Tuesday, December 15th 2015
3DMark "Time Spy" Benchmark 5 Times Heavier on your GPU than "Fire Strike"
At a media event held in China, graphics card maker GALAX revealed Futuremark's next big 3D graphics benchmark. The unnamed next-gen 3DMark suite will include DirectX 12 game tests, including one titled "Time Spy." This game test (GT) features a museum-like 3D scene, rich in eye-popping lighting effects, and GT scenes from previous-generation 3DMarks serving as miniature exhibits within the test.
From the looks of it, your DirectX 12 compatible GPU is in for a trial by fire, in what promises to be an exciting next-gen 3D benchmark. The benchmark renders at 1080p, 1440p, or 4K, and is said to be "5 times" heavier on your GPU than "Fire Strike," Futuremark's DirectX 11 test that featured in the 2013 release of the suite. What's more, the benchmark will explicitly require Windows 10 64-bit, since it requires Direct3D 12 API support, and needs >2 GB of memory. Futuremark mentioned an "early" Q1-2016 launch for this benchmark.
A video presentation follows.
Sources:
eTeknix, VideoCardz
From the looks of it, your DirectX 12 compatible GPU is in for a trial by fire, in what promises to be an exciting next-gen 3D benchmark. The benchmark renders at 1080p, 1440p, or 4K, and is said to be "5 times" heavier on your GPU than "Fire Strike," Futuremark's DirectX 11 test that featured in the 2013 release of the suite. What's more, the benchmark will explicitly require Windows 10 64-bit, since it requires Direct3D 12 API support, and needs >2 GB of memory. Futuremark mentioned an "early" Q1-2016 launch for this benchmark.
24 Comments on 3DMark "Time Spy" Benchmark 5 Times Heavier on your GPU than "Fire Strike"
it should bring tears to the eyes of a few graphics cards and of course it needs windows 10 to run. :)
trog
While I do get that these tech demos are future proof, I think they are many years ahead of actual games.
The current 3dmark and Firestrike was launched more than 2 years ago and it is still a slideshow on most computers, except the very high end ones.
If it will be 5 times more punishing ... then probably only quad SLI/Crossfire will enjoy it. Rest of the world should run it @ 2020 just to be on the safe side, as by that time we should have 5 times more powerful GPUs
EDIT:
2010 - HD 6970 had 2703 Gflops
2012 - HD 7970 had 3788 Gflops
2013 - R9 290X had 5632 Gflops
2015 - Fury X has 8602 Gflops
So ... less than 5 times in 5 years in pure computational performance as effective gaming performance difference was smaller, and we did have a process node and an architecture change in the middle.
:banghead::roll::banghead:
All jokes aside, it will be nice to get some more DX12 examples out there and running so we can see what the deal is instead of simply speculating on what will happen.
To be honest, 3DMark 2001 Nature was the only last benchmark that really made me say "WOW". All the rest were just insanely demanding while ooking really sad. I still run them because #PCMasterRace tradition, but I don't really find them intriguing anymore.
There is so much more in modern benchmarks. Everything from 3D11 on forward look better than ns2(regardless if you are impressed or not)!
I know, that's why I asked "really." I've just never seen a PCIe slot split like that.
nowadays more and more manufacturer do like that :
metal reinforced PCI-E slot (GA-Z170X-Gaming 5)
sorry about the quality, i took the pics thru the window and while typing that post ... :laugh: