3DMark05 measures performance by simulating DirectX 9.0c games, i.e. using the new Shader 3.0 model. This programming model is used by Far Cry game and other games to be launched in the future. This new programming model is used by GeForce 6 and 7 series from nVidia and Radeon X1000 series from ATI.
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 benchmark, allowing direct comparison between them.
At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 8.16% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 14.09% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 22.89% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 70.03% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 70.86% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 86.58% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 188.48% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 242.43% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 259.49% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 47.18% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 42.29% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 38.35% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 31.87% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 29.26% faster and ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 16.81% faster.
At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 7.40% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 15.61% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 26.00% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 78.52% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 91.43% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 105.52% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 219.46% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 286.73% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 305.44% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.
A HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 66.56% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 62.46% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 50.85% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 38.09% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 36.85% faster and ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 17.85% faster.
At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 7.44% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 16.28% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 36.67% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 85.63% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 90.21% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 162.74% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 251.80% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 307.99% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 369.07% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 96.12% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 76.51% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 61.73% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 44.11% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 44.08% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 18.37% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 4.03% faster.
At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 7.30% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 8.62% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 12.69% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 77.87% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 93.28% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 208.47% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 282.47% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro, 324.60% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 339.65% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 70.98% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 69.19% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 52.44% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 47.96% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 40.03% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 25.21% faster and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 3.48% faster.
To run at 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements on 3DMark05 the video card must have at least 256 MB of memory, because of that some video cards couldn’t run this test. Here HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 8.29% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 11.21% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 28.09% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 86.70% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 99.81% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 300.37% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 453.36% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and nVidia GeForce 6800 GS.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 104.39% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 87.87% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 61.31% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 52.88% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 45.07% faster and ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 25.29% faster.
To run at 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements on 3DMark05 the video card must have at least 256 MB of memory, because of that some video cards couldn’t run this test. Here HIS Radeon X1600 XT was 9.39% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GTO, 15.75% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, 15.85% faster than nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, 32.80% faster than HIS Radeon X800 GT, 88.28% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 105.48% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 339.22% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 658.65% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT.
HIS Radeon X1600 XT was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 141.71% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 104.41% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 62.54% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 61.11% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 44.80% faster and ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 28.53% faster.
