3DMark2001SE	Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark2001 SE continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001SE has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using real-time physics.

3DMark2001SE:
Videocards:	Points	Ranking
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	27705
ATi Radeon X800 XL	26231
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V	26464
PowerColor X700 Pro	21792
PowerColor Bravo X700	17575
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	24985
Albatron Trinity PC6600	15941
Albatron Trinity PC6600U	18539
Asus Extreme N6600TOP/TD/128M/A	19639
MSI NX6600GT-TD128 AGP	19816
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (Single GPU Mode 500/1120)	21420
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (SLI Mode 500/1120)	22068
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	21014
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	21879
MSI NX6800-TD128E	21628
MSI NX6800-TD128E (454/827)	24714
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	26148
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI 436/776)	27435

Decent but not overwhelming results here on our first 3D benchmark. The single MSI NX6800-TD128E comes close to 6800GT performance levels when overclocked, and the stock and overclocked SLI setups prove equal to X800XL and XT performance respectively.

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!

3DMark05
Overall	Points	Ranking
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	5566
ATi Radeon X800 XL	4930
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V	4945
PowerColor X700 Pro	2795
PowerColor Bravo X700	2670
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	4592
Albatron Trinity PC6600	1855
Albatron Trinity PC6600U	2617
Asus Extreme N6600TOP/TD/128M/A	3018
MSI NX6600GT-TD128 AGP	3001
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (Single GPU Mode 500/1120)	3337
Gigabyte GV-3D1 (SLI Mode 500/1120)	5721
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	3287
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	5490
MSI NX6800-TD128E	3560
MSI NX6800-TD128E (454/827)	4803
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	6478
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI 436/776)	6854

Much better results here. The single MSI NX6800-TD128E bests its 6800GT big brother in 3DMark 05 when overclocked, and the SLI setup is considerably faster than anything else in the roundup. SLI overclocking gave a noticeable performance boost too.