3dMark06

3dmark06 is a program that tests out your computers graphical power. Let's say that you're updating drivers for your graphics card, and you want to see if it was worth your time up changing from 169.04 to 169.09. 

What you would do is simply run 3dmark06. It consists of a couple of tests. It takes about 5-10 mins, and at the end it will give you a rating. So what you can do is simply compare ratings and PRESTO you'll see if it was worth it.

Here's the link for those interested http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/download/

the file is about 580mb and it takes up about 1 gig of hd once installed.

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