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.

The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as "OC" are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7900 GT OC from XFX was running at 550 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.63 GHz (815 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7900 GT is 450 MHz/1.32 GHz (660 MHz DDR). GeForce 7950 GX2 OC from XFX was running at 570 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.55 GHz (775 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7950 GX2 is 500 MHz/1.2 GHz (600 MHz DDR).

3DMark05 - 1024x768	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	8,172
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	8,096	0.94%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	7,370	10.88%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	7,342	11.30%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	7,222	13.15%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	7,220	13.19%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,982	17.04%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,863	19.07%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,789	20.37%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	6,471	26.29%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	6,343	28.83%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	5,732	42.57%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	5,594	46.09%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,991	63.73%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,941	65.39%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	4,537	80.12%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	4,301	90.00%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,993	104.66%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	3,675	122.37%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,886	183.16%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	2,872	184.54%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	1,701	380.42%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	1,433	470.27%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,365	498.68%

3DMark05 - 1280x1024	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,918
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,804	1.46%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,962	13.73%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,761	17.11%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,726	17.72%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,699	18.20%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,534	21.18%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,208	27.55%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,067	30.51%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	5,554	42.56%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	5,504	43.86%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,780	65.65%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,740	67.05%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,130	91.72%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,085	93.83%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,745	111.43%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	3,479	127.59%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,192	148.06%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	3,093	156.00%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,253	251.44%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,957	304.60%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	1,259	528.91%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,040	661.35%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	992	698.19%

3DMark05 - 1600x1200	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,749
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,598	1.99%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,559	18.14%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,513	18.98%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,220	24.58%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,191	25.17%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	5,862	32.19%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	5,524	40.28%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	5,371	44.27%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	4,786	61.91%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	4,785	61.94%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,096	89.18%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	3,931	97.13%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	3,455	124.28%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	3,376	129.53%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,091	150.70%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	2,856	171.32%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,608	197.12%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	2,430	218.89%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	1,789	333.15%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,264	513.05%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	944	720.87%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	814	851.97%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	708	994.49%

3DMark05 - 1024x768 AAx4, Anisox4	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,845
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,735	1.42%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,893	13.81%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,788	15.57%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,717	16.79%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	6,656	17.86%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	6,655	17.88%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	6,123	28.12%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	6,052	29.63%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	5,874	33.55%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	5,559	41.12%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,971	57.82%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	4,634	69.29%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	4,108	90.97%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	4,072	92.66%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	3,700	112.03%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	3,655	114.64%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	3,523	122.68%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,881	172.30%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	2,232	251.48%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX)	1,287	509.56%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	1,038	655.78%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron)	935	739.04%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	903	768.77%

3DMark05 - 1280x1024 AAx4, Anisox4	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,647
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,485	2.16%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,571	16.37%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	6,325	20.90%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	6,040	26.61%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	5,968	28.13%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	5,955	28.41%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	5,277	44.91%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	5,186	47.45%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	4,915	55.58%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	4,664	63.96%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	4,028	89.85%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	3,738	104.57%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	3,295	132.08%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	3,286	132.71%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	2,969	157.56%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	2,891	164.51%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	2,510	204.66%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	2,232	242.61%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	1,722	344.08%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	803	852.30%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	581	1,216.18%

3DMark05 - 1600x1200 AAx4, Anisox4	Score	Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX)	7,447
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia)	7,209	3.30%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI)	6,253	19.09%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia)	5,668	31.39%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI)	5,288	40.83%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D)	5,285	40.91%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX)	4,266	74.57%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI)	4,205	77.10%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI)	4,168	78.67%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia)	3,776	97.22%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	3,746	98.80%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI)	3,325	123.97%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI)	2,644	181.66%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia)	2,553	191.70%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS)	2,365	214.88%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia)	2,235	233.20%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia)	2,233	233.50%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS)	1,948	282.29%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia)	1,552	379.83%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire)	1,374	441.99%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire)	589	1,164.35%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI)	341	2,083.87%