kapone32So will there be new benchmarks from 3D11 released at some point?

Vayra86In every case, there is a newer and more relevant benchmark test that you should use instead.

AnarchoPrimitivPersonally, I've never understood the need of some PC enthusiasts to "drag race" their PCs by comparing benchmark results.... Unless you're engaging in extreme overclocking (wait, will I offend the extreme overclockers like K1ngp1in [is that how it's spelled in "l33t speak"?] if I don't spell it like "XTREME" or "XOC"?) you can just Google the reviews for any piece of hardware you want and obtain benchmark results that are guaranteed to be within a few percentage points of your personal unit of the same hardware. Then again, like so much of the venom and vitriol in the PC community, at least some of it is fuelled by ego (and the respective defense of that ego) and a desperate need to self-identify with an in-group seen as the "winner" (aka fanboys).

This is exemplified so well in the "bench-a-thons" that the same handful of loudmouths constantly engage in and brow beat others to engage in on Wccftech. Sorry for the rant, but is anyone else like me in that they're often ashamed of the behavior of the "PC community" than proud of it?

Dyatlov AWho is that UL? Isn’t Futuremark’s product is 3dmark11?

FreedomEclipseThis is funny because if i remember correctly. UL were selling discounted 3D11 keys about a week ago either directly or on steam.

AnarchoPrimitivPersonally, I've never understood the need of some PC enthusiasts to "drag race" their PCs by comparing benchmark results.... Unless you're engaging in extreme overclocking (wait, will I offend the extreme overclockers like K1ngp1in [is that how it's spelled in "l33t speak"?] if I don't spell it like "XTREME" or "XOC"?) you can just Google the reviews for any piece of hardware you want and obtain benchmark results that are guaranteed to be within a few percentage points of your personal unit of the same hardware. Then again, like so much of the venom and vitriol in the PC community, at least some of it is fuelled by ego (and the respective defense of that ego) and a desperate need to self-identify with an in-group seen as the "winner" (aka fanboys).

This is exemplified so well in the "bench-a-thons" that the same handful of loudmouths constantly engage in and brow beat others to engage in on Wccftech. Sorry for the rant, but is anyone else like me in that they're often ashamed of the behavior of the "PC community" than proud of it?

AnarchoPrimitivPersonally, I've never understood the need of some PC enthusiasts to "drag race" their PCs by comparing benchmark results.... Unless you're engaging in extreme overclocking (wait, will I offend the extreme overclockers like K1ngp1in [is that how it's spelled in "l33t speak"?] if I don't spell it like "XTREME" or "XOC"?) you can just Google the reviews for any piece of hardware you want and obtain benchmark results that are guaranteed to be within a few percentage points of your personal unit of the same hardware. Then again, like so much of the venom and vitriol in the PC community, at least some of it is fuelled by ego (and the respective defense of that ego) and a desperate need to self-identify with an in-group seen as the "winner" (aka fanboys).

This is exemplified so well in the "bench-a-thons" that the same handful of loudmouths constantly engage in and brow beat others to engage in on Wccftech. Sorry for the rant, but is anyone else like me in that they're often ashamed of the behavior of the "PC community" than proud of it?

robot zombieEh... some people get shitty about things but for the most part people do it for fun. Just like anywhere else, there are going to be people trying to take away from that.

rtwjunkieI didnt see anything about firestrike. Is that staying? Technically they arent eliminating 3D Mark 11, just eipping out some of the older parts that don’t stress anything.

FM_JarnisYou mixing things.

3DMark 11 is the older DX11 benchmark with the jungle and submarine scenes. Almost as old as Windows 7 itself...

3DMark has Ice Storm, Cloud Gate, Fire Strike, Sky Diver, Time Spy, Night Raid, Port Royal and a handful of feature tests.

Different products.

Fire Strike is staying - the Ultra variant is actually still very relevant even on very high end systems for testing DX11. I would expect it to stay supported as long as DX11 as an API stays in any way relevant. Sky Diver might get moved to unsupported before it as laptop hardware keeps getting faster - but even that is probably still years away. From our perspective, unsupported = benchmark that has outlived its usefulness to anyone on any hardware currently being sold and a few years past that *and* there exists a better test to use.

3DMark Ice Storm and Cloud Gate are now moving unsupported, but you can still run them and they will be in the installer, but moved to "unsupported" section of the UI that hides them under one click. Because frankly they are no longer useful tests unless you testing something ancient. At some point we may remove them from the standard full installer but right now we do not since they share some bits with Fire Strike so the benefits are minimal and even if they eventually will be omitted from the installer, there will still be a way to separately install them if you insist.

Also 3DMark 11 isn't vanishing from the universe. The only real somewhat important limitation is that if you want to own 3DMark 11 Advanced in your Steam library, you have until January 14th. And yes, you can get standalone installer with a free Advanced key (nonpersonal, so won't be linkable to your account, but anyone can use it) after January 14th from the Legacy Benchmark pages. Some want the convenience of Steam library, some just want free stuff. Your choice.

And if someone (out of the DOZENS sold) bought 3DMark 11 from the recent sale and is now really really really annoyed that it is going free/unsupported in January, contact place of purchase and I'm sure they will accommodate you. Because $2.

biffzinkerwww.techpowerup.com/243290/futuremark-corporation-sees-its-name-changed-to-parent-companys-ul