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
Why should a normal PC user run this at all?
Well updated benchmarks account for higher resolution, better filtering(AA/AF aka eye candy), impact on gpu vs cpu, and other current importance's.
Edit, please have a Download Link available on the 30th W1z!!
Guess I need more hardware.
been waiting for a decent bench for a while hoping 3dmark 11 is it. vantage took it backwards in the way of realism this looks like we're moving forwards again.
You can check it on TPU, and other sites :toast:
Is that going to be you can run it once and thats it?
Are they using an in-house compute shader engine for physics or a software solution? I can't find that info in their page.