3DMark05
Leading off the 3D evaluation is 3DMark05.
5,000 marks at 1600x1200 only gives the Gigabyte Radeon X1800 XL card fourth place in this high-end shootout, but it's enough for the benchmark to run smoothly. The score also bodes well for shader-heavy Direct3D titles' performance, too.
Adding in 4x antialiasing and 16x anisotropic filtering pushes the score down by almost 20%. The end result is second place behind a Radeon X1800 XT 512MB. The question you have to ask yourself is whether, priced at £365 for a retail bundle and therefore costing £75 more than Gigabyte Radeon X1800 XL 256MB, the extra performance is worth it? The answer appears to be yes.
