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, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 35.69% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 59.33% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 89.65% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 151.54% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 137.66% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 128.13% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 109.21% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 99.85% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 94.34% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 71.58% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 70.64% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 45.40% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 42.19% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 38.94% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 38.88% faster, XFX GeForce 6600 GT, which was 22.49% faster, and Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, which was 10.92% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 38.10% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 63.41% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 94.89% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 184.24% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 166.99% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 150.49% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 125.07% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 118.40% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 111.09% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 80.84% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 79.78% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 52.93% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 44.06% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 42.10% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 38.54% faster, XFX GeForce 6600 GT, which was 23.64% faster and Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, which was 9.52% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 39.40% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 75.18% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 107.74% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 212.89% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 188.00% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 171.28% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 163.11% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 134.21% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 125.31% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 91.37% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 88.45% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 59.12% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 41.84% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 39.83% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 38.44% faster, XFX GeForce 6600 GT, which was 24.30% faster and Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, which was 5.49% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 45.79% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 76.35% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 107.11% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro.

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 233.89% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 216.96% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 186.39% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 168.96% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 159.56% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 133.86% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 99.57% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 97.32% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 56.82% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 43.58% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 38.30% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 35.36% faster and XFX GeForce 6600 GT, which was 20.48% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 63.73% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 81.42% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 102.23% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro.

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 286.25% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 269.24% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 215.50% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 195.76% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 179.11% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 156.14% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 111.02% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 105.02% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 61.65% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 52.88% faster, HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 47.65% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 41.78% faster and XFX GeForce 6600 GT, which was 3.92% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was 6.58% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 78.19% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 150.00% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 167.54% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro. Keep in mind that XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB was running at 400 MHz (core) and 800 MHz (memory), while its rival, Albatron GeForce 6600, was running at 300 MHz (core) and 500 MHz (memory).

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro.

XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 329.07% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 302.40% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 235.96% faster, NVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 220.93% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 217.32% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 174.54% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 119.56% faster, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 110.98% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 68.91% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 45.14% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 40.05% faster, and HIS Radeon X1600 XT, which was 39.84% faster.