Next 3DMark to Support DirectX 11, 10 and 9

[Guest]

Futuremark has released a video of the next version of its benchmarking utility due out later this year.

Next 3DMark to Support DirectX 11, 10 and 9 : Read more

 

[kracker]

Yes!

 

[rangas]

will it be able to run crysis 3?

 

[aqualipt]

is there any real diference between the 1000$ version and the 20$ version???

 

[fb39ca4]

That is an oddly stiff robe.

 

[fb39ca4]

[citation][nom]aqualipt[/nom]is there any real diference between the 1000$ version and the 20$ version???[/citation]
Yes. The $20 version is not for commercial use, and I believe it has some additional features for benchmarking systems in bulk.

 

[fb39ca4]

[citation][nom]fb39ca4[/nom]Yes. The $20 version is not for commercial use, and I believe it has some additional features for benchmarking systems in bulk.[/citation]
Whoops, I meant the $1000 one has those features.

 

[shardey]

"is there any real diference between the 1000$ version and the 20$ version???"

Yes, the savings of 49 Andrew Jacksons.

 

[josejones]

The title of this article is: Next 3DMark to Support DirectX 11, 10 and 9

After reading the article it doesn't give any background on what 3DMark currently supports leading one to assume that it doesn't support DirectX 11, 10 or 9. So, what does 3DMark currently support?

 

[shin0bi272]

This is one thing that ive been hoping for... one benchmark to rule them all so to speak. Its hard to compare an older card and a newer card for the purposes of upgrading your system. There are no common threads between this years cards and cards from say 2 or 3 years ago. Not everyone upgrades their video card every year you know. So finding a good measure of how much farther ahead the new cards have gotten is hard.

 

[A Bad Day]

For a second, I thought 3DMark still only used DirectX 8.

 

[fb39ca4]

[citation][nom]josejones[/nom]The title of this article is: Next 3DMark to Support DirectX 11, 10 and 9After reading the article it doesn't give any background on what 3DMark currently supports leading one to assume that it doesn't support DirectX 11, 10 or 9. So, what does 3DMark currently support?[/citation]
There are versions of 3DMark for DX 9, 10, and 11, but they are all different so you can't compare directly between them. This version has the same benchmark scenario running on all 3 versions so you can directly compare them.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]For a second, I thought 3DMark still only used DirectX 8.[/citation]
The only 3DMark version that really matters does exactly that.

 

[spookie]

[citation][nom]aqualipt[/nom]is there any real diference between the 1000$ version and the 20$ version???[/citation]

Yes the name and price tag. Plus the commercial Pro version can be legally used for benchmarks by companies. other than that there might be a few minor extras

 

[kanaida]

This is one sorry ass demo...

 

[nitrium]

and will be using the DirectX 11 API to evaluate DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 hardware in parallel.

I hope I am wrong, but that sounds like it simply uses DX11 to simulate DX9 and 10 results, suggesting you still NEED DX11 capable hardware to actually run the benchmark (since DX9 and 10 hardware can't interface with the DX11 API at all). i.e. The point of this is, is to give a comparative score for a given DX11 card's DX9/10 performance, as opposed to being able to run the benchmark on old non-DX11 hardware..

 

[SirDevon]

That robe does look a little... off... stiff in fact.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Is the robed character's walk meant to be hilariously bad or do those at FutureMark actually walk like that and think it's normal?

 

[upgrade_1977]

I like it.

 

[pjmelect]

Will it run on Windows XP?

 

[notsleep]

people still use win xp? :O

 

[pjmelect]

people still use win xp? :O

Windows XP is still the most widely used operating system with over 44% of the market share, and leads Windows 7 which has 40.5% of the market share.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-xp-sees-big-drop-in-os-market-share-in-may

 

[damric]

maybe they will make it so I can cheat again with my drivers

 

[josejones]

Performance Test & BenchMarking Websites
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/272645-29-performance-test-benchmarking-websites