3DMark06 simulates DirectX 9.0c (Shader 3.0) games and it also puts HDR (High Dynamic Range) into the equation to calculate its final score. So it simulates the most high-end games available today. Since we were comparing high-end cards, we ran this program in higher resolutions, as performance difference between high-end video cards is more expressive on such resolutions. We chose three resolutions, 1600x1200, 1920x1440 and 2048x1536. The results you check below. All video cards listed below were running with the default clock rates defined by the chip manufacturer.

 

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 - 1600x1200	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	7504	66.61%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	7208	60.04%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	4679	3.89%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	4504
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	3937	14.40%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	3861	16.65%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	3311	36.03%

 

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 - 1920x1440	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	6414	71.31%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	6074	62.23%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	3876	3.53%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	3744
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	3187	17.48%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	3117	20.12%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	2657	40.91%

 

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 - 2048x1536	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	6035	76.10%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	5686	65.92%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	3603	5.14%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	3427
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	2949	16.21%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	2882	18.91%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	2450	39.88%