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.

3DMark2001 SE - 1024x768	Score	Difference
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	24,579	40.43%
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	24,293	38.79%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	23,086	31.90%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	22,642	29.36%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	20,770	18.67%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	18,199	3.98%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	18,192	3.94%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	17,503
Radeon X700 (HIS)	16,264	7.62%

At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 7.62% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and it was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 40.43% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 38.79% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 31.90% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 29.36% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 18.67% faster, Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 3.98% faster and Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 3.94% faster.

3DMark2001 SE - 1280x1024	Score	Difference
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	22,158	56.57%
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	22,048	55.79%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	20,821	47.12%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	20,503	44.88%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	17,522	23.81%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	15,599	10.22%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	15,538	9.79%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	14,152
Radeon X700 (HIS)	13,319	6.25%

At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 6.25% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and it was beaten by ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 56.57% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 55.79% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 47.12% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 44.88% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 23.81% faster, Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 10.22% faster and Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 9.79% faster.

3DMark2001 SE - 1600x1200	Score	Difference
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	20,246	80.83%
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	20,002	78.65%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	19,338	72.72%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	18,177	62.35%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	14,537	29.84%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	13,511	20.68%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	13,374	19.45%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	11,196
Radeon X700 (HIS)	10,418	7.47%

At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 7.47% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and it was beaten by ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 80.83% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 78.65% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 72.72% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 62.35% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 29.84% faster, Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 20.68% faster and Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 19.45% faster.

3DMark2001 SE – 1024x768 AA x4, FB x3	Score	Difference
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	21,625	63.15%
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	20,847	57.28%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	19,731	48.86%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	19,525	47.30%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	15,993	20.66%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	15,517	17.07%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	13,482	1.71%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	13,255
Radeon X700 (HIS)	12,474	6.26%

At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro achieved a similar performance to Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP and it was 6.26% faster than HIS Radeon X700.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 63.15% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 57.28% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 48.86% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 47.30% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 20.66% faster and Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 17.07% faster.

3DMark2001 SE – 1280x1024 AA x4, FB x3	Score	Difference
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	19,015	92.89%
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	17,926	81.84%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	17,253	75.02%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	16,421	66.58%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	12,530	27.10%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	12,289	24.66%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	10,102	2.48%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	9,858
Radeon X700 (HIS)	9,257	6.49%

At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro achieved a similar performance to Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP and it was 6.49% faster than HIS Radeon X700.

HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 92.89% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 81.84% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 75.02% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 66.58% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 27.10% faster and Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 24.66% faster.

3DMark2001 SE – 1600x1200 AA x4, FB x3	Score	Difference
Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	16,632	203.01%
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI)	15,001	173.29%
Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire)	13,632	148.35%
GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX)	13,331	142.87%
Radeon 9800 XT (ATI)	9,497	73.02%
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte)	9,022	64.37%
Radeon X700 (HIS)	6,873	25.21%
GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek)	6,206	13.06%
Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS)	5,489

At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 203.01% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 173.29% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 148.35% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 142.87% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 73.02% faster, Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 64.37% faster, HIS Radeon X700, which was 25.21% faster and Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 13.06% faster.