3DMark05 is the latest version in the popular 3DMark “Gamers Benchmark” series. It includes a complete set of DX9 benchmarks which tests Shader Model 2.0 and higher.
For more information on the 3DMark05 benchmark, we recommend you read our preview here.
Moving over to the latest 3DMark release the X1600XT sees a small increase in both resolutions, the X1800XT at the lower resolution gets an extremely minor performance increase but when we move to the higher resolution the overclock has a greater impact on performance.
