AquaMark
is another DirectX 8 benchmark. Using vertex shaders, any card that is DirectX8
compatible will not just have a huge speed boost, the image will also look
better. Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.
| AquaMark 1024x768 |
|
Video
Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 2x AA |
45.7 |
 |
| 2. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 2x AA |
51.3 |
 |
| 3. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 QC AA |
45.6 |
|
| 4. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed QC AA |
51.7 |
|
| 5. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4x AA |
27.4 |
|
| 6. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4x AA |
30.8 |
|
| 7. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4xS AA |
25.6 |
|
| 8. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4xS AA |
28.6 |
|
Here we
start to see the Gainward stutter. Let's turn up the resolution!
| AquaMark 1600x1200 |
|
Video
Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 2x AA |
21.3 |
|
| 2. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 2x AA |
23.9 |
|
| 3. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 QC AA |
20.2 |
|
| 4. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed QC AA |
21.7 |
|
| 5. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4x AA |
12.3 |
|
| 6. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4x AA |
14 |
|
| 7. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4xS AA |
11.5 |
|
| 8. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4xS AA |
12.9 |
|
A very
interesting trend appears. 2x AA and QC AA take about the same performance hit
as does 4x AA and 4xS AA.
Quake III
Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it.
Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill
videocards, even after 3 years it's still able to bring a cutting edge system to
its knees.
| Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768
demo001 |
|
Video
Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 2x AA |
192.5 |
|
| 2. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 2x AA |
208 |
|
| 3. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 QC AA |
192.7 |
|
| 4. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed QC AA |
208.1 |
|
| 5. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4x AA |
110.5 |
|
| 6. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4x AA |
126.5 |
|
| Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200
demo001 |
|
Video
Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 2x AA |
70.1 |
|
| 2. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 2x AA |
80.5 |
|
| 3. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 QC AA |
60.9 |
|
| 4. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed QC AA |
68.7 |
|
| 5. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 4x AA |
41.3 |
|
| 6. |
Gainward GF4
Ti4600 oc'ed 4x AA |
47.8 |
|
We chose
to omit the nv15demo since that's more of a CPU tester then anything else. At
1024x768 4x AA is possible thanks to the GeForce 4 Ti4600.
AquaMark
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