First of all (and this shouldn't come as a shocker to anyone) the next generation 3DMark will be Windows Vista only, and will require DX10 compliant hardware. You may ask: Why no fallback to DX9 then? Well, we already have a Vista enabled DX9 benchmark (3DMark06) and the last three 3DMarks have all been DX9; 3DMark03 has one test which requires SM2.0, 3DMark05 requires SM2.0 for all tests and 3DMark06 uppers the requirements for two tests to SM3.0. I think both we and the rest of the world are ready to step into the next generation - DX10. There's no reason to go backwards, if you know what I mean.Renqvist adds that the next version of 3DMark will feature new advanced volumetric effects and will enter the benchmark software into an era of "cinematic rendering".
Next 3DMark only for Windows Vista
Posted on Saturday, April 28 2007 @ 0:06 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck