Performance in Semi-Synthetic Benchmarks

Aquamark3

High overdraw coefficient and complex scene geometry are the distinguishing features of this benchmark. It has few pixel shaders and hardly any complex shaders, so NVIDIA’s GPUs, particularly the GeForce 6800 Ultra, are faster here. The ASUS AX800 XT reaches the same level of performance through overclocking.

The combatants change their places in the eye candy mode: the ASUS gets the lead, thanks to the efficient operation with the memory subsystem. This time the advantage over the GeForce 6800 Ultra is hefty enough, amounting to 7 fps in high resolutions while the absolute speeds are 30-60fps.

Performance in Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark03 build 340

The ASUS AX800 XT turns in a higher overall score than the GeForce 6800 Ultra in 3DMark03, but let us examine each of the tests separately.