3DMark06

Even though it's based on Futuremark's 3DMark05, the new 3DMark06 adds new tests for Shader Model 3.0 and HDR rendering. It is also the first 3DMark to incorporate a CPU score into the final 3DMark score. All tests have received an overhaul, for example in the Canyon Flight test you can now see beautiful sun glare effects with the help of High Dynamic Range rendering.

It seems ATI introduced a driver bug in Catalyst 9.12 with HD 5xxx that causes the 640x480 resolution to disappear on our 30" inch screen. As a result 3DMark can not run its CPU test which means a 3DMark score can not be generated. Since everything works on Catalyst 9.11, NVIDIA or Catalyst 9.12 with HD 4xxx cards the blame has to go to ATI - they are already notified of this issue.