The Timedemo 001 of Quake III Arena may be the most important 3D benchmark for gamers. The frame rate at 640x480 is certainly not critical for real life gaming situations, but benchmarking at low resolution ensures that any performance discrepancies are caused by the motherboard and not by the graphics card.
Here, FIC places first, although the others follow closely on its heels.
Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
Mercedes Benz Truck Racing (MTBR) is also a popular benchmark because its high demands on the CPU and graphics card quickly unmasks any weaknesses in performance. In this case, the three motherboards hardly differ in terms of performance.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
