XFX 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition 740M 512mb
FutureMark – 3DMark03
3DMark03 is a benchmark that uses mainly a DirectX 8 featureset including several pixel fillrate tests. I included this test in the review to see an approximation of how well old games will play on the current gen cards, as well as how well each card copes with the fill-rate tests.
3DMark03 shows a marked improvement with the XFX XXX Edition over the stock clocked 9600 GT.
FutureMark 3DMark05
3DMark05 is a benchmark based on DirectX 9 with more advanced shading and bump-mapping techniques, as well as a tough CPU test integrated.
Again the overclocked 9600 GT puts out some good numbers in 3DMark06. These put it up there with the 8800 GT’s.
FutureMark – 3DMark06
3DMark06 is a more complex 3D benchmark, using many of the more advanced techniques found in DirectX 9.0c such as utilising Shader Model 3.0 and HDR lighting to create a tough benchmark that stresses the GPU and CPU.
The more advanced and newer benchmark 3DMark06 also shows a fairly large point jump over the stock clocked card.
