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.

AquaMark3 - Benchmark Results
Video Card	Points	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	6141
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	5670
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	4860
Asus Radeon A9600XT	3735
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	5736
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	5436
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	4629
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	3435
Albatron FX5900XTV	4542
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	6672

AquaMark3 - Benchmark Results
Overall	Points	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	47175
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	44362
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	39219
Asus Radeon A9600XT	31590
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	44875
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	43010
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	37804
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	29446
Albatron FX5900XTV	37209
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	50370

At stock speeds the Albatron FX5900XTV scores just a bit less than the MSI FX5900 XT but that's not too bad.

Gun Metal 2	Source: Yeti Studio

Gun Metal 2 is one of the first games that will be taking advantage of DirectX 9 technology. According to Gun Metal 2, 2x AA is enabled by default on all videocards and the listed framerates are average.

Gun Metal 2 Demo 1 - 1024x768
Overall	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	31.42
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	28.65
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	25.32
Asus Radeon A9600XT	18.9
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	32.54
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	31.05
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	27.09
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	23.74
Albatron FX5900XTV	26.65
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	38.34

Gun Metal 2 Demo 2 - 1024x768
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	40.5
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	37.26
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	32.91
Asus Radeon A9600XT	24.29
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	40.4
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	38.85
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	35.25
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	31.38
Albatron FX5900XTV	34.71
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	46.81

GunMetal loves overclocked nVIDIA cards that's why the Albatron FX5900XTV scores so well.

Gun Metal 2 Demo 1 - 1600x1200
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	19.75
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	18.23
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	16.17
Asus Radeon A9600XT	10.96
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	21.46
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	20.42
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	17.83
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	14.66
Albatron FX5900XTV	17.56
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	27.57

Gun Metal 2 Demo 2 - 1600x1200
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	25.32
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	23.18
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	20.23
Asus Radeon A9600XT	13.03
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	26.74
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	22.91
MSI FX5900XT-VTD128	28.1
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	18.16
Albatron FX5900XTV	22.56
Albatron FX5900XTV (468/768)	31.28

Things continue here at 1600x1200.