Performance in Codecreatures Benchmark Pro

Codecreatures is a very hard test that can destroy any graphics processor: complex geometry, crisp textures and shaders. VisionTek Xtasy 9800 Pro is about 5-8 fps behind Leadtek WinFast A350 TDH, but suddenly goes ahead in 1600x1200 in the pure speed mode. Regrettably, NVIDIA is pretty know for cheating in popular benchmarks. That’s why I wouldn’t conclude that GeForce FX 5900 is better than RADEON 9800 here. The belief in “wondrous drivers” that increase performance without losing any of the image quality ended after there appeared cheats and “application-specific optimizations”.