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.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	89.1
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	81.2
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	63.8
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	58.7
7.	MSI FX5600-VTDR128	57.1
8.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	72.3
9.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra (440/825)	76.5

Here in AquaMark we see that the Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra actually performs faster than the Radeon 9600 Pro! It's substantially faster than the other FX5600's as well.

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	77.7
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	69.7
3.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	77.1
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	56.4
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	41.1
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	39
7.	MSI FX5600-VTDR128	37.6
8.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	48.5
9.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra (440/825)	53

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	49.7
3.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	58.7
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	41.1
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	28.9
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	27.8
7.	MSI FX5600-VTDR128	26.7
8.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	34.9
9.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra (440/825)	38.1

We see that the Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra is able to maintain its performance lead over the Radeon 9600 Pro. That is certainly very good.