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, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 6.26% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 10.72% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 14.35% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 36.98% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 40.09% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 57.81% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT and ATI Radeon X1600 XT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 16.20% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 14.82% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 10.41% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 8.54% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 6.31% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 6.29% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 4.17% faster.
At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 3.84% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 10.97% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 12.32% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 14.19% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 54.85% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 56.63% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 86.42% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 19.14% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 18.18% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 13.81% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 13.58% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 11.95% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.23% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 4.41% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 4.39% faster.
At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 6.26% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 7.20% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 13.36% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 21.84% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 71.37% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 90.97% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 130.70% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 28.74% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 24.85% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 22.31% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 21.75% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 18.46% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 16.85% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 8.12% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 6.23% faster.
At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 4.98% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 6.97% faster than PowerColor Radeon X800 GT, 21.22% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 70.09% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 85.14% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 101.33% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and HIS Radeon X800 GT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 25.74% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 23.44% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 19.92% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 19.01% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 16.21% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.93% faster, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 5.54% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 3.98% faster.
At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 10.42% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 30.18% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 97.43% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 125.69% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 137.22% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT, HIS Radeon X800 GT and PowerColor Radeon X800 GT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 41.77% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 35.12% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 32.06% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 27.84% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 25.40% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 19.41% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 10.73% faster and GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 7.90% faster.
At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X800 GTO was 4.39% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 17.68% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 32.01% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 68.08% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 212.73% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 247.18% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 326.98% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO achieved a performance similar to PowerColor Radeon X800 GT.
HIS Radeon X800 GTO was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 62.58% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 46.48% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 45.71% faster, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 40.77% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 38.06% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 29.58% faster, GeCube Radeon X800 GTO, which was 9.40% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 6.31% faster.
