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.
Here at
1024x768 we see the MSI performs quite well relatively for a budget card. One
thing to remember though, all the other DirectX 8 cards are running with Pixel
Shaders enabled, while the GF4 MX's aren't.
AquaMark 1280x1024 |
|
Video
Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
1. |
MSI
G4Ti4600-TD |
41.8 |
|
2. |
ECS AG400 |
14.5 |
|
3. |
ATi Radeon 8500 64MB |
28.3 |
|
4. |
PixelView GeForce4 MX440-8X
(300/550) |
16 |
|
5. |
MSI
G4MX440-VTD8X (270/400) |
14.7 |
|
6. |
MSI
G4MX440-VTD8X (415/713) |
21.2 |
|
As the
resolution goes higher, the MX's start to loose steam. Overclocking does bring a
healthy performance boost though.