3DMark03
- Author: MadOnion/Futuremark
- DirectX Class: 9.0
- Pixel and Vertex Shaders: Yes (all tests) PS1.1/1.4/2.0
I use the v330 version of 3DMark03 here, not the v340 patch released recently. Knock off ~10% of the Aeolus performance if you want to know what v340 does, before I pick it up officially in future articles.
Going by that rough estimate, I make that a win for 9800XT/VTD when AA and AF are applied, with v340. A future article will confirm that I hope. The mid-range boards do well in 3DMark03 too, putting up decent numbers compared to the more competent hardware present in the Aeolus and 9800XT/VTD.
Being a mixed mode shader test, rather than strict PS2.0, the overall returned score favours 5950's more than it would, were the shaders to all be PS2.0. Here's the PS2.0 results from 3DMark03. It'll be interesting to compare v330 results to v340 results in the future.
