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Test setup

The full specs of our benchmark system are as follows:

CPU: Intel P4 2.8B
Motherboard: MSI 648 Max
RAM: OCZ PC2700 512 mb
Hard drive: Seagate ATA-133 Barracuda ST3100 120 gb
OS: Windows XP with Service Pack 1

nVidia cards with Detonator 44.03:
MSI GeForce FX5600
nVidia GeForce FX5600 Ultra

ATi cards with Catalyst 3.4:
ATi Radeon 9000 Pro
ATi Radeon 9500 Pro
Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro

3Dmark 2001 SE and 3DMark 2003

You can see that the FX5600 lags behind the Radeon 9500 Pro and the GeForce FX 5600 Ultra in every case. It also gets beaten by the Radeon 9600 Pro in nearly every benchmark except for one (3DMark 2001 1600x1200 4x AA). The Radeon 9000 Pro with its outdated GPU brings up the end in every case.