The third test is similar to the second one and produces similar results. The only difference is that the overclocked ASUS and the GeForce 6600 are perfect equals here whereas the latter has been faster in the second test.

With full-screen anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled, the Extreme AX600 XT can only reach the level of the GeForce 6600 by overclocking.

The fourth game test is probably the main and most interesting part of the 3DMark03 suite, as it is stuffed with complex version 2.0 pixel shaders. This time the high clock rates of the Extreme AX600 XT equal the advanced architecture of the GeForce 6600. The ASUS card wins at the overclocked frequencies.

It’s all the same in the eye candy mode.

Overall, the ASUS Extreme AX600 XT/HTVD is less spectacular in 3DMark03 compared to the GeForce 6600, but this is no wonder considering that it is an architectural analog of the RADEON 9600 XT; the only difference is the memory frequency and the support of the PCI Express interface. Still, the excellent overclockability of the ASUS card allows it to turn in an excellent 3DMark03 score for a graphics card of its class.