3DMark06
The Futuremark 3DMark06 benchmark was released many moons ago and has become a popular test for GPU benchmarks and CPUs as well.  You can see my full overview of the new benchmark, what it has to offer over the 2005 version and some other initial scores from my previous article

3DMark06


NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux - Graphics Cards 41

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux - Graphics Cards 42

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux - Graphics Cards 43

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux - Graphics Cards 44

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux - Graphics Cards 45

Our 3DMark06 results show a close comparison between the new 9500 GT and 8600 GTS card as I expected; overall it looks like the G92-based 9500 GT has slightly better shading performance than the 8600 GTS but falls behind in vertex processing.  As for the AMD Radeon HD 3650 512MB card – even its high scores in the pixel shading synthetic test won’t save it in real world gaming…

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