Performance in Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark03

Despite having the advantage of higher frequencies, the PowerColor X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP scores almost the same amount of points as the GeForce 6800 Ultra in 3DMark03. It’s natural since three out of this benchmark’s four game tests run better on the GeForce6 architecture, but let us discuss them one by one.

The first test uses only DirectX 7 functions, and the PowerColor card is only ahead of the GeForce 6800 Ultra in the “eye candy” mode. We want to remind you that 3DMark defaults to using 1024x768 resolution without anti-aliasing when counting up the overall score of a graphics card.

The second test uses normal maps and dynamic stencil shadows. The GeForce 6 and 7 architectures are particularly good at processing shadows, but the high-frequency PowerColor delivers a performance comparable to the GeForce 6800 Ultra, also in the “eye candy” mode.