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, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 11.52% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 14.04% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 16.76% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 25.57% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 32.39% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 46.20% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 120.03% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 158.36% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 207.53% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 46.56% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 45.09% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 40.68% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 29.02% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 23.24% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 19.85% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 5.23% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 11.92% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 18.81% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 20.45% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 23.99% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 38.44% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 56.29% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 136.38% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 179.70% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 233.59% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 55.98% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 51.12% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 46.35% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 31.50% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 27.60% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 23.33% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 5.66% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 13.50% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 27.33% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 29.16% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 32.61% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 45.30% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 71.20% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 151.76% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 216.38% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 275.18% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 59.46% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 55.99% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 50.21% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 45.68% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 29.68% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 24.76% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 5.96% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 13.15% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 23.58% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 29.14% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 31.09% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 47.28% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 80.36% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 158.70% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 212.92% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 267.50% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 78.62% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 67.43% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 61.39% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 51.58% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 46.28% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 31.79% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 12.47% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 13.15% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 19.64% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 27.98% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 29.01% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 76.01% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 82.68% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 199.47% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 231.83% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 269.88% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 101.87% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 78.90% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 72.50% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 61.70% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 52.60% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 40.04% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 15.37% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was 13.59% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 32.19% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 35.77% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 36.99% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 94.52% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 104.48% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 241.87% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 379.64% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 413.30% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

GeCube Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT,  which was 109.74% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 83.85% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX,  which was 75.11% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT,  which was 67.27 faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL,  which was 65.39% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E.,  which was 43.09% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT,  which was 14.44% faster.