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.

Once again, the nVidia cards take over the top positions.

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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it'd be best to just leave it in our benchmark list so you can compare the next generation cards with the possibly outdated you have at home.

The interesting thing is that not just the order, but also the difference between the cards is almost standard with most of the benchmarks. The ASUS N7800 GTX TOP is clearly the most powerful card with the XFX 7800GT close behind. The PowerColor X1900 GT is a little further behind and the ASUS EAX1600XT SILENT trails by a difference.