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 benchmark, what it has to offer over the 2005 version and some other initial scores from my previous article.
The two primary comparisons here are between the 9800 GT and the HD 3870 (of which the 9800 GT gets the obvious upper hand) and the BFG 8800 GT OCX overclocked card. As you might expect in our synthetic tests, such as the SM3.0 and pixel shader tests, the overclocked G92 has an edge over the stock Galaxy KFA2 9800 GT card – but not by much.