AquaMark 2.3	Source: Massive Development

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 2.3 - 1024x768
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	105.6
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	105.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	99.3
Asus Radeon A9600XT	74.1
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	113.9
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	111.7
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	84.1
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256	105.5
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256 (449/380)	106.7

While not first, the Asus A9800XT/TVD/256 performs very well in AquaMark.

AquaMark 2.3 - 1280x1024
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	86.1
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	81.1
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	71.2
Asus Radeon A9600XT	47.9
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	93.1
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	89.9
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	55.8
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256	86.8
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256 (449/380)	89.2

AquaMark 2.3 - 1600x1200
Video Card	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT	62.3
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	50.2
Asus Radeon A9600XT	33.6
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256	70.2
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	67.4
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D	39.7
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256	62.2
Asus A9800XT/TVD/256 (449/380)	65.9

Again the Asus A9800XT/TVD/256 mirrors the ATi Radeon 9800XT in terms of overall frame rates.