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.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	88.1
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	81.2
3.	MSI G4MX440-T8X	31.5
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200P	35.5
5.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	58.7
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra	47.5
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra (358/712)	52.9

It seems like the FX 5200 Ultra scales nicely with clock speed. Like we saw with 3DMark2001, the Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra performs closer to that of the Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo!

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	69.74
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	56.4
3.	MSI G4MX440-T8X	20.4
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200P	22.9
5.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	39
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra	31.2
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra (358/712)	34.8

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	49.7
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	41.1
3.	MSI G4MX440-T8X	14.8
4.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200P	16.2
5.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	27.8
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra	22.5
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra (358/712)	25.2

It's nice to see that the Albatron GeForceFX 5200 Ultra is heads and shoulders faster than the MX440-8X and regular FX5200.