3Dmark03 measures performance by simulating games written to DirectX 9, which are contemporary games. We run this program in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and then configuring antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering also at 4x. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to notice that ATI chips can run at 6x antialiasing. Since nVidia chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialiasing to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our bechmarks, allowing direct comparison between them.

At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX was 17.38% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 33.69% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 86.25% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 105.68% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 209.55% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 263.47% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 332.64% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from XFX was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,13% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 3.53% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 25.33% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 42.74% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 98.86% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 119.60% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 230.51% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 288.08% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 361.94% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX was 18.66% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 38.51% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 102.60% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 128.72% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 245.93% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 309.33% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 388.19% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,26% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 4.06% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 27.51% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 48.83% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 117.70% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 145.77% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 271.71% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 339.83% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 424.57% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX was 20.40% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 41.76% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 118.25% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 157.16% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 278.16% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 375.22% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 463.55% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,85% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 4.17% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 30.26% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 53.36% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 136.12% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 178.21% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 309.11% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 414.12% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 509.68% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 22.46% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 43.50% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 137.71% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 191.09% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 317.54% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 405.04% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 493.13% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,74% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 3.84% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 31.92% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 54.59% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 156.07% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 213.57% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 349.79% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 444.05% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 538.95% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 23.18% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 49.52% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 203.61% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 215.12% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 416.57% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 472.39% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 538.04% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,71% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 4.14% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 33.04% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 61.48% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 227.92% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 240.34% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 457.92% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 518.21% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 589.11% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 22.37% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 53.01% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 240.61% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 258.07% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 498.64% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 739.89% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 798.83% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 4,99% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was faster than all video cards in the test. It was 3.27% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 32.68% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 65.90% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 269.31% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 288.24% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 549.07% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 810.66% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 874.56% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.