All FutureMark software has been updated

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/10/2010 11:13 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

FutureMark issued an update to pretty much all their benchmarks today, solving some small stuff and compatibility issues. We updated all full binaries and inserted smaller patches onto the Guru3D download server. These are all updates for 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, 3DMark05, 3DMark03, PCMark Vantage and PCMark05. The updates improve system hardware detection, fix several issues and also add improved GPU clock speed detection.

For 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark06 the update makes both benchmarks fully compatible with the latest multicore processors. In addition, 3DMark Vantage now has significantly faster loading times. The update does not affect core benchmark functionality and the basis for all scores remains unchanged. The updates can be found on the Futuremark website.

All web services will continue supporting the older versions, but support may be phased out at a later date, so we'd like to get this update out to as many users as possible.

Release notes:
These updates introduce the following changes to each benchmark:

3DMark06 v1.2.0 1901 changes
- Fixed CPU Test Novodex thread search when there are more than 32 threads
- Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

3DMark Vantage v1.0.2 1901 changes
-       Fixed hang in CPU Test 2 - Physics on systems with more than 12 logical processors
-       Added possibility to disable System Info scan in command line front-end
-       Fixed the score formula in texture fill rate test
-       Added buffered file input stream for faster test loading times
-       Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

3DMark03 v3.6.0 1901 changes
- Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

3DMark05 v1.3.0 1901 changes
- Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

PCMark Vantage v1.0.1 1901 changes
- Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

PCMark05 v1.2.0 1901 changes
- Updated System Info component version to 3.21.2.1

System Info v3.21.2.1 changes
- completely rewritten GPU clock speed detection
- fixed