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.	Radeon 8500	50
2.	Gainward GF4 Ti4600	66.6
3.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	67.1
4.	MSI GF4 Ti4600 oc'ed	72.4

At stock speeds, the MSI is slightly faster then the Gainward thanks mainly due to the fact that it's clocked higher. When it's overclocked it has absolutely no competition.

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Radeon 8500	39.7
2.	Gainward GF4 Ti4600	44.6
3.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	44.9
4.	MSI GF4 Ti4600 oc'ed	50.6

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Radeon 8500	28.6
2.	Gainward GF4 Ti4600	32.2
3.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	33.9
4.	MSI GF4 Ti4600 oc'ed	37.3

When the resolution is turned up to 1600x1200 we see even the Ti4600 come down to Earth. Overclocking does boost performance quite a bit but we still seem CPU limited.