|A more comprehensive and unrestricted benchmark than previous versions, 3DMark06 includes an array of 3D graphics, CPU and 3D 3Dmark tests for game performance measurement of benchmark and future PC gaming systems.

With this broader design approach, 3DMark06 will be the benchmark of choice for all PCs with top-of-the-line graphics hardware and CPUs. Futuremark predicts that 3DMark06 will emerge as the most complete 3D graphics benchmark for Windows XP, paving the way for new benchmarks targeted at performance OS environments such as Windows Vista, 3Dmark 06 – 3D game performance benchmark. With these demanding new DirectX 9 implementations, 3DMark06's four graphics tests measure performance of the game advanced hardware benchmark showing visually the compelling advantages of these new shader types.

In addition to using real-time physics, both CPU tests 3Dmark employ multi-threaded artificial intelligence algorithms.

By combining the results of the two CPU tests and four graphics tests, 3DMark06 enables users to get a 3DMark score which reflects the performance gaming performance of their PC, 3Dmark 06 – 3D game performance benchmark. Futuremark and their industry partners anticipate that CPU performance promises to be increasingly important in next generation PC games as new titles increase their use of game intelligence and complex physics and their reliance on multithreaded processing.

With new CPU tests, 3Dmark 06 – 3D game performance benchmark, benchmark graphics tests and expanded feature tests 3DMark06 will provide valuable overall performance scores. And by updating three existing graphics tests we are game to produce taxing, yet beautiful content, graphically revealing what these mathematically performance shaders can provide benchmark measuring system wide hardware performance.

Industry cooperation during development Futuremark is known industry-wide for producing well designed, unbiased and impartial 3Dmark based on next generation game workloads and 3DMark06 adheres to those guiding principles. The professional edition has these exclusive features: Command line functionality for test automation, 3Dmark functionality for automated testing, Licensed commercial use of 3DMark06, and Demo Loop option.

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