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 9800 Pro	94.3
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	88.1
3.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	89.1
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	81.2
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	63.8
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	58.7
7.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	91.5
8.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951)	92.1

At 1024x768 the ATi Radeon 9800 Pro slightly edges out the MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra. However as the resolution is turned up...

AquaMark 1280x1024
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	77.7
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	69.7
3.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	77.1
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	56.4
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	41.1
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	39
7.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	84.1
8.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951)	86.7

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57
2.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	49.7
3.	Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV	58.7
4.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD	41.1
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	28.9
6.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo	27.8
7.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	65.6
8.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951)	70.8

Things are quite different here. As the resolution goes higher the MSI GeForceFX 5900 Ultra does not fall as quickly as the Radeon 9800 Pro!