[O/C]Futuremark Adding 3DMark11 to its Arsenal

Overclockers.com · 05-26-10, 01:59 PM

Futuremark Adding 3DMark11 to its Arsenal
by EarthDog

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The makers of the popular 3dMark benching software, Futuremark, have announced their newest version of its 3d benchmarking software, 3DMark11. This version will use a “native DX11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.” So guess what fellow benchers, we have another new game to play and this time we can flex the muscle of our DX11 cards!

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nightelph · 05-26-10, 02:57 PM

I'm glad they're leaving the 'Vantage' moniker behind.

Not sure who to PM about your incorrectly formatted link.

EarthDog · 05-26-10, 03:10 PM

They probably want to forget that... lol

I forgot to mention in the article that this will have a free version as well.

hokiealumnus · 05-26-10, 03:21 PM

Got the formatting & moving to benching section. Sorry for the delay!

Added the bit about it being free too.

That video is sweet. If that was real-time rendered, I bet the system they did it on was one heck of a powerhouse.

Brolloks · 05-26-10, 04:06 PM

Hope it takes more advantage of the new GPU's and makes the benchmark less CPU dependent.

georanma · 05-26-10, 04:38 PM

Thats good to hear for sure. Maybe this 5850 can do some work then

petteyg359 · 05-26-10, 04:56 PM

Maybe this time they'll implement DirectCompute (as "open" as DirectX) instead of proprietary PhysX.

vixro · 06-01-10, 04:52 AM

Brolloks, why would that be the case? They've already done that with Vantage as best they can...

You can't eliminate the CPU as a contributer though, as the video card relies on a good CPU to power it just as much as it needs itself. Testing only the video card on a slow system isn't going to be accurate to testing only the video card on a fast system.

Looked rendered in real time to me, probably by a pair of 5970s...

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vixro Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Denver	Brolloks, why would that be the case? They've already done that with Vantage as best they can... You can't eliminate the CPU as a contributer though, as the video card relies on a good CPU to power it just as much as it needs itself. Testing only the video card on a slow system isn't going to be accurate to testing only the video card on a fast system. Looked rendered in real time to me, probably by a pair of 5970s... __________________ Intel i7-2600K @ 45x100 (4.5ghz) 1.36v G.Skill Ripjaw Z 4x4GB 2134mhz @ DDR3-1068 9-11-10-27-2T - 1.65v ASRock Z68 Extreme4 1.70 Gigabyte GTX 680 2GB @ 1250mhz / 7030mhz Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 on Cardas recabled HD580 Little Dot MKIII Headphone Amplifier (Cardas mini-RCA IC) Silverstone DA750 750w PSU heatware
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