Benchmark results

The GeForce FX 5950 maintains a slim lead in Quake III Arena, but it's awfully impressive to see the 9800 XT above 90 frames per second at 1600x1200 with antialiasing and aniso maxed out.

In Unreal Tournament 2003, the Abit 9800 XT pulls out ahead across the board. Note that the 9800 XT is faster at 6X/16X than the 5950 Ultra is at only 4X/8X.

In Splinter Cell, which doesn't support multi-sampled antialiasing, the Radeon 9800 XT offers better performance with aniso enabled.

Here's a look at frame rates across the length of our benchmark demo: