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 X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 6.72% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 9.59% faster than ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, 16.82% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 32.03% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 35.03% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 52.11% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 20.55% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 19.12% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 14.55% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 12.60% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 10.28% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 6.38% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 5.25% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 5.19% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 4.10% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 3.75% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 5.51% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 7.27% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 18.51% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 45.47% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 47.14% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 75.13% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to ATI Radeon X1600 XT and ATI Radeon X1900 XTX.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 26.83% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 25.80% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 21.15% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 19.17% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 17.34% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 11.14% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 10.36% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 9.02% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 6.45% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 8.70% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 16.03% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 52.89% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 70.38% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 105.83% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to XFX GeForce 6600 GT.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 44.30% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 39.94% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 37.10% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 32.78% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 30.97% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 21.18% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 19.78% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 19.01% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 12.09% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 11.90% faster and ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 4.56% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 17.08% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 35.05% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 64.27% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 78.81% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 94.45% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) achieved a performance similar to HIS Radeon X800 GT and Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 30.19% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 27.81% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 23.22% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 20.32% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 14.86% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 7.66% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 6.36% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 5.59% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 5.45% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 3.54% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 5,77% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 24,70% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 52,15% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 89,11% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT, 116,18% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 127,23% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 48.00% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 41.06% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 37.87% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 30.92% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 24.66% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 22.78% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 15.60% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 15.32% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 5.78% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 4.42% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 4.40% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 17.54% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 49.15% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 118.69% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 142.78% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 198.58% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 132.49% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 109.47% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 108.37% faster, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 102.21% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 97.43% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 85.30% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 52.02% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 49.89% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 43.00% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 36.99% faster, Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, which was 21.51% faster and ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 8.33% faster.