An addendum for those interested.
Just ran 3DMark 2001 benchmark testing and DirectX 8.1 showed no difference over DirectX 8.0a
DirectX 8.1 Result = 7009 3D marks
DirectX 8.0a Result = 7008 3D marks
IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 processor 1.70 GHz
IntelŪ D850GB Motherboard with 300 Watt Power Supply
512 MB RDRAM 800MHz RAMBUS Memory(4 DIMMS x 128MB)
Elsa Gladiac 920 (64 Mb) GeForce 3 AGP Graphics Card
NVidia Graphics Drive Version 21.81
Motherboard based Intel 82801BA Ultra ATA Contoller
INtel Ultra ATA Storage Driver (v6.03) running following drives:
Primary Ultra ATA Contoller
Master -> Fujitsu MPG3409AT 40.9GB UDMA100 (IDE Internal) Hard Disk Drive
Slave -> LG 16X (IDE Internal) DVD ROM Drive Model DRD-8160B
Secondary Ultra ATA Contoller
Master -> Panasonic (IDE Internal) 100 Mb Iomega Zip Drive
Slave -> Yamaha 20x10x40 (IDE Internal) CD/RW Drive Model 2200E
Add-on SIIG PCI Slot UltraATA 100 IDE Controller (Model CN2474)
Master -> IBM Deskstar 37GP (38GB) Model DTPA-353750 Hard Disk Drive
1.44MB Floppy Drive (Internal)
Creative SB Audigy PCI Sound Card
3Com Fast Etherlink PCI 100/100Mb NIC (905BTX)
Microsoft Optical Mouse (USB)
Aopen W98 Keyboard PS/2
Windows SE (Second Edition) v2.10.2222A
