Wednesday, October 3rd 2007
Futuremark Prepares PCMark Vantage
Futuremark Corporation, the world's leading developer of performance-analysis software, is gearing up to release a new version of its PCMark benchmark. Nicknamed PCMark Vantage, the upcoming benchmark is set to provide single click benchmarking for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista. A release date for the new benchmark has not been given. Click on the "Read full story" marker to see the minimum system requirements of PCMark Vantage.
Processor
- Modern processor with SSE2 support
- Intel Pentium 4 at 3.0GHz or equivalent AMD processor
- Multi-core processors recommended
Graphics Card
- Shader Model 2.0 compliant graphics card.
- Shader Model 3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test
- 256MB of graphics memory for the GPU gaming test recommended
Hard Disk
- 1.7GB of hard disk space
- NTFS File System
System Memory
- 1024MB
Operating System
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate / Home Premium / Home Basic / Enterprise / Business
Other
- Windows Media Player 11
- Latest DirectX Update for Windows Vista
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
Processor
- Modern processor with SSE2 support
- Intel Pentium 4 at 3.0GHz or equivalent AMD processor
- Multi-core processors recommended
Graphics Card
- Shader Model 2.0 compliant graphics card.
- Shader Model 3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test
- 256MB of graphics memory for the GPU gaming test recommended
Hard Disk
- 1.7GB of hard disk space
- NTFS File System
System Memory
- 1024MB
Operating System
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate / Home Premium / Home Basic / Enterprise / Business
Other
- Windows Media Player 11
- Latest DirectX Update for Windows Vista
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
18 Comments on Futuremark Prepares PCMark Vantage
They wont be making anything for XP anymore, theres no point. Unless we get DX11 for XP.