3DMark Vantage Launch Date Changed to April 29, 2008

malware · Apr 24, 2008, 10:48 AM

Reserved to be available on April 22nd, Futuremark's next-gen 3DMark Vantage failed to make it on time and is now rumored for an April 28-29 release, a week later than expected. 3DMark Vantage is a DirectX 10 benchmark that works with Windows Vista only, since it's the only OS to support DX10. Benchmarkers will be offered a new physics test and God knows what. The final system requierements remain unchanged (read the full story).

Minimum requirement:
- Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz
- D3D10/SM4.0 GFX card, 256MB graphic memory
- 1GB System memory
- 2GB HDD space
- Windows Vista OS 32/64-bit

Recommended：
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or better
- D3D10/SM4.0 GFX card with 512MB or more
- 2GB memory
- 2GB HDD space
- Windows Vista OS 32/64-bit

Source: Expreview

magibeg · Apr 24, 2008, 10:53 AM

*whistles* Look at those requirements. I'm beginning to question how my system is going to hold up to this new found form of abuse :P

Judas · Apr 24, 2008, 10:57 AM

Nice i have been looking forward to this

powerspec · Apr 24, 2008, 12:29 PM

I can wait a few more days for this, but i was hoping to have something to do this weekend.

DanTheBanjoman · Apr 24, 2008, 12:33 PM

I take it it works under Server 2008 as well. I'll give it a try when it's out.

Octavean · Apr 24, 2008, 02:08 PM

I just hope there is a free version even if they remove some features to do so such as the PhysX test. If they use a one, two or maybe three time use only tactic (then you have to buy) then I wont even bother downloading it.

Dangle · Apr 24, 2008, 04:41 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!! April 29 will be a GLORIOUS day!!! GTA4 and 3DMARK!

W1zzard · Apr 24, 2008, 05:33 PM

tpu will mirror it on launch day

OnBoard · Apr 24, 2008, 06:11 PM

Cheers, no doubt it's so steaming hot molten lava on release date, that every place will crawl downloading it (except TPU :P)

jbunch07 · Apr 24, 2008, 06:49 PM

cant wait to try it!
should be interesting!

1c3d0g · Apr 24, 2008, 08:34 PM

Yay! Let's play this game...oh wait.

I don't get what people see in this stupid benchmark. To me, it's nothing more than a "my e-penis is bigger than yours" contest. Boohoo. So you scored 100 points more than everyone else. Congrats. What did you win? Absolutely nothing at all (except making yourself look like an idiot online).

Give me real games I can play. Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Far Cry 2 etc. That's where GPU's ought to perform at their best instead of in a scripted app.

zOaib · Apr 25, 2008, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

Yay! Let's play this game...oh wait.

I don't get what people see in this stupid benchmark. To me, it's nothing more than a "my e-penis is bigger than yours" contest. Boohoo. So you scored 100 points more than everyone else. Congrats. What did you win? Absolutely nothing at all (except making yourself look like an idiot online).

Give me real games I can play. Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Far Cry 2 etc. That's where GPU's ought to perform at their best instead of in a scripted app.

people with smaller e-penis always whine !

J/K

magibeg · Apr 25, 2008, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

Yay! Let's play this game...oh wait.

I don't get what people see in this stupid benchmark. To me, it's nothing more than a "my e-penis is bigger than yours" contest. Boohoo. So you scored 100 points more than everyone else. Congrats. What did you win? Absolutely nothing at all (except making yourself look like an idiot online).

Give me real games I can play. Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Far Cry 2 etc. That's where GPU's ought to perform at their best instead of in a scripted app.

The idea behind these benchmarks is to test your computer against what computer games may be in the next couple years as they're released. It also makes an excellent stability testing tool while in a loop.

OnBoard · Apr 25, 2008, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magibeg

The idea behind these benchmarks is to test your computer against what computer games may be in the next couple years as they're released. It also makes an excellent stability testing tool while in a loop.

Exactly. It took 3 years for us to get forest like in Nature test of 3dMark03 and that was Oblivion. While looking for 3DMark03 release date found this on another forum, nothing has changed

Quote:

Originally Posted by canowhoopass

02-08-2003, 04:18 PM
Who cares about 3dmark and scores big deal. Buy your favorite game or games Set the game how you like it if the frames drop and gameplay lags upgrade if not then who gives a crap about score. I wonder how many 16000 scores actually play any amount of gaming. You dont need a utility unless you build systems or review, just play the damn game

Wile E · Apr 25, 2008, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1c3d0g

Yay! Let's play this game...oh wait.

