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, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 9.87% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 21.33% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 34.58% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 82.61% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 114.41% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 155.22% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 86.92% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 76.60% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 69.52% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 55.46% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 48.50% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 44.41% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 27.50% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 26.80% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 8.04% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 5.66% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 3.20% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 9.40% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 23.51% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 35.26% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 86.80% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 121.04% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 163.62% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 110.14% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 97.38% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 85.19% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 66.39% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 61.46% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 56.06% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 33.70% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 32.91% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 13.06% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 6.51% faster and ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 5.05% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 8.69% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 28.06% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 35.09% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 88.31% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 136.65% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 180.63% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 131.61% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 113.19% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 100.81% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 94.77% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 73.37% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 66.79% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 41.66% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 39.50% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 17.79% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 5.00% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 3.51% faster.

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 3.73% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 24.98% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 27.03% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 82.21% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 120.40% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 158.84% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 167.16% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 153.61% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 129.15% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 115.21% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 107.69% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 87.12% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 59.68% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 57.88% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 25.48% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 14.89% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 8.31% faster.

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 27.84% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 32.68% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 32.84% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 117.50% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 141.01% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 168.65% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 190.76% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 177.95% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 137.50% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 122.64% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 110.10% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 92.81% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 58.85% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 54.33% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 21.68% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 15.08% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 6.73% faster.

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was 17.32% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB (which is factory-overclocked), 18.95% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 25.04% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 109.06% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 193.31% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 213.89% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (which is factory-overclocked) was beaten by ATI Radeon X1900 XTX, which was 265.72% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XT, which was 242.99% faster, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 186.35% faster, nVidia GeForce 7800 GT, which was 173.54% faster, ATI Radeon X1800 XL, which was 170.47% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., which was 134.00% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, which was 87.14% faster, nVidia GeForce 6800 GS, which was 79.83% faster, HIS Radeon X800 GTO, which was 43.97% faster, ATI Radeon X1600 XT, which was 23.71% faster and HIS Radeon X800 GT, which was 19.38% faster.