We followed the same methodology described on the previous page, but now running 3DMark03. 3DMark03 simulates DirectX 9.0 (i.e. Shader 2.0) games, which is fully supported by all four chipsets with integrated graphics we added to our comparison: Radeon Xpress 1100, AMD 690G, GeForce 6100-405 and GeForce 7025-630a.

You can check the results of our benchmarking below. All the listed video cards were installed on MSI K9AGM2-FIH.

On 3DMark03 MSI K9AGM2-FIH achieved the same performance level of ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G), being 8.94% faster than Abit AN-M2 (GeForce 7025), 19.07% faster than Foxconn A690GM2MA, 22.76% faster than ECS RS485M-M (ATI Radeon Xpress 1100) and 35.14% faster than ECS GeForce6100SM-M

The problem is that even the “worst” PCI Express video card is a lot faster than on-board video solutions: GeForce 6200 with 64-bit memory interface and TurboCache technology was 48% faster than MSI K9AGM2-FIH. This is a huge difference. GeForce 6200 with 128-bit memory interface was 133% faster.

When we installed our overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS on the reviewed board it achieved the same performance level of ASUS M2N32-SLI De Luxe, what is great.