FutureMark has announced that 3DMark Vantage has gone gold. The benchmark we’ve been waiting for so long will become available April 28 13:00 GMT. If you read our previous report, you know that there will be four versions; Trial, Basic, Advanced, and Professional. Trial is free and let you run the benchmark once. Basic ($6.95) allows you to run the benchmark as many times as you like with the Performance preset, and has all of the ORB features. With the Advanced ($19.95) version you have access to all four presets, six additional feature tests, and full customization options.
System Requirements:
The final system requirements to run 3DMark Vantage Trial are:
Minimum
- x86/x64 single core CPU with SSE2 support. Performance similar to Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz or better
- Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 256MB
- 1024MB Memory
- 2GB of free disk space
- Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)
Recommended
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent AMD CPU
- Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 512MB
- 2048MB Memory
- 2GB of free disk space
- Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)
Additionally, following requirements must be met to run each of the four available presets with the Advanced and Pro versions:
- Entry – 128MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1280×1024 resolution
- Performance – 256MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1280×1024 resolution
- High – 512MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1680×1050 resolution
- Extreme – 512MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1920×1200 resolution
Along with the announcement, FutureMark has released five new screenshots (click to enlarge);
