3DMark2001SE, Comanche 4, X²
Gaming tests begin with 3DMark2001SE b330. Run at 1024x768x32.21,000 marks with a stock Radeon 9800 XT is plain fast, no matter which way you look at it.
Comanche 4 shows a preference for NVIDIA's nForce3 250Gb chipset. Catalyst 4.4s were used, which resulted in a slight drop in EPoX 8HDA3+'s (K8T800) performance.
Just as KribiBench looks favourably on NVIDIA's chipsets, X² - The Threat has always run better on VIA hardware. No change here, too.