Aquamark 2.3 Benchmarks

AquaMark 2.3	Source: Massive

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.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	67.1
2.	Radeon 8500	49.4
3.	AIW Radeon 8500	50
4.	AIW Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	51.2

At 1024x768 all the 8500's perform about the same and again the GF4 Ti4600 is leading the way.

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	44.9
2.	Radeon 8500	40.2
3.	AIW Radeon 8500	41.9
4.	AIW Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	45.4

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI GF4 Ti4600	32.9
2.	Radeon 8500	29.9
3.	AIW Radeon 8500	31.4
4.	AIW Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	35

As the resolution is turned up, the 8500 performs very close to Ti4600 levels. When overclocked, it even beats the might GeForce 4!