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.

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The scene is still the same. ASUS and XFX in the first two positions. The most recent generation chipsets are much improved over the older 6800 and X850.

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it'd be best to just leave it in our benchmark list so you can compare the next generation cards with the possibly outdated you have at home.

This is the first test where we see the 6800Ultra from AOpen and the X850XT from Sapphire reaching so close to the XFX 7800GT. The XFX is still better, but this time not by much. We believe this benchmark is too old, to be able to capitalise on the real power of the new 7800 cards.