3DMark Vantage has gone gold, launch on April 28
Written by Andreas G 25 April 2008 16:36

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 1280x1024 resolution
• Performance - 256MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 resolution
• High - 512MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1680x1050 resolution
• Extreme - 512MB DX10 Video Card and a monitor capable of displaying 1920x1200 resolution

Along with the announcement, FutureMark has released five new screenshots (click to enlarge);

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