Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2	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 t reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2 Overall: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 15082 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 9583 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 9618 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 8387 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 8797 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 8034 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 8690 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 8746 CPU: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 4455 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3244 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3281 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 1891 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 1898 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 1883 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 1877 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 1883

Swapping out the Geforce 8800GTS 320MB for the Geforce GTS 250 makes for some dramatic speed improvements, as does swapping out to a Phenom II X4 955 from the triple core Phenom II 720. Altogether the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard is posting results twice as fast as the previous AMD test systems.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1	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

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 7363 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3714 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3730 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3847 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3654 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 3335 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3702 CPU score: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 11011 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 7257 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 7289 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3921 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3914 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 3938 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 3910

The trend continues in 3DMark Vantage, where the new processor, motherboard and videocard are significantly faster than the older system.

Sierra FEAR 1.08	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 Minimum 640x480: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 656 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 591 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 586 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 343 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 343 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 340 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 334 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 343 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 172 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 121 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 120 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 118 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 156 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 163 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 123 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 128

There's a bit of a bottleneck in FEAR that lets the Biostar Tpower N750 system nearly perform as well as the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, but it's still the overall winner.