A few minutes ago Futuremark launched the newest version of their popular benchmark, 3DMark05.
New Features in 3DMark05 include:
Full support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0c;
Supporting the latest pixel- and vertex shader models (2.0, 2.a, 2.b and
3.0),
Three new game tests, all requiring hardware for DirectX 9.0 with support
for pixel shader 2.0 or higher;
Two CPU tests, the other one presenting a multithreaded AI implementation,
especially suitable for virtual or physical multiprocessor systems;
New feature and batch size tests;
New and improved image, filtering and anti-aliasing quality tools;
New graph tool for in-depth performance analysis,
The ultimate showcase of Windows-based real-time 3D graphics: Dazzling
demo with original soundtrack.
New engine:
Dynamically builds shaders for each material in High-Level Shader Language
(HLSL) format;
Shaders are runtime compiled to best fit the installed hardware;
Uses exclusively shader model 2.0 and 3.0 for all vertex and pixel
processing;
Renders real-time light scattering for atmospherical effects;
Uses improved Perspective Shadow Maps (PSM) with Depth Stencil Texture
(DST) and hardware accelerated Percentage Closest Filtering (PCF) if
supported.
New and improved tools to assist reviewers and test labs:
Image quality inspection tool;
Ability to export frame by frame using different options and settings;
Pre-rendered Reference Rasterizer image database for comparison;
Texture filtering and anti-aliasing quality inspection tool;
Anti-Aliasing;
Bilinear/Trilinear/Anisotropic filtering;
Graphs of runtime statistics;
Frame rate;
Frame duration;
Polygon count;
Vertex count;
State change count;
Drawing batch count;
System Info utility, which provides an in-depth analysis of the status and
features of the system’s components;
Extended Online ResultBrowser for Pro users;
MultiComparison;
Dynamic compare URLs;
18 filters for search and comparison.
3DMark05 Minimum System Recommendations/Requirements:
x86 compatible processor with SSE support, 2GHz
512MB of RAM
1.5GB of free hard disk space
Windows® 2000/XP with the latest updates & Service Packs
DirectX®9.0c or later
DirectX®9.0 compliant graphics adapter that has 128MB of memory and is capable of PixelShader 2.0 or higher
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
The normal version of 3DMark05 is available for free. The Pro version, 3DMark05 Pro, which offers some more features is available for $29.95 on CD-ROM, or $19.95 when you download it. The Business Edition of 3DMark05 is shipping on CD-ROM for $250.
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