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, except MSI GeForce 8800 GTS “OC”, which is the reviewed model with its default overclocked settings.

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 – 1600x1200	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) - OC	8199
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	7504	9.26%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	7208	13.75%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	4679	75.23%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	4504	82.04%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	3937	108.26%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	3861	112.35%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	3311	147.63%

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 – 1920x1440	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) - OC	7026
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	6414	9.54%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	6074	15.67%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	3876	81.27%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	3744	87.66%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	3187	120.46%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	3117	125.41%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	2657	164.43%

3DMark06 Professional Edition 1.10 - 2048x1536	Score	Difference
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI) - OC	6626
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB (MSI)	6035	9.79%
GeForce 7950 GX2 (XFX)	5686	16.53%
GeForce 7950 GT (Zogis)	3603	83.90%
Radeon X1950 Pro (PowerColor)	3427	93.35%
GeForce 7900 GT (XFX)	2949	124.69%
GeForce 7800 GTX (XFX)	2882	129.91%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia)	2450	170.45%