3DMark 11

Compatibility? I don't get why this should be an issue.

 

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DX11 supports hardware with featuresets ranging from "DX9" to "DX11", unlike DX10.

 

When does the 3rd quarter end again ? Last day of Sept here.. would think tomorrow is beginning of Q4. Not a whole lot of time left to make time line as stated by 3DMark.. then again it is 3DMark after all.

 

can objects created with geometry instancing also be tessellated ?

 

Yes and no. There are two types of instancing. The first treats an entire draw call as a single instance and it's rendered N times. So tessellation applies to all instances.

The other is GS instancing which comes after the tessellator.

 

http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136338

Expect some kind of update later this week!

 

http://www.3dmark.com/

 

looks pretty sweet, too bad I'm still running a DX10 card though

 

The lack of animation in the foliage is glaring though. Hopefully that's not the case in the full version. The texturing on the Antec jeep looks pretty weak too. Otherwise the lighting and models look pretty good.

 

I didn't like Vantage much so hopfully this will be an improvement. I thought Vantage looked very poor, especially the human figures.

 

Wow looks amazing. May have to consider upgrading!

 

The somewhat official status on the Futuremark forums:

My speculation: They're running an overclocking competition on their website which ends november 29th. I would expect a countdown banner to replace it near the beginning of december. Releasing any later than maybe 15th of december wouldn't make much sense as they need to be ready to fix any possible initial problems before the christmas holidays. Would make sense, methinks.

 

3DMark 11 out on 30th November

 

and a game!
http://www.3dmark.com/competitions/msi-guess-the-score/

 

Hmmmmm an NVidia and Intel only game ?
Doh! forgot MS and MSI

 

They seem to be late on release?

Its 1pm on 2nd December here so should be at least 1st everywhere else.

 

Delayed again...
http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138507

Although I've certainly had my share of bugs causing delays...

 

I like delays more than 0-day-patches. And i like products were I don't have to be a paying (not payed!) beta tester.