The third test is a copy of the second one in terms of the rendering techniques employed. The results are quite naturally the same.

The ASUS N6600 GT/TD shows the advantages of its modern graphics architecture over the older one in the “eye candy” mode, too.

The fourth of the 3DMark03 tests stands somewhat apart from the other three. This is probably the only test that should be applied to test modern graphics cards as it is the only one to use complex version 2.0 pixel shaders. Although the RADEON 9800 XT executes such shaders quite quickly, the ASUS N6600 GT/TD is even better at this task: up to 20% better in 1280x1024! The speed of the N6600 GT/TD is probably impeded by its 128-bit memory bus in higher resolutions, but it is never slower than its competitor anyway.

The ASUS card is almost as successful in the “eye candy” mode. It is no worse than the RADEON 9800 XT here and outperforms the 12-pipelined GeForce 6800 at overclocking. Thus, the total score of the ASUS N6600 GT/TD in 3DMark03 seems more than deserved.