Futuremark’s benchmark series, 3DMark, often appear here at NH and the latest addition, 3DMark06, will most likely appear many more times in our articles, reviews and other circumstances. To many 3DMark is just some graphics tests and some scores, but there is more to it, believe it or not. At Hexus.net they’ve published an article covering 3DMark06; how it was developed, the new tests and how it has further developed the old tests from 3DMark05.
A complete walkthrough of Futuremark’s latest creation brings some interesting reading for those who wants to know more about 3DMark06 than just what hardware you need to run the program to reach 10 000 points. They also dissect the fact that Futuremark claims 3DMark06 to be a “gamer’s benchmark”, something they don’t quite agree with.
