11. DirectX9: Aquamark

Aquamark is a benchmark program that forms the basis of a game called Aquanox2 Revelation. You can find the background information concerning this relatively new benchmark in our article Aquamark3: Accurate Benchmarking for Old and New (DirectX9) Apps? .

If you compare the results of the MR9600 in the Asus notebook with the Radeon 9600 desktop chip in our PC, the performance turns out to be similar. However, it simply cannot keep up with the performance of a desktop PC equipped with a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra or a Radeon 9600T.