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Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

3DMark05
Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	10905
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	9117
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	7390
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	6568
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	5921
ATi Radeon X800 XL	5301
PowerColor X700 Pro	3286
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	9147
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	7696
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	11571
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	6883
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	11161
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	5288
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	3287
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	6425
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	10245
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	10617

In 3DMark05, the Radeon X1900 XTX leads the way with the MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E close behind. The GeForce 7900GTX outperforms the GeForce 7800GTX by almost 1000 points, but looses out to two 7800GTX 256MB videocards in SLI.

3DMark06	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

3DMark06
Overall:	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	4903
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	3976
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	3315
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	2220
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	2012
ATi Radeon X800 XL	1779
PowerColor X700 Pro	776
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	4314
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	3826
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	5707
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	3406
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	5262
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	2349
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	1461
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	2310
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	4929
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	5204
SM2.0	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	2290
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	1810
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	1429
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	1172
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	1046
ATi Radeon X800 XL	909
PowerColor X700 Pro	370
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	1953
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	1726
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	3121
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	1484
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	2764
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	978
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	567
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	919
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	2527
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	2733
HDR/SM3.0	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	2552
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	1808
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	1427
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	0
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	0
ATi Radeon X800 XL	0
PowerColor X700 Pro	0
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	2214
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	1709
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	2960
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	1471
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	2609
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	899
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	529
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	924
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	2349
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	2548

3DMark06 numbers are very interesting indeed, and the Radeon X1900 XTX and MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E jostle for top spot. At stock speeds both videocards are very fast and it is difficult to determine a "winner". Overclocking boosts the MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E's overall score nicely to 5204.