3dmark06 Has Been Released

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3dmark06 Has Been Released

Postby Silverhaze on Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:21 pm

For those interested in seeing what their graphics cards are capable of:

Building on 3DMark05 as a foundation, Futuremark improved the core 3D engine, adding more complex ShaderModel 2.0 tests, stunning High Dynamic Range (HDR) ShaderModel 3.0 tests, and overall enhanced the product with substantially higher polygonal counts expected to be found in games two years into the future. Even with the addition of HDR/ShaderModel 3.0 tests, 3DMark06 still enables ShaderModel 2.0 compliant graphics card owners to run most of the benchmark and get a fully comparable 3DMark score. With these demanding new DirectX 9 implementations, 3DMark06’s four graphics tests measure performance of the most advanced hardware while showing visually the compelling advantages of these new shader types.


You can read more about 3dmark06 at the Futuremark website or download a copy of the free basic version from one of the download links listed here

Seems this one requires a Shader Model 2.0 compliant card as a minimum. Im scared of this one myself.
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Postby Zep on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:32 pm

I ran the 05 version and it made me want to chuck out my GeForce 6600 out the window :(
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Postby Silverhaze on Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:02 pm

Hahahaha yeah they really push them to the limits. This new version is giving dual cores a hard time apparently. I havent tried it myself yet.
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