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UL Announces Two Benchmark Additions to PCMark 10
More Benchmark Options UL Benchmarks is announce the upcoming arrival of two additional benchmark sets for PCMark 10. One is the most anticipated battery life benchmark. Meanwhile, the other new test is based on Microsoft Office applications. The new battery test is the PCMark 10 Battery Life Profile. This test…
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3DMark Test for DirectX Ray Tracing Coming in September
New Addition to the 3DMark Suite UL Benchmarks is apparently preparing a special ray tracing benchmark for their popular 3DMark benchmarking suite. This is going to be a completely new test using Microsoft DirectX Ray tracing (DXR). UL Benchmarks needs to compare the results across different systems and versions, hence…
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Futuremark Video Shows-Off Live DX12 Raytracing Tech Demo
DirectX Raytracing Technology GDC 2018 is in full swing, and with it comes the latest announcements from Game Developers and game technology. Futuremark took the opportunity to launch a short video demo showing off what they have been working on. It utilizes DirectX 12 Raytracing technology and what makes it…
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Futuremark VRMark Cyan Room Now Available for Download
Futuremark‘s latest virtual reality benchmark VRMark Cyan Room is finally available for download. It utilizes a pure DirectX12 engine built in-house, testing for VR capability. In usual Futuremark style, the graphics is also quite gorgeous, although it is also highly functional as well. Since the custom DX12 engine has less…
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Futuremark Introduces DX12 VRMark Cyan Room Benchmark
A new DirectX12 VR benchmark is arriving from Futuremark on November 22. This is the VRMark Cyan Room Benchmark, utilizing a pure DX12 engine built in-house and optimized for VR. As usual, VRMark Cyan Room features gorgeous visuals and eye-catching effects. However, these are not strictly for eye-candy but for…
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Futuremark Introduces PCMark 10 Benchmark Software
Futuremark‘s newest benchmark tool, PCMark 10, has now been officially unveiled. It looks like a great update with features a lot of reviewers, as well as other users, will like. PCMarks version numbering follows Windows’ version and as such, PCMark 10 is built and optimised for Windows 10. The application…
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AMD Vega Time Spy Benchmark Leaked?
A new AMD graphics card range featuring the company’s Vega GPU architecture is expected to launch before the end of June this year, and we may now have our first glimpse at the chip’s benchmark. A score that seems to be for an unnamed Vega card – running on a…
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Latest 3DMark Update Fixes Critical API Overhead Bug
Futuremark has released the latest update version v2.3.3682 of their popular semi-synthetic 3D gaming benchmark software 3DMark. Two weeks ago, Futuremark released version v.2.3.3663 which adds official support for the Vulkan API but in the latest v2.3.3682 update, a critical bug in the API overhead test is resolved. The API…
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3DMark v2.3.3663 Adds Vulkan Support
Futuremark has announced that the latest version of its benchmarking tool, 3DMark, has added support for the Vulkan API. Vulkan is a relatively new 3D graphics API, developed as a successor to OpenGL by Khronos and derived from AMD’s Mantle, which boasts high efficiency through low-level GPU access. In adopting…
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Futuremark Working On New DX12 and Vulkan Benchmarks
With every new graphics API being launched, new benchmarks are imperative. In order to understand how our hardware really performs, benchmarks must be designed with the API being tested in mind. This is where Futuremark comes in with their 3DMark suite of tests. According to new information revealed today, the…
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Futuremark Releases New VRMark Virtual Reality Benchmark
With VR gaming starting to pick up, its grown increasingly important to have benchmarks to determine VR performance. While Steam has its SteamVR benchmark test, Futuremark also announced their VRMark earlier in the year. After spending a couple more months in development, the Finnish company has now released their latest addition to…
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Futuremark Releases DX 12 Time Spy Benchmark
Last month, Futuremark, the creators of the popular 3DMark benchmarks, teased a new DX12 benchmark. Unlike most benchmarks which are still DX11 based, the new releases would support the new API as well as new features like Asynchronous Compute. Dubbed Time Spy, Futuremark has now released the benchmark and the first…
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Futuremark Teases New DX 12 Time Spy Benchmark
One thing you might have noticed from all of the RX 480 leaks is that they’re all mostly 3DMark results. Created by Futuremark, FireStrike is the premier DirectX 11 benchmark to showcase graphics card performance. However, as more and more developers and games migrate over to new APIs, FireStrike results…
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Futuremark Releases Major Update for PCMark 8
Futuremark released a new major update to the popular benchmarking application PCMark 8 that accommodates the latest changes in Adobe After Effects and provides better support for NVMe SSDs. This is a major update that will affect scores, which also means that results from this version shouldn’t be compared to…
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Great Deals on Benchmark Software in Steam Summer Sale
The Steam Summer Sale, or any steam sale for that matter, is mostly known for the games. That is pretty much a given, but it is not the only thing you can pick up for a bargain. There is also quite a bit of software on Steam, most of it…
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