GeForce GTX 280 Video Card Review
3DMark06 Professional
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3DMark06 measures Shader 3.0 (i.e., DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with no image quality enhancements enabled – results we call “low” on the charts and tables below –, then setting 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. See the results below.
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 9.10% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15623 | 4.82% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14904 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 12759 | 16.81% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 10694 | 39.37% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 15547 | 9.37% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 8.96% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 14215 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 11631 | 22.22% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 9454 | 50.36% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13015 | 10.62% |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 4.67% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 11766 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8743 | 34.58% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6823 | 72.45% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1680×1050 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 16260 | 33.75% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 13900 | 14.34% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 12157 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 8981 | 35.36% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6915 | 75.81% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 1920×1200 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 15489 | 40.92% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 12213 | 11.12% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 10991 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 7811 | 40.71% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 6114 | 79.77% |
| 3DMark06 Professional 1.1.0 – 2560×1600 – High | Score | Difference |
| Sapphire Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2 | 12315 | 41.49% |
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | 9829 | 12.93% |
| GeForce GTX 280 | 8704 | |
| GeForce 9800 GTX | 5774 | 50.74% |
| Radeon HD 3870 | 4319 | 101.53% |