Performance in Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark03

The overall 3DMark03 scores seem correct at first sight: the performance of the PowerColor X800 GT roughly equals that of the GeForce 6600 GT. This is a good result considering that three out of four 3DMark03 tests work better on NVIDIA’s GeForce FX, GeForce 6 and GeForce 7 architectures.

If full-screen antialiasing isn’t used, the PowerColor is slower than the GeForce 6600 GT in the first test. The X800 GT feels better with FSAA enabled – it even outperforms the GeForce 6800 in 1600x1200 then! Overclocking gives a nice speed boost to the new RADEON, too.

The second test is rich in stencil shadows, so NVIDIA’s solutions do generally better here. The PowerColor X800 GT is noticeably slower than the GeForce 6600 GT in both modes at the default frequencies.