AquaMark 2.3	Source: Massive

AquaMark is another DirectX 8 benchmark. Using vertex shaders, any card that is DirectX8 compatible will not just have a huge speed boost, the image will also look better. Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.

AquaMark 1024x768
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	94.3
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	88.1
3.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	91.5
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	89.1
5.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	81.2
6.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra	91
7.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938)	95.4

At 1024x768 we see that the Radeon 9800 Pro is just slightly faster than the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra class cards.

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	77.7
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	69.7
3.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	84.1
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	77.1
5.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	56.4
6.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra	81.8
7.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938)	84.4

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	49.7
3.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	65.6
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	58.7
5.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	41.1
6.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra	65.7
7.	nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938)	71.7

As the resolution gets higher we see that the Radeon 9800 Pro falls quite rapidly while the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra based videocards perform better.