3DMark2001 SE measures video card performance simulating DirectX 8.1 games. It is very effective software for evaluating the performance from previous-generation games, programmed using DirectX 8. In this software we run six tests. We run the software in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and with no frame buffer, then we put the antialiasing at 4 samples and the frame buffer at triple-buffering. 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.

You may be asking yourself why we added an old program in a review of a latest generation  video card. To us, it is as important to know the performance of a video card with the latest games as it is to know its performance in an older game. That’s why we kept this software in our methodology.

At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 3.82% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 4.17% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 10.70% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 15.33% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 19.12% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 42.69% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 45.93% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 64.39% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, HIS Radeon X800 GT and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 11.55% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 10.22% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 5.99% faster and ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 4.19% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 4.39% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 8.40% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 15.85% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 17.26% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 19.21% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 61.66% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 63.51% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 94.62% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT and HIS Radeon X800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 14.13% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 13.20% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 9.02% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 8.80% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 7.24% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 5.59% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 6.23% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 6.41% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 12.88% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 13.88% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 20.43% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 29.43% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 82.04% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600,
102.87% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 145.07% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 21.19% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 17.53% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 15.14% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 14.61% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 11.52% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.00% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 3.63% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 5.54% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 6.32% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 10.80% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 12.90% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 27.94% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 79.51% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 95.40% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 112.48% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 19.13% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 16.96% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 13.63% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 12.76% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 10.11% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 5.11% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 6.48% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 7.87% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 7.90% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 8.68% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 19.14% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 40.46% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 113.02% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 143.51% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 155.95% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 31.39% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 25.23% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 22.40% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 18.49% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 16.23% faster than and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.67% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 9.40% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 12.02% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 14.20% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 28.75% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 44.42% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 83.88% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 242.13% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 279.81% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 367.11% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 48.61% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 33.89% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 33.19% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 28.67% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 26.20% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 18.44% faster.