3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!

3DMark05
Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4482
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4959
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	5015
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4774
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4678
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5146
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5579
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5583
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5517
CPU:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4824
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4920
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	5546
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4713
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4654
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5110
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	4614
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	5321
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5096

In 3DMark05 the Albatron K8X890 Pro II really starts to show its strength! Seems like this is going to be a good choice for gamers...

AquaMark3	Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of computer systems. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.

AquaMark3
1024x768 Processor	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	10785
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	11669
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	11413
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	10948
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	11261
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	11698
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	11352
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	11641
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	11264
1024x768 Overall	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	65964
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	72641
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	69761
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	67336
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	67482
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	71365
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	74136
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	79748
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	76179

In AquaMark3 the Albatron K8X890 Pro II puts on another strong showing and is second only to the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard in overall score.