AquaMark 2.3	Source: Massive Development

AquaMark is another DirectX 8 benchmark. Vertex shaders provide a huge image quality and speed boost for compatible cards. The Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.

AquaMark
1027x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus AX800XT	111
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	108
ATi Radeon 9800XT	105.6
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	105.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	99.3
Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V	96.3
Asus EAX9600XT/TVD/128	74.1
Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V	75.3
Albatron GeForce 6800GT	114.3
Asus V9999 Gamer Edition	109.1
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D	103.8
Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP	104
MSI FX5950 Ultra-TVD256	113.9
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	111.7
Albatron GeForce PC6600	89.5
Albatron Trinity PCX 5900	92.4
Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra	84.1
MSI PCX5750-TD128	64.9
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128	104.7
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 (581/1085)	105.3
1280x1024	FPS	Ranking
Asus AX800XT	105.6
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	101.1
ATi Radeon 9800XT	86.1
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	81.1
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	71.2
Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V	80.9
Asus EAX9600XT/TVD/128	47.9
Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V	50.5
Albatron GeForce 6800GT	107.7
Asus V9999 Gamer Edition	101.2
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D	93
Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP	92.1
MSI FX5950 Ultra-TVD256	93.1
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	89.9
Albatron GeForce PC6600	61.9
Albatron Trinity PCX 5900	68.5
Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra	55.8
MSI PCX5750-TD128	41.4
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128	90.9
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 (581/1085)	98.6
1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus AX800XT	98.8
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	94.7
ATi Radeon 9800XT	62.3
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57.5
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	50.2
Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V	59.3
Asus EAX9600XT/TVD/128	33.6
Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V	35.6
Albatron GeForce 6800GT	99.6
Asus V9999 Gamer Edition	91.2
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D	75.5
Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP	73.3
MSI FX5950 Ultra-TVD256	70.2
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	67.4
Albatron GeForce PC6600	44.4
Albatron Trinity PCX 5900	50.3
Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra	39.7
MSI PCX5750-TD128	29.1
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128	71.2
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 (581/1085)	82.5

The MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 is able to play AquaMark at 1600x1200 with fluid framerates! As we've seen with other 6600GT cards, the performance dropoff curve as the resolution increases is much milder than the previous generation's high end cards. This is great news for gamers on a budget. Performance comparative to the other 6600GT cards stays consistent, and as usual with Aquamark, overclocking helps at high resolutions.