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.

AquaMark 3 Benchmark Results
	Processor	3DMarks	Ranking
1.	A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)	5964
2.	A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400)	5763
3.	A64 3200+/Epox 8HDA3+ (200/400)	5754
4.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (200/400)	5650
5.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (227/377)	5716

AquaMark 3 Benchmark Results
	Overall	3DMarks	Ranking
1.	A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)	44918
2.	A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400)	43808
3.	A64 3200+/Epox 8HDA3+ (200/400)	43172
4.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (200/400)	43010
5.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (227/377)	43564

There seems to be a growing trend here in 3D applications, and that's the nForce3 150 based Gigabyte K8NNXP is slower than the three VIA K8T800 based motherboards.

Quake III Arena	Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.

Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)
	Processor	FPS	Ranking
1.	A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)	493.9
2.	A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400)	496.5
3.	A64 3200+/Epox 8HDA3+ (200/400)	465.3
4.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (200/400)	473.8
5.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (227/377)	513.4

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU TESTER)
	Processor	FPS	Ranking
1.	A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)	127.8
2.	A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400)	128.7
3.	A64 3200+/Epox 8HDA3+ (200/400)	119.9
4.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (200/400)	125.5
5.	A64 3200+/Gigabyte K8NNXP (227/377)	135.5

In Quake III Arena the same thing happens here. Stock performance of the board is lower than that of the K8T800 motherboards slightly.