Comanche 4	Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique benchmark, as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4 Benchmark Results
Motherboard	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X, 200/400)	65.15
Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP (915P, 200/400)	61.02
Albatron PX915G Pro (915G, 200/400)	58.62
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForcePCX 5900 (PCI Express)	58.14
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForce 6800GT (AGP)	57.06

If you plan to buy a high end AGP videocard to use with the Albatron PX915P-AGPe, think again.

X2: The Threat	Source: Egosoft

A completely rewritten 3D engine based on DirectX8 encompasses many visual effects such as volumetric Nebulae (gas clouds) that have a real impact in the game (you can hide in them) and many new engine, shield, weapon and explosion effects. Objects cast real dynamic 3D shadows! Dynamic DP3 bump mapping allows a previously unseen level of detail.

X2: The Threat Benchmark Results 640x480-32bit
Motherboard	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X, 200/400)	128.164
Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP (915P, 200/400)	126.062
Albatron PX915G Pro (915G, 200/400)	118.191
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForcePCX 5900 (PCI Express)	123.875
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForce 6800GT (AGP)	132.678

Here in X2: The Threat, we see the Albatron PX915P-AGPe with GeForce 6800GT performs the fastest, but not by a lot. Graphics processor power and speed wins over bandwidth here. Undoubtedly, the 6800GT would have posted far more impressive results using the PCI Express slot.

Unreal Tournament 2003	Source: Epic

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game.

UT2003 - 640x480
Flyby	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X, 200/400)	238.63
Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP (915P, 200/400)	232.98
Albatron PX915G Pro (915G, 200/400)	229.15
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForcePCX 5900 (PCI Express)	230.64
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForce 6800GT (AGP)	213.85
Botmatch	FPS	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X, 200/400)	81.69
Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP (915P, 200/400)	80.66
Albatron PX915G Pro (915G, 200/400)	80.43
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForcePCX 5900 (PCI Express)	81.15
Albatron PX915P-AGPe (915P, 200/400) GeForce 6800GT (AGP)	67.22

All the systems perform fairly well here in UT2003, although the PCI bus is severely bottle necking the GeForce 6800GT.