3DMark 11 Launches, Toting Free Edition
A little later than once planned, Futuremark's latest PC benchmarking tool 3DMark 11 launched today. You can grab the 282MB free 'Basic' edition from
3DMark, if you weren't aware, lets you put your PC through its paces with a series of gorgeous scenes. Testing how well your 'rig' runs them, it reports back with a performance score for you to paste into your signature on Internet forums.
The Basic edition comes with several limitations, running only at medium detail in 720p and allowing only one one result to be stored online, so if you're really into performance testing, you might want to cough up $19.95 for the Advanced edition. Or $995 for the Pro edition, if you have professional needs or take benchmarks very seriously indeed.
Here's what the six tests look like. Yes, the video is supposed to be silent.
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replyFuturemark become more of a joke once they started the 'you have to pay to benchmark' crap.
Canned benchmarks don't mean anything. Does your score of OVER 9,000 mean you can play "X" game at "Y" settings? NO!-
Yeah, how they dare to make software which is not FREE!!
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I know, programming and 3D modeling is so easy to do. Why would they make us pay for it?
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TLDR Version: OP STFU, GFTO, get a job.
But, it's the internet "I'm entitled to everything" worldview! I'm sure he's downloading his unlocked full version from pirate bay to teach them a lesson for wanting to make a living! Of course, the lesson being taught is "Implement draconian DRM on everything, assume everyone will try and screw you, and treat the customer like an enemy", but as long as he never has to pay for anything, he's made his point! Which is.. oh right, that he's cheap, a child, and has no comprehension of the basics of how our society works.
If benchmarking is important to you, presumably it probably is worth you buying it. I'm not about to, as I simply don't care about my PC's benchmark. I do care about many other things, such as gaming, so instead of complaining or pirating, I buy them! What a concept. -
This is the most sensible response, rather than the blind defense of capitalism of some other replies. They're not asking money because they're "sellouts" or greedy or some such nonsense, they have to pay their programmers and modelers somehow. This type of graphical fidelity can't be done by just one person, or by a few friends in their spare time. It takes a team of people months of full time work.
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