Performance in Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark03

The Leadtek WinFast A6600 GT TDH easily beats the RADEON 9800 XT in 3DMark03, at least one would say that looking at their total scores. The difference amounts to 2,000 points almost. Futuremark didn’t certify ForceWare 71.84 at the time of our tests, so we used the approved ForceWare 66.93.

The reviewed card performs admirably in the first test. It is natural since this test uses only fixed T&L functions all current-generation GPUs from NVIDIA are optimized to work with.

The WinFast A6600 GT TDH loses its ground in high resolutions, falling behind the RADEON 9800 XT in 1600x1200. The reason is the same – the narrow 128-bit memory bus of the Leadtek card. The overclocked Leadtek is on top, however.

The rendering techniques employed in the second game test work better with GPUs from NVIDIA, and the WinFast A6600 GT TDH feels at ease here, being about 25% faster than the RADEON 9800 XT. The overclocked Leadtek’s performance approaches that of the 12-pipelined GeForce 6800.

The Leadtek card is still ahead of the RADEON 9800 XT in the “eye candy” mode, despite the higher load on the graphics memory subsystem. The WinFast A6600 GT TDH seems much more preferable to its opponent even in 1600x1200.