With little fanfare, the big kid on the 3D benchmarking block announced their first-ever DirectX 11 benchmark, 3DMark 11.
According to Futuremark, the naming scheme going forward will reflect the version of DirectX that it tests, not a release year. DirectX 11 = 3DMark 11.
3DMark 11 is classic Futuremark style: It is absolutely punishing on even high-end hardware right now, under the “Xtreme” benchmark setting. This ensures that for the next few years, at least, 3DMark 11 will become the de facto standard of 3D benchmarking apps.
3DMark 11 is available in three flavors: Free, Advanced, and Professional. You’ll want the $19.95 Advanced version if you do a lot of system building, overclocking, or e-peen competitions. At $995.00, the Pro version is just for hardware manufacturers and other invested organizations.
It launched today, and is available at the 3DMark website. Get to it!
When you’re done, go to the Icrontic benchmark score discussion and show off your numbers!
Update: December 20, 2010:
3DMark 11 version 1.01 release notes
– Fixed an issue with SystemInfo that prevented the Physics and Combined tests from running.
– Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the DirectX 11 API or .NET was not available.
– Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the number of system GPUs was unknown.
– Letterboxing and scaling now works with wide displays.
– The benchmark UI is now minimized during the benchmark run.
– Improved result security when submitting to 3dmark.com.
– Added automatic update notification.
– Updated SystemInfo component to version 3.54.1.1.
Advanced and Professional Edition only
– Added option for manual GPU Count selection to the Advanced tab.
– Added Scaling Mode selection to the Advanced tab, choose from centred or stretched.
– Results tab now shows the individual scores for each of the six tests.
Professional Edition only
– Demo audio now works when running from the command line.
– Image Quality tool now handles unexpected parameters correctly.
– Image Quality tool now works correctly with the reference rasterizer option.
Download update now: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/update/
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