Performance in Synthetic Benchmarks

Futuremark 3DMark05

Neither version of GeForce 8800 Ultra cannot notch a score higher than 18.000 points and overtake the Radeon HD 2900 XT. This is no record-breaking performance, but let us check out the results of individual tests.

It’s all logical here: the three most advanced graphics cards are ranked up in order of their technical capabilities except for the lowest resolution in the first test where such solutions as GeForce 8800 GTX/Ultra are limited by other factors.

Interesting to note, the Radeon HD 2900 XT cannot get close to the senior GeForce 8800 models in any of the three tests. Moreover, it is everywhere slower than the GeForce 8800 GTS notwithstanding its efficient memory controller with a 512-bit external memory bus. It is either the driver for the new series is still faulty (this is indicated by the test results in some games) or the AMD card suffers from a lack of texture and, especially, raster processors.

Anyway, the higher overall score of the Radeon HD 2900 XT is not confirmed by the results of the individual tests under real gaming conditions. It is the GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 Ultra that are the real winners of 3DMark05.