3DMark06

While some may wonder at the use of still including 3DMark06 in the tests it gives us a good idea of the basic limitations of a graphics card. Since the standard test runs at 1280x1024 there will be a fair amount of CPU bottlenecking with higher-end cards and remember that in some cases a higher 3DMark score does not equate better performance.




These first tests look extremely positive for the ASUS 8800GT TOP since its performance increase in 3DMark06 is above and beyond its claimed ten percent increase over the stock 8800GT. It handles the more-expensive 8800GTS 512MB quite handily as well and is a mere 300 points away from the newly-released 9800 GTX.