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3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world's most popular benchmark for measuring the graphics performance of gaming PCs. Designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests. The Basic Edition is free to use and allows an unlimited number of benchmark runs without registration or expiry. Visit http://www.3dmark.com to upgrade your Basic Edition to the Advanced Edition and unlock all presets, custom settings, benchmark looping, unlimited online results storage, offline results management and more.

Version 1.01 includes bug fixes and improvements. Those upgrading from the original version can download the incremental patch here.

Continue reading after the jump for a list of changes and system requirements.

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3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world's most popular benchmark for measuring the graphics performance of gaming PCs. Designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests. The Basic Edition is free to use and allows an unlimited number of benchmark runs without registration or expiry. Visit http://www.3dmark.com to upgrade your Basic Edition to the Advanced Edition and unlock all presets, custom settings, benchmark looping, unlimited online results storage, offline results management and more.

Continue reading after the jump for a list of some of the new features found in 3DMark 11 and system requirements.

Download 3DMark 11 Basic Edition (282 MB)

After getting a last minute delay earlier this week, the team at developer Futuremark has now secured a new release date for its games-themed PC benchmarking software 3DMark 11. After finding some last minute bugs that caused the delay from its previous November 30 release date, 3DMark 11 is now set for launch on Tuesday, December 7.

As compensation for those folks who pre-ordered the benchmark software before the announcement of the delay, Futuremark has sent out a key to those people that will allow them to purchase and download its 2009 zero-g shooter Shattered Horizon. As we mentioned before, 3DMark 11 will be released in three versions; a free one, a $19.95 version that will turn off ads and a $995 version of 3DMark 11 that will have other features like demo looping. an image quality tool and more.

3DMark 11, the long awaited next version of the popular games-related PC benchmarking software, won't make its planned November 30 release date after all. Developer Futuremark announced today that the releases has been delayed by a few days. According to a post on the 3DMark 11 message boards, the development team wanted to take "some extra time now to fix a couple of difficult bugs." No new specific release date was revealed.

3DMark 11 was originally announced as coming out in the third quarter of 2010 but its release got pushed back to this quarter. The benchmarking software is being made specifically for PC gaming rigs with DirectX 11-based graphics cards and will come in a free version as well as two commercial versions.

3DMark 11 is a little more than a week away from release but the team at its development studio Futuremark have released a trailer that shows off some of the visuals that will be seen when the PC benchmark software is made available on November 30.

The benchmarking software is just the latest in a long series of 3DMark releases. This version is made specifically for testing PCs with DirectX 11-based video cards. While a free version with ads will be released, a $19.99 version will be sold that will enable more features and disable ads. A $199 version will also be made available that will have still more features such an image quality tool and demo looping.

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3DMark 11, the latest incarnation of Futuremark's PC game-themed hardware benchmarking program, finally has a firm release date. The program will be released in three different versions on November 30.

This new version of the program, made specifically to test PC hardware performance with DirectX 11 graphics features, will be made available as a free version with all of the demo tests but with ads enabled. A $19.95 version will also be available that will turn off ads and will also enable more features. Finally a $995 version of 3DMark 11 will be sold and will add still more features like demo looping. an image quality tool and more.

It's been a little while since Futuremark has posted up anything new on the promised release of the 3DMark 11 PC gaming-based benchmarking software but today the company released a new trailer (shown after the jump) and some new screenshots showing off another demo scene from 3DMark 11.

The High Temple scene was designed to show off DirectX 11 visual effects such as tessellation, volumetric lighting and other effects. People who attend BlizzCon will be able to see the High Temple 3DMark 11 demo in live action at the Antec booth this weekend (Antec has an in-game ad placement deal with Futuremark). Originally set for release in the third quarter of 2010, Futuremark is now saying 3DMark 11 will be released sometime later in 2010.

Futuremark Games Studio's 2009 released zero-g themed shooter Shattered Horizon has only been made available as a digital download via Steam so far. That's going to change, at least in the UK, next week as the title gets a boxed retail release via publisher PQube.

The retail version will include the original game plus the two downloadable expansions that were released for free for Steam users. It also comes with a printed keyboard and mouse control guide and, oddly enough, a set of 16 Shattered Horizon stickers for all you gaming scrapbookers out there. Meanwhile the Steam version of the game just got a small update which prepares the game for a German version that will also be released next week. It also adds in-game containers with a Cooler Master logo "as part of an upcoming sponsorship deal."

The folks at developer Futuremark Game Studios are giving players another chance to try out their zero-g themed sci-fi shooter Shattered Horizon. Beginning at 7 pm Eastern time on Thursday the multiplayer themed game will be free to play for anyone via Steam until Sunday. Also the game will get a 50 percent discount to $9.99 for the time period.

Launched last December, Futuremark has added two major free DLC additions to Shattered Horizon since its release. A level pack doubled the number of maps in the game from four to eight. More recently the Firepower pack added a number of new weapons and grenade types to the title. As always keep in mind that Shattered Horizon requires a DirectX 10-based video card to run.

While Futuremark has been busy of late with their PC game development division and their first person shooter Shattered Horizon, the company is still best known for their PC benchmarking software and tools, particularly their 3DMark software. Today Futuremark officially announced its plans to release the latest entry in the series 3DMark 11 which will fully support the new DirectX 11 graphics API.

Using an in-house graphics engine, 3DMark 11 will be able to benchmark even high end gaming PCs using DirectX 11 features like tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. 3DMark 11 is currently schedule for release in the third quarter of 2010. There's no word yet on the pricing for the full version although a version with limited features will be released for free.