Performance in Semi-Synthetic Benchmarks

Aquamark3

Aquamark3 uses a lot of Shader Model 1.1 shaders, while there are not that many other shaders there: for example, you can only come across 3 vertex and 4 pixel shaders from Shader Model 2.0. The major workload here falls upon the vertex processors and hidden surfaces removal algorithms. The performance of two vertex processors of our RADEON X1300 PRO is about as high as that of three vertex processors of GeForce 6600 during simple vertex shaders processing and much higher than that during complex vertex shaders processing.

The results obtained in this test are quite logical: RADEON X1300 PRO outperforms GeForce 6600 in low resolutions and runs equally fast with the rival in high resolutions. RADEON X700 is beyond any competition in pure speed mode, as well as in eye candy mode with enabled FSAA and anisotropic filtering. In the latter case GeForce 6600 slows down dramatically because of its slower memory.

Final Fantasy XI Official Benchmark 3

This benchmark is very likely to require high fillrate and fast geometry processing. The only one that outpaces RADEON X1300 PRO in these parameters is RADEON X700, so the second prize won by our today’s main hero is well deserved.