AquaMark 2.3	Source: Massive Development

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 2.3 - 1024x768
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	105.6
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	105.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	99.3
Asus Radeon A9600XT	74.1
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	113.9
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	111.7
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	84.1
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U	84.2
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050)	93.8

Every card is perfectly gamable here in AquaMark at 1024x768.

AquaMark 2.3 - 1280x1024
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	86.1
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	81.1
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	71.2
Asus Radeon A9600XT	47.9
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	93.1
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	89.9
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	55.8
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U	55.9
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050)	64.5

AquaMark 2.3 - 1600x1200
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	62.3
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	50.2
Asus Radeon A9600XT	33.6
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	70.2
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	67.4
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	39.7
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U	39.8
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050)	46.4

The Chaintech Apogee AA5700U can provide you with decent framerates up to 1280x1024. Anything higher and the card is not powerful enough.

AquaMark3	Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.