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 G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	67.2
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	74
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	57.1
4.	ECS AG400	28.6
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	51.2
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	76.8
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	79

Like we saw in 3DMark2001SE, here we're pretty much all CPU limited, that's the only reason why the GeForce4 can keep up with the Radeon 9700 Pro.

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	45.4
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	56.8
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	37.7
4.	ECS AG400	20
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	39.2
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	64.8
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	70.1

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	33.1
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	41.8
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	28.1
4.	ECS AG400	14.5
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	28.3
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	48.6
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	54.9

As the resolution is turned up, the GeForce4 starts to lag behind. It's interesting to see the Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro at stock outperform the ATi Radeon 9700 Pro even though they're the same speed. The Crucial does use a newer revision of the R300 core.