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.
- 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.
- 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.
More info and download over at Futuremark