Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, Futuremark ha annunciato il benchmark 3DMark 11, l'ultimo entry nell'ambito della ben nota serie di applicativi per il testing delle performance 3D delle video card e del sistema nel suo complesso.

In accordo allo sviluppatore, 3DMark 11 è stato progettato per misurare le prestazioni nell'ambito del gaming con DirectX 11; a tal fine il benchmark utilizza un motore grafico DirectX 11 based proprietario.

Al fine di promuovere 3DMark 11, il cui rilascio è pianificato nel corso del terzo trimestre del 2010 mentre la prima preview avverrà al Computex di Taipei dal giorno 1 al giorno 5 giugno, Futuremark ha pubblicato i seguenti trailer e screenshot tratti dalla demo tecnologica chiamata "Deep Sea".

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Futuremark, the developer of the world’s most popular benchmarking software, today announced 3DMark 11, the latest version of their industry standard benchmark for real-time 3D graphics. Designed to measure the performance of DirectX 11 gaming PCs, 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine created in-house. To accompany the announcement Futuremark has released a trailer and screenshots taken from a 3DMark 11 tech demo called "Deep Sea". http://www.3dmark.com/

Deep Sea is a demonstration of DirectX 11 technologies created using an early development build of the 3DMark 11 engine. The Deep Sea trailer features submersibles exploring the sea floor. Volumetric lighting illuminates the seabed with tessellation used to add rich detail to the rock, coral and manmade structures. Post processing delivers depth of field and other lens effects. The music is an original composition.

"For over 10 years 3DMark has shown gamers what to expect from the next generation of real-time 3D graphics," said Jukka Mäkinen, Futuremark CEO, "So we are especially excited to announce 3DMark 11 and show the possibilities of DirectX 11 with the release of the Deep Sea trailer."

The trailer, a selection of screenshots and further information about 3DMark 11 can be found on a newly launched website: http://www.3dmark.com/

The 3DMark 11 Deep Sea tech demo will be shown publicly for the first time on the MSI booth at Computex in Taipei, from June 1 - 5.

3DMark 11 will be released in the third quarter of 2010. There will be a free edition available at launch. 3DMark 11 will join existing Futuremark benchmarks 3DMark Vantage for DirectX 10 and 3DMark06 for DirectX 9. Please visit the official website for more details: http://www.3dmark.com/

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