7.0 3DMark05

3DMark05 is an application for graphic cards performances testing with games using the newest API Microsoft DirectX 9 technology. We used the default benchmark configuration in our testing.

The Radeon X800 Pro gave a score higher than that of 6800 GT and 9800 XT. The 3DMark05 tool is more sensitive to the devices' clock rate than to the processing pipeline number, as you can see from the X800 score, about 4% higher than the nVIDIA card one. The generation gap with the 9800 XT is shown as well.

7.1 3DMark03 3.5.0

3DMark03 is, just like 3DMark05, a graphic controller testing software with the MS API DirectX 9: the Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader functions affect in a ver significant way the global score. We used the default benchmark setup in this test.

The Geforce 6800 GT gives a better score with the 3DMark03, 8% higher than the Radeon one: this clashes with the previous measures and reveals the architecture differences between the two softwares. Now what affects more is the pipeline number.

7.2 3DMark 2001SE

3DMark 2001SE is an outdated application and it was used for grafic cards testing long before 9800 XT was on. So we expect high output values and a better score for the Crucial's card, due to its higher core clock. We used the default setup in our testing.

3DMark 2001SE is an outdated application and it was used for grafic cards testing long before 9800 XT was on. So we expect high output values and a better score for the Crucial's card, due to its higher core clock. We used the default setup in our testing.

In the next page we analyze the system response with Unreal Tournament 2004.

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Unreal Tournament 2004

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