PCStats Test System Specs:

processor: amd athlon64 4000+ clock speed: 12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz motherboards: gigabyte ga-k8nxp-sli (nf4-sli) gigabyte ga-k8nsnxp-939 (nf3 ultra) videocard: msi rx800xt-vtd256e* powercolor x700 pro* albatron trinity pc6600* albatron trinity pc6600u* albatron trinity geforce 6600gt agp** msi nx6600gt-td128 agp** gigabyte gv-nx6600t128d* msi nx6600gt-td128e (single mode)* msi nx6600gt-td128e (sli mode)* gigabyte gv-3d1 (single mode)* gigabyte gv-3d1 (sli mode)* memory: 2x 512mb mushkin pc3200 l2 v2 hard drive: 40gb wd special ed cdrom: aopen 52x combo drive powersupply: seasonic super tornado 400w software setup windowsxp build 2600 nforce catalyst 4.12 detonator 66.93 benchmarks 3dmark2001se 3dmark05 codecreatures aquamark aquamark3 gun metal 2 x2 the threat ut2003 doom3

* - denotes pci express, ** - denotes agp.

3DMark2001SE	Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark2001 SE continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001SE has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using real-time physics.

3DMark2001SE:
Videocards:	Points	Ranking
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	27705
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V	26464
PowerColor X700 Pro	21792
PowerColor Bravo X700	17575
Albatron Trinity PC6600	15941
Asus Extreme N6600TOP/TD/128M/A	19639
Albatron Trinity PC6600U	18539
MSI NX6600GT-TD128 AGP	19816
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128SP	19581
Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP	20149
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D	21122
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (Single GPU Mode 500/1120)	21420
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (SLI Mode 500/1120)	22068
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	21014
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	21879

Some notable results here. None of the Geforce 6600-based cards can really keep up with the ATI cards (excepting the much slower x700-based card) in this benchmark except for the Gigabyte GV-3D1. Even running with a single GPU, it's higher than stock memory serves it well here. SLI really does not help much with this benchmark, as we see. As expected, the Albatron 6600U card occupies the middle ground between 6600 and 6600GT performance levels. Both AGP cards were slightly off the pace in this benchmark, one even being beaten by the non-GT ASUS card.

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!