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, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 6.60% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 20.47% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 23.21% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 38.80% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to XFX GeForce 6600 GT.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 32.12% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 30.55% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 25.53% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 23.40% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 20.85% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 16.58% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 15.35% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 15.28% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 14.09% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 13.70% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 13.24% faster and Sapphite Radeon X700 Pro, which was 7.00% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 6.55% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 8.32% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 19.67% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 46.89% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 48.57% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 76.84% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and HIS Radeon X1600 XT.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 25.60% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E, which was 24.59% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 19.98% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 18.02% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 16.21% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 10.07% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 9.30% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 7.96% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 5.42% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 6.18% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 6.36% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 13.83% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 15.72% faster than HIS Radeon X1600 XT, 20.37% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 29.37% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 38.08% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 81.95% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 102.77% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 144.95% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GT and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 21.25% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 17.59% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 15.20% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 11.57% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.05% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 3.48% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 4.29% faster than HIS Radeon X1600 XT, 7.84% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 24.53% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 43.63% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 74.72% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 90.18% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 106.81% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, HIS Radeon X800 GTO and nVidia GeForce 6800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 22.40% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 20.17% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 15.85% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 13.13% faster and nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 7.99% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 6.21% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 6.47% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, 16.07% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 17.58% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 17.61% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 19.80% faster than HIS Radeon X1600 XT, 29.86% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 53.10% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 86.81% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 132.19% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 165.43% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 178.99% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to nVidia GeForce 7800 GT.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 20.54% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 14.89% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 12.29% faster and MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 6.63% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was 9.13% faster than nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, 33.01% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 34.91% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, 41.40% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 47.61% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 66.41% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 86.67% faster than ATI Radeon X1600 XT, 93.48% faster than HIS Radeon X1600 XT, 137.67% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 201.59% faster than factory-overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB from XFX, 342.21% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 390.92% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 503.76% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX achieved a performance similar to MSI GeForce 7800 GTX.

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 14.97% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 3.59% faster and ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 3.04% faster.