Since the majority of today's applications and games are compatible with DirectX 9, the need of benchmark applications that use DX 9 has been brought up. The benchmark uses the 3D engine (Krass engine) of the Aquanox game.

Aquamark Triscore

The Aquamark Triscore comprises 3 values: the overall system performance, the performance of the graphics system and the CPU performance. Keep in mind that this is not the total result of the tests, but the result of the whole benchmark process including all 9 chapters.

Unexpected results for the P5N32-SLI...

The 955X based P5WD2 once again reported slightly better results.

3DMark 2001

3DMark 2001 is the predecessor to 3DMark03. It's mainly a directx8.1 benchmark and the score depends a lot on the CPU power of your computer. However for reference use only we decided it'd be best to just leave it in our benchmark list so you can compare the next generation cards with the possibly outdated you have at home.

Similar performance for the P5N32-SLI and the P5ND2-SLI. Don't forget that 3DMARK01 is too old to take advantage of dual X16 SLI mode.

This time, the P5N32-SLI reported slightly better performance than the P5WD2.