Benchmarking

MadOnion 3DMark2000 - Most popular benchmarking software.

Synetic MercedesBenz Truck racing - Good software to fully utilize your computer.

Must Have

Cacheman - the disk cache management tool

Powerstrip - program to tweak you video card display settings

Windows 2000 NVidia Refresh Rate Fix - To enable the monitor displaying the optimal refresh rate when playing games.

Video Card Drivers

3DFX - Voodoo Series

Matrox - G400, G200, etc...

Nvidia - GeForce Series

Other Drivers

Via Chipset Drivers

Promise Controller Card Drivers

History of x86 CPU
28 February 2001

3DMark2001 trailer
28 February 2001

Press Release of Gigabyte's GeForce3 vidoe card
28 February 2001

NIDIA GeForce3 Preview
28 February 2001