Friday, November 19th 2010
3DMark 11 Release Date Announced, Pre-ordering Begins
Futuremark announced today that 3DMark 11, the latest version of the industry standard benchmark for real-time 3D graphics, will be released on November 30. 3DMark 11 Advanced Edition priced at $19.95 can be pre-ordered today from http://www.3dmark.com/. Futuremark has updated the 3DMark website to highlight the exclusive features in the Advanced Edition and has released a new pre-order preview trailer showing graphical improvements in the Deep Sea and High Temple scenes. A selection of new before and after screenshots demonstrate tessellation, volumetric lighting and other effects created with DirectX 11.
The new 3DMark 11 Pre-order Preview trailer shows off a number of improvements from the previously released work-in-progress tech demo videos. The Deep Sea scene now includes particle effects in the water as submersibles explore the sea bed and discover a sunken World War II submarine. In the High Temple scene the foliage is now animated and there are changes in the lighting conditions as the sun sets on the mysterious temple.
3DMARK 11 BASIC EDITION - Free, available from November 30
3DMark 11 will be released on November 30, 2010. The Advanced Edition can be
pre-ordered now from http://www.3dmark.com/ Please visit the official
website for more trailers, screenshots and information.
The new 3DMark 11 Pre-order Preview trailer shows off a number of improvements from the previously released work-in-progress tech demo videos. The Deep Sea scene now includes particle effects in the water as submersibles explore the sea bed and discover a sunken World War II submarine. In the High Temple scene the foliage is now animated and there are changes in the lighting conditions as the sun sets on the mysterious temple.
3DMARK 11 BASIC EDITION - Free, available from November 30
- Performance PC benchmark preset
- Audio visual demo, fixed at 720p
- Browse, search and compare results online
- Store one result online
- Entry level PC benchmark preset
- Performance PC benchmark preset
- Extreme PC benchmark preset
- Custom benchmark settings
- Audio visual demo, custom resolutions
- Benchmark looping for stability testing
- Browse, search and compare results online
- Unlimited online results storage
- Hide results from public view
- Offline result management
- Advert-free online service
3DMark 11 will be released on November 30, 2010. The Advanced Edition can be
pre-ordered now from http://www.3dmark.com/ Please visit the official
website for more trailers, screenshots and information.
54 Comments on 3DMark 11 Release Date Announced, Pre-ordering Begins
I think something in between the free and next one up for $5 with customisable res/features would be nice.
store.futuremark.com/shop/product.jsp?pid=72211
it's just 10$ more and you have to wait for it to ship.
And will thy actually make a split for real users VS extreme LN pots on everything and it only runs for a hour at a time systems?
Cool wonder if board partners will have them in new gpu boxes too.Like they did with certain cards for vantage.
For me and the way I think its more like why wouldn't someone use this application...lol...loven it baby just loven it! FINE TUNING Baby thats right ohh ya fine tuning it and competition and lets see if this helps when I put the fiddle to this or that.
They way she ran across that platform, like a handicapped child, swaying side to side like a 1000lbs rhino in gallop mode, the ridiculous poor quality of the textures even in extreme preset settings, the horrible, simply horrible everything else... umm, what I meant to say is: WHY IS FUTUREMARK STILL IN BUSINESS?
so no need for PhysX non-standard nonsense
In the old days 3dmark really wowed us , i mean no game came even close to the level of details of 3dmark , now not so much , they strugle to equal the years old engine from crysis wich is a GAME , they finally did it but not so impressive when you will see it crawl on a 5970/GTX580.
Edit:
Over the weekend we made the difficult decision to postpone the launch of 3DMark 11 by a few days.
Our aim is that 3DMark 11 should provide accurate, reliable and consistent results from the start. With that goal in mind we are taking some extra time now to fix a couple of difficult bugs rather than patching the benchmark immediately after launch.
It might take a day, it might be a week, but either way we'll be in touch again soon to confirm the new launch date and send you your review copy and complimentary press license. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Today we announced that the launch of 3DMark 11 is going to be postponed by a few days.
Our aim is that 3DMark 11 should provide accurate, reliable and consistent results from the start. With that goal in mind we are taking some extra time now to fix a couple of difficult bugs rather than patch the benchmark immediately after launch.
As you pre-ordered 3DMark 11 we understand that this delay is frustrating. To make up for the inconvenience we would like to offer you a complimentary copy of Shattered Horizon, the multiplayer zero gravity FPS game from Futuremark Games Studio.
The code below will let you download the complete game from Steam. For more information please see the game’s store page on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/18110/
Your code:
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
We will be in touch again soon to confirm the new launch date. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Warm Regards,
Oliver Baltuch
President
Futuremark Inc.
At least they offer a free game with their delay:toast: