A Look at Futuremark's 3DMark 11

Rob Williams · 12-07-2010, 09:10 AM

The time has come for another one of Futuremark's benchmarks to help us realize that our current PCs are lacking in performance. We're taking a look at 3DMark 11, which utilizes all of DirectX 11's goodies, and as expected, the result looks good. Read on to learn more, and also see our benchmark results from 12 current graphics cards.

You can check out our look at 3DMark 11 and discuss it here!

Optix · 12-07-2010, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob

It's clear that 3DMark 11, with its brute-force graphics techniques and adjusted scoring algorithms, will deliver results much lower than what we've seen with Vantage. While AMD's Radeon HD 5970 scored over 13,000 in the Extreme test in Vantage, is scored a measly 2294 at the similar setting here. No complaints... but it will be fun to see who can hit 10,000 first at the Extreme setting!

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Rob Williams · 12-07-2010, 03:30 PM

Haha, I'm curious if even THAT'd do it, though. GPUs don't tend to scale 100% in a 2-GPU setup, and it gets worse the higher you go. If I had to guess, 4 x 580 would hit around 7000, but I could be a bit off. Shouldn't take too long to find out though, I'm sure SOMEONE'S on the path to hitting it.

Optix · 12-07-2010, 04:44 PM

(EVGA SR-2 + i7) + (4 x GTX 580) = gross!

DarkStarr · 12-07-2010, 06:54 PM

wrong, it would be SR-2 + dual hexacore Xeons + 4 580s

Rob Williams · 12-07-2010, 07:07 PM

So far it looks like the highest score is around 5,300. This might take a while:

http://bit.ly/iaTxC6

I don't think quad-GPU has been touched though, so soon enough someone is going to.

Optix · 12-07-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkStarr

wrong, it would be SR-2 + dual hexacore Xeons + 4 580s

Always gotta one up me, huh?

I can't believe the way some people throw money into their rigs. There was one in the CoolIT contest that was over $5,000! It's was one of the best builds I have ever seen but still...

Someone out there is sure to pull it off soon. With the 6900's possibly delayed I'm curious to see who scores higher.

Rob Williams · 12-08-2010, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Optix

With the 6900's possibly delayed I'm curious to see who scores higher.

They are rumored to be delayed further?

Optix · 12-08-2010, 07:07 AM

I read best estimate was Q1 2011 but likely later.

Rob Williams · 12-09-2010, 01:36 AM

We're up to 6486!

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/74616

Optix · 12-09-2010, 07:02 AM

*shakes his head*

Pantera suddenly jumps into my head - vulgar display of power. That's just gross.

Tharic-Nar · 12-09-2010, 07:28 AM

Rather silly looking at some of the results. 4.8GHz (N2 probably) core i7 980X running tripple SLI GTX 580. Then on the AMD front, it's a 4.06 GHz x6 1090T with crossfire running 4x (2 cards?) 5970 with some silly typo's on the frequencies (100,000MHz?!?).

http://3dmark.com/compare/3dm11/10418/3dm11/74616

12-07-2010, 09:10 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	A Look at Futuremark's 3DMark 11 The time has come for another one of Futuremark's benchmarks to help us realize that our current PCs are lacking in performance. We're taking a look at 3DMark 11, which utilizes all of DirectX 11's goodies, and as expected, the result looks good. Read on to learn more, and also see our benchmark results from 12 current graphics cards. You can check out our look at 3DMark 11 and discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

12-07-2010, 03:30 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Haha, I'm curious if even THAT'd do it, though. GPUs don't tend to scale 100% in a 2-GPU setup, and it gets worse the higher you go. If I had to guess, 4 x 580 would hit around 7000, but I could be a bit off. Shouldn't take too long to find out though, I'm sure SOMEONE'S on the path to hitting it. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

12-07-2010, 06:54 PM	#5
DarkStarr Tech Monkey Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 623	wrong, it would be SR-2 + dual hexacore Xeons + 4 580s __________________ Intel Core i7 2700k (4.8 @ 100x48) Watercooled - 16GB Crucial Ballistix @ 1600 Mhz 9.9.9.24 2T 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 Mhz 9.9.9.24 2T - Asus Sabertooth P67 - Asus Radeon 7970 Ref. (Non Ghz) Heatkiller 79xx Ni-Bl (Soon) @ 1050/1500 - 64Gb Crucial M4 SSD - 3x Hitachi 1Tb - Corsair TX950W Azza Genesis 9000B - 2x Samsung SyncMaster S27A550H - Vizio 32" LCD

12-07-2010, 07:07 PM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	So far it looks like the highest score is around 5,300. This might take a while: http://bit.ly/iaTxC6 I don't think quad-GPU has been touched though, so soon enough someone is going to. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

12-09-2010, 01:36 AM	#10
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	We're up to 6486! http://3dmark.com/3dm11/74616 __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

12-09-2010, 07:28 AM	#12
Tharic-Nar Techgage Staff Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,151	Rather silly looking at some of the results. 4.8GHz (N2 probably) core i7 980X running tripple SLI GTX 580. Then on the AMD front, it's a 4.06 GHz x6 1090T with crossfire running 4x (2 cards?) 5970 with some silly typo's on the frequencies (100,000MHz?!?). http://3dmark.com/compare/3dm11/10418/3dm11/74616

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