Futuremark ends support for 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/28/2017 12:00 PM | source: | 3 comment(s)

Futuremark will stop supporting two benchmarks, 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage, on the same day which would be April 11.

The Vantage benchmarks were designed for Windows Vista, an operating system that is over 10 years old and which is now used by only 1.12% of Windows users.

From April 11, 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage will:

No longer be sold on our website.
No longer receive updates, (other than SystemInfo).
No longer be guaranteed to work with our online services.
No longer be eligible for customer support.

Alternatives to 3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is a benchmark for DirectX 10, an API which is now two generations old. For benchmarking modern gaming systems, we recommend using the latest 3DMark benchmarks:

3DMark Time Spy for DirectX 12 systems.
3DMark Fire Strike for high performance DirectX 11 PCs.
3DMark Sky Diver for DirectX 11 laptops and mid-range PCs.

Alternatives to PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage is a system benchmark for Windows Vista. If your PC is less than seven years old, you will get more relevant results by using a more recent version of PCMark. We recommend:

PCMark 7 for Windows 7
PCMark 8 for Windows 8
PCMark 10, coming soon, for Windows 10.

Legacy benchmarks are free to download

All of our legacy benchmarks going back to 3DMark99 are available to download for free from our website. Each benchmark comes with a key to unlock the Advanced Edition features. 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage will be available for free from April 11.

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wavetrex
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#5413303 Posted on: 03/28/2017 03:07 PM

So then you comment just to add another post to your number ?

I think 3DM Vantage is awesome, and especially love the 2nd test with the "battlestar galactica" like carrier!
But yes, they are kinda outdated... getting almost similar scores for GTX 980 and GTX 1080 (which is obviously wrong)

ammaross
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#5413323 Posted on: 03/28/2017 04:42 PM

April 11

I don't think April 11th was just an arbitrary date pulled out of a hat. It's the launch date for Ryzen 5 for starters.

0blivious
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#5413521 Posted on: 03/29/2017 07:36 AM

Vantage didn't seem to scale well with newer tech (while older versions did/do). Some of those Vantage tests still run like crap while looking terribly outdated.

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