Futuremark's 3DMark 05, 3DMark 06 3DMark Vantage benchmarks will provide us with the first performance numbers.

Starting with the 3DMark 05, the Inno3D GTX470 Hawk graphics card gave a very high score (16705 points) but still, it remains far away from the top as you can see in the table below:

In the 3DMark 06 benchmark, the Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk got the third place, this time outperforming the ATI-based Gainward HD4870 1GB GS:

The Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk finally showed its teeth in the latest 3DMark Vantage benchmark. The card's score was high enough to rank the card in the first place among all the cards we have tested in our labs. The only graphics card that reached the Hawk's performance was the Gainward Rampage 700 2GB GS, under the demanding ' Extreme' profile (1920 x 1200):