PCGH: First official 3DMark vantage pictures

[Fr3ak]

I don't think I have to say much about the pictures :)

Link to the picture gallery:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/?menu=browser&article_id=630452&entity_id=-1&image_id=768307&mode=article&overview=yes

Link to the article (German):
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/?article_id=630452

("nächstes Bild" means "next picture" and clicking into the picture will enlarge it)

[Monkeywoman]

my card just died looking at that....:eek:

[G.Foyle]

Proxycon: The Reckoning

What I see is 45-picture gallery that has 3 new pics, two copies and 40 picstures from old 3DMarks.

[Mekoa]

my card just died looking at that....:eek:

My works PC (Dell Optiplex GX520 workstation) actually crashed when I loaded that page lol.

Wow at those pics nevertheless.

[saaya]

that has got to be the best looking cpu benchmark ive ever seen ;)

[deathman20]

The website
www.3dmark.com/

[kryptobs2000]

Proxycon: The Reckoning

What I see is 45-picture gallery that has 3 new pics, two copies and 40 picstures from old 3DMarks.

:shrug:

[gallardo]

So... what we've got is 3 pics that don't really look better than X3 Reunion ingame pics, but have just a bit more light in them and the same old .... we have in 3dmark 06? Unimpressed. Not installing Vista again just for that.
No, seriously... the arctic test barely has any motion besides camera motion, the canyon test has AWFUL textures on the actualy canyon (the walls) and the monster isn't very convincing either. Nature is exactly like 3dmark 06 with just 2 lights and all... and battle of proxycon has very wierd lighting. The dude with the machine gun has light coming from the front and he's lighted on his backside and has shade on the front. WTF?

[MuffinFlavored]

http://www.futuremark.com/3dmarkvantage/
That is interesting.

[noxon]

So this is the 3rd time we see diffrent pics from the new 3dmark...:confused: :down:

[Cuthalu]

Motion blur off and it's 10 times more beautifull.

[[XC] leviathan18]

ok download the images, and view them in the pic viewer from win, then after you see the first one in detail move to the next one and so on after that you can imagine yourself the score something in the lines of 1500 points that is the benchmark and that is the way we will see it if its like that

[STaRGaZeR]

Motion blur off and it's 10 times more beautifull.

200% agreed.

[SKYMTL]

http://www.futuremark.com/3dmarkvantage/
That is interesting.

Looking at those pics makes me wish there was a new Homeworld game in the pipeline....

[ANP !!!]

Wow :eek:. I hope my card can manage Sideshow with this.

[Monkeywoman]

i checked if my comp would handle it, i scored 1.75 out of 3...wtf

[96redformula]

i checked if my comp would handle it, i scored 1.75 out of 3...wtf

Anybody with 8800GTS 512, hd3870x2 or 8800GTX get any scores on this?

[jimmyz]

It just checks os and whether you have a 4.0 and dx10 card. you need vista to run it.

[RaZz!]

Game-o-Meter Result:
Close, but no cigar - your computer does not meet the minimum requirements.

:p:

[deathman20]

Gotta run that when I get home tonight hehe.

[Oliver]

Impressive, there is a good bunch of eye candy for sure...

Keep testing it.

[CraptacularOne]

All I want to know is it's release date :shock:

[Scimitar]

Looks really really good. Can't wait for some more screen shots. I wonder what the other game tests will look like.

[g1raffe]

Cant wait for it to be available!

Even though I don't have Vista yet.. :rolleyes:

[Bootup05]

Where's the "How well will Your system cope" Test? Where someone got 1.75 with :D

[Syn.]

:p:

lol, my machine was built for speed in 2007 not 2008. I need faster CPU to get recommended. Come on PHENOM!


Game-o-Meter Result:
You're set! Your machine's built for speed and can handle the minimum requirements!

[Den Leiw]

omg my 7900 GS committed suicide when I clicked on that link

[Brother Esau]

How gay its only for VISTA nuttin but troubles!

[BenchZowner]

All I want to know is it's release date :shock:


we are still putting the finishing touches on the benchmark and the guys are working overtime to get it done.

Looks like 3 or 4 weeks from now.

Got no date, but I've got the schedule for the preview as soon as soon as it reaches Gold 'status' and about 2 weeks of preview time... so it should be 4 weeks from now ;)

[Mortal]

Wow, beautiful. Makes me want to fire up X3: Reunion or Darkstar One again. =o

[jimmyz]

I guess it must evaluate.lol I just tried again and it said this : Either your hardware is too new, too old or too rare - we don't know enough of it to give an accurate estimation. Sorry. I never noticed it the first time I went to the site.

I guess my rig is too old....:rofl: :ROTF:

[Swatrecon_]

How gay its only for VISTA nuttin but troubles!

are you serious? did you really think it wouldn't include DX10, which means Vista only? Don't be ignorant. :shakes:

[CraptacularOne]

Looks like 3 or 4 weeks from now.

Got no date, but I've got the schedule for the preview as soon as soon as it reaches Gold 'status' and about 2 weeks of preview time... so it should be 4 weeks from now ;)

Thanks for the heads up! :D

[gallardo]

Just remembered of a game released in 2005 (I think) that still looks just awesome even today: Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
You can see some screenshots here:
http://www.nexusthegame.com/index.html?action=showfotopage&fotopageid=12

Mind you that was an entire game, not just an intro or something. Put some better textures on Nexus and it kicks Vantage's ass. And Nexus ran flawlessly with 9800 Pro type hardware... It would be a walk in the park for an 8800GT to render it with HD textures and high AA.


