remain the same. Futuremark® Corporation will continue to provide our customers and partners with the ability to objectively analyze computer performance and we will continue to place emphasis on our strong partnerships with industry leaders," continued Sarkkinen.

Along with the name change, the company adopted a new corporate identity, including a new logo and visual identity, and a new website that can be found at www.futuremark.com/pressroom. The changes are effective immediately, and all future business activity will be undertaken with the new name.

For More Information
For more details on the corporate name change and the company’s product family and services, visit www.futuremark.com/pressroom.

About Futuremark
Futuremark® Corporation is the leading provider of computer performance analysis software and services and is known around the world for its benchmark product lines, including the industry standard 3DMark® and PCMark™2002 as well as value-added services powered by a database of over 5 million real-life benchmark results. Futuremark® Corporation has offices in Saratoga, California and Helsinki, Finland. For more information, please visit www.futuremark.com/pressroom.

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Futuremark Corporation
Tero Sarkkinen
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
+1-408-517-0131
tero@futuremark.com

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good, at least a change from madonion, but I was waiting 3dmark2003

visit <a href=http://www.futuremark.com>FutureMark</a>

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[Kane]

Merged the two threads

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[Sampah]

3D mark 2003!? wow then my history will repeat again, Long time ago I use riva TNT2 M64 and running 3d mark 2001 and it's slow like hell but when I change to Geforce4 MX440 it's fas, very fast so if I try bechmark this 3d mark 2003 the slow will come to me again since my graphics card only support directx 7

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heh, maybe u wont even can perform the test :P (like me )

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I would assume the DX9-specific features will only work on DX9 cards. I'm just hoping I'll have a Radeon 9500/9700 Pro by then.

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Originally posted by Demigod
I would assume the DX9-specific features will only work on DX9 cards. I'm just hoping I'll have a Radeon 9500/9700 Pro by then.

Hmm 3dmark 2003 is probably gonna be released in a month. Judging by the tidbits they are releasing. Your gonna have a Radeon 9500 by then? Man I envy you =p

[Demigod]

Well I hope to have a Radeon 9500/9700 Pro by then. I know I'll have a new system in a couple of months and I'll accept nothing other than the R300.

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Originally posted by Demigod
Well I hope to have a Radeon 9500/9700 Pro by then. I know I'll have a new system in a couple of months and I'll accept nothing other than the R300.

Hmm Why did you buy the Radeon 9000 so close to a 9500?

[Demigod]

I don't exactly know when I'm getting my new comp. I could be next month or the next several months. I want to try out new games but my GF2 just wasn't cutting it anymore and I'm not going to wait around for months on end hoping for a new system.

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Originally posted by Demigod
I don't exactly know when I'm getting my new comp. I could be next month or the next several months. I want to try out new games but my GF2 just wasn't cutting it anymore and I'm not going to wait around for months on end hoping for a new system.

Gotcha and completely understand, Take what you can get when you can get it. Thats why I'm accepting the Athlon XP 1900+ chip...

[Shadow Lady]

Originally posted by ChrisRay
Take what you can get when you can get it.

Good estrategy :P
thats why Im trying to upgrade my PC every month or so, so next upgrade to be not that expensive (does that make any sense? )

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hm. I'm gonna get a low score...I know it ^^; oh well, fun to test anyways

[AtomicFeline]

Please tell me, why everyone is so crazy about benchmarking their videocard? The only time I ever did it was to see if my computer could run Final Fantasy XI.

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uh. i see it as a sport. kinda like postcounts. it's fun as long as you dont exaggerate it


numbers/stats are fun.

[Shiori]

Originally posted by Shadow Lady
Good estrategy :P
thats why Im trying to upgrade my PC every month or so, so next upgrade to be not that expensive (does that make any sense? )

Sometimes it simply doesn't make sense, but for a different reason: You're only girl I know who would rather spend on computer hardware rather than clothes or Hello Kitty anything or other girly stuff.

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Sounds pretty cool. But I heard that these benchmark programs aren't free. Am I right?

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£dMark is free, but not free for some extra features.

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Extra features? Maybe I should check out their website...

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