I don't get what people see in this stupid benchmark. To me, it's nothing more than a "my e-penis is bigger than yours" contest. Boohoo. So you scored 100 points more than everyone else. Congrats. What did you win? Absolutely nothing at all (except making yourself look like an idiot online).

I think tweaking my system to achieve a max benchable overclock is more fun than most games.

powerspec · Apr 25, 2008, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

I think tweaking my system to achieve a max benchable overclock is more fun than most games.

I agree, some friends of mine spent one whole LAN party doing nothing but running 3dmark 06 to see how fast we can get our systems. One of the best LAN's i've been to.

tzitzibp · Apr 29, 2008, 06:30 AM

it`s always great trying to get the best out of your system.... and now we have one more reason !

Wile E · Apr 29, 2008, 06:36 AM

I already bought the advanced version. lol

tzitzibp · Apr 29, 2008, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

I already bought the advanced version. lol

dvd or download?

I want it ...

Wile E · Apr 29, 2008, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tzitzibp

dvd or download?

I want it ...

Download. All you do is pay for it, and they email you your key. If you already installed the demo, you enter your key and it unlocks the full program. No need to download anything else.

tzitzibp · Apr 30, 2008, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wile E

Download. All you do is pay for it, and they email you your key. If you already installed the demo, you enter your key and it unlocks the full program. No need to download anything else.

hi, again Wile!

can u please tell me what is the size of the download?
I ´ve had some local network problems lately, so.... I really need to know!

AphexDreamer · Apr 30, 2008, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tzitzibp

hi, again Wile!

can u please tell me what is the size of the download?
I ´ve had some local network problems lately, so.... I really need to know!

Its 449Mb.

tzitzibp · Apr 30, 2008, 11:23 AM

send me a copy? ...lol

how are u AphexDreamer?
hope you and your family are are all doing great!

AphexDreamer · Apr 30, 2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tzitzibp

send me a copy? ...lol

how are u AphexDreamer?
hope you and your family are are all doing great!

lol...

Yeah were good, my parents just went to San Fran to visit my sister, they come back tomorrow.

Apr 24, 2008, 10:48 AM	#1
malware Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 5,413 (1.74/day) Thanks: 78 Thanked 986 Times in 497 Posts System Specs	3DMark Vantage Launch Date Changed to April 29, 2008 Reserved to be available on April 22nd, Futuremark's next-gen 3DMark Vantage failed to make it on time and is now rumored for an April 28-29 release, a week later than expected. 3DMark Vantage is a DirectX 10 benchmark that works with Windows Vista only, since it's the only OS to support DX10. Benchmarkers will be offered a new physics test and God knows what. The final system requierements remain unchanged (read the full story). Minimum requirement: - Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz - D3D10/SM4.0 GFX card, 256MB graphic memory - 1GB System memory - 2GB HDD space - Windows Vista OS 32/64-bit Recommended： - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or better - D3D10/SM4.0 GFX card with 512MB or more - 2GB memory - 2GB HDD space - Windows Vista OS 32/64-bit Source: Expreview

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Apr 24, 2008, 10:53 AM	#2
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Apr 24, 2008, 10:57 AM	#3
Judas Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nokialand Posts: 836 (0.29/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts System Specs	Nice i have been looking forward to this

Apr 24, 2008, 12:29 PM	#4
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Apr 24, 2008, 06:11 PM	#9
OnBoard Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 2,773 (1.14/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 382 Times in 302 Posts System Specs	Cheers, no doubt it's so steaming hot molten lava on release date, that every place will crawl downloading it (except TPU :P)

Apr 24, 2008, 06:49 PM	#10
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Apr 24, 2008, 08:34 PM	#11
1c3d0g Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 615 (0.31/day) Thanks: 2,255 Thanked 47 Times in 38 Posts	Yay! Let's play this game...oh wait. I don't get what people see in this stupid benchmark. To me, it's nothing more than a "my e-penis is bigger than yours" contest. Boohoo. So you scored 100 points more than everyone else. Congrats. What did you win? Absolutely nothing at all (except making yourself look like an idiot online). Give me real games I can play. Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Far Cry 2 etc. That's where GPU's ought to perform at their best instead of in a scripted app.

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