3DMark 11 free Download basic edition

the most popular graphics card benchmark 3DMark 11  is out and available for download:

Designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.

These will be the requirements:

• 3DMark 11 requires DirectX 11, a DirectX 11 compatible video card, and Windows Vista or Windows 7.
• OS: Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7
• Processor: 1.8GHz dual-core Intel or AMD CPU
• Memory: 1 GB of system memory
• Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
• Hard drive space1.5 GB
• Audio Windows Vista / Windows 7 compatible sound card

There will be a free edition and the usual paid versions.
Graphics Test 1

• Based on the Deep Sea scene
• No tessellation
• Heavy lighting with several shadow casting lights

Graphics Test 2

• Based on the Deep Sea scene
• Medium tessellation
• Medium lighting with few shadow casting lights

Graphics Test 3

• Based on the High Temple scene
• Medium tessellation
• One shadow casting light

Graphics Test 4

• Based on the High Temple scene
• Heavy tessellation
• Many shadow casting lights

Physics Test

• Rigid body physics simulation with a large number of objects
• This test runs at a fixed resolution regardless of the chosen preset

Combined Test

• Runs rigid body physics simulation on a moderate number of objects
• Soft body physics using DirectCompute and the Bullet physics library running on the GPU
• Medium tessellation
• Medium lighting

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