All in all, NOT impressed by 3dMark Vantage so far. It has to be better looking than Crysis to impress me. And that's because it's a benchmark, while Crysis and Nexus are actual games.

[Scimitar]

Was that intended as a joke? The screenies on that link look about 1/10 as good as the 3dmark Vantage ones to me. Look at the textures and lighting.

[gallardo]

Yes, textures and lighting. Now consider that that game is from 2004/2005. Put some 2007-2008 textures and lighting on that game and it'll kick Vantage's butt. Remember, Vantage is just like an intro... the camera only goes one way. It's like a movie. Nexus is a game! You can actually move the camera around and see every detail of the ship and of space and you can even move instantly to other ships/places in space. And that can be done with 9800 Pro hardware (or maybe even less). How does a 9800 Pro do in 3dMark 05? Pathetic. 2500 points.

[[XC] hipno650]

Just remembered of a game released in 2005 (I think) that still looks just awesome even today: Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
You can see some screenshots here:
http://www.nexusthegame.com/index.html?action=showfotopage&fotopageid=12

Mind you that was an entire game, not just an intro or something. Put some better textures on Nexus and it kicks Vantage's ass. And Nexus ran flawlessly with 9800 Pro type hardware... It would be a walk in the park for an 8800GT to render it with HD textures and high AA.


All in all, NOT impressed by 3dMark Vantage so far. It has to be better looking than Crysis to impress me. And that's because it's a benchmark, while Crysis and Nexus are actual games.

i would have to say that game looks like utter crap. to be honest. how you can even compare it to vantage i don't know. heck star wars empire at war looks a good deal better and any 7600gt could max that easy with full AA. but it is not even ont he same level a Vantage as far a graphics. you seem to forget, Vantage in NOT A GAME it was never designed to be a game or never intended to be a game, it is a 3D benchmark that uses your card to render movie like effects. heck fist thing i thought when i saw this was star wars episode 3 but it looks better than some of their special effects. and when a benchmark looks better than a movie it looks GOOD!

[Kosior]

I wonder if we will have to wait half a year for start of usage of the Vantage in reviews like it was with 3Dmark06 ??

[BenchZowner]

I wonder if we will have to wait half a year for start of usage of the Vantage in reviews like it was with 3Dmark06 ??

Who waited half a year for what ?
"Decent" reviews websites started using 3D Mark06 as a bench just after it got released.
Also some had a "preview/introduction" on the launch date.

Same applies with Vantage... some sites will have 3D Mark Vantage real soon for "private previewing"/etc, and the launch date is approaching as well.

[Spectrobozo]

nice but, 512mb VGA? so my HD3850 256mb will not run, and a 8500GT with 512mb will run?

[ACS]

nice but, 512mb VGA? so my HD3850 256mb will not run, and a 8500GT with 512mb will run?

From their site :

Publishers Minimum System

Processor: x86/x64 single core CPU with SSE2 support. Performance similar to Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz or better.
Display Card: Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 256MB
Memory: 1024MB
Free Disk Space: 2GB
Operating System: Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)

Publishers Recommended System

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent AMD CPU.
Display Card: Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 512MB
Memory: 2048MB
Free Disk Space: 2GB
Operating System: Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)
http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10171/?sa=1

[Jamesrt2004]

From their site :

Publishers Minimum System

Processor: x86/x64 single core CPU with SSE2 support. Performance similar to Intel Pentium D 3.2GHz or better.
Display Card: Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 256MB
Memory: 1024MB
Free Disk Space: 2GB
Operating System: Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)

Publishers Recommended System

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent AMD CPU.
Display Card: Fully D3D10/SM4.0 compliant graphics card, 512MB
Memory: 2048MB
Free Disk Space: 2GB
Operating System: Windows Vista (Server editions not supported)
http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10171/?sa=1

lols I wanna run it on

single core amd64
1gb ram
8600gt

just to get the lowest score =]

[STaRGaZeR]

3D Bench + something related to space = WIN!

:slobber:

[Spectrobozo]

lols I wanna run it on

single core amd64
1gb ram
8600gt

just to get the lowest score =]

onboard videos with dx10 support will get lower scores... you lose.

[jimmyz]

onboard videos with dx10 support will get lower scores... you lose.

The 8600 is in case he wants to play crysis at maxxx.:rofl: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[Scimitar]

Developers Diary

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30290.html

[BenchZowner]

Update:
ETA 3 weeks :)

[Epsilon84]

It actually looks a lot like X3: Reunion IMO.

[Syn.]

Developers Diary

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30290.html

Second part is coming


Sorry for the delay guys! The new Dev Diary will be sent out today, but we can't say when GT will upload it to their site.

Cheers,

Nick

Should appear here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/6147.html

[mascaras]

shouldnt be released today???



Approaching the February 20th release date, Futuremark's 3DMark Vantage was pictured once more.

http://we.pcinlife.com/

[BenchZowner]

Nope.
Futuremark never gave a release date to any1.

Even 2 weeks ago the benchmark wasn't fully ready.

[Syn.]

Developer Diary 2 is out on GT:

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/6147.html