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3DMark'05 Released

Thanks to jerry for the heads up.

Futuremark, the company behind the worlds top benchmarking utilities has released the latest version of their Graphics Benchmarking program, 3DMark'05, for download.

In order to run 3DMark05, the minimum requirement for your graphics card is (along with support for PS2.0 or better) 128MB of video memory. Minimum system memory is 512MB.

3DMark can be freely downloaded, while 3DMark'05 Pro comes in thee packages:

  • 3DMark05 Pro (download): $19.95

  • 3DMark05 Pro (CD-ROM): $29.95

  • 3DMark05 Business Edition (CD-ROM): $250.00

  • +There will be an upgrade version from 3DMark'03 Pro to 3DMark'05 Pro

Also a new mode called Graphs has been introduced as quoted from Futuremarks' site:

"In 3DMark05 Pro we introduce a completely new benchmarking mode called "Graphs". Using Graphs you can run the tests and export the results to MS Excel for more in-depth analysis. There will be 6 different types of graphs in 3DMark05 Pro, and from all of them you can view the highest, lowest and average results. And more. This is a Pro Version & Business Version only feature!"

Download: Download Links/Mirrors

View: 3DMark'05 Known Facts

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