3DMark 11 Gets an Update

Fixes some issues and includes a couple of new features.

Sriram Gurunathan|Dec 21, 2010, 13:11:18 IST

We’ve been following the 3DMark11 story for a while now, including the release delay as well as its actual release. Well now it seems the popular DirectX 11 benchmarking tool has been patched; version 1.01 further fixes some bugs and adds a couple of features the community requested. However, SLI will still not work on 3DMark11 until nVidia releases a new version of the Forceware drivers.

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Here’s the list of changes:__STARTQUOTE__

All Editions

Fixed an issue with SystemInfo that prevented the Physics and Combined tests from running.
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the DirectX 11 API or .NET was not available.
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if the number of system GPUs was unknown.
Letterboxing and scaling now works with wide displays.
The benchmark UI is now minimized during the benchmark run.
Improved result security when submitting to 3dmark.com.
Added automatic update notification.
Updated SystemInfo component to version 3.54.1.1.

Advanced and Professional Edition only

Added option for manual GPU Count selection to the Advanced tab.
Added Scaling Mode selection to the Advanced tab, choose from centered or stretched.
Results tab now shows the individual scores for each of the six tests.

Professional Edition only

Demo audio now works when running from the command line.
Image Quality tool now handles unexpected parameters correctly.
Image Quality tool now works correctly with the reference rasterizer option.__ENDQUOTE__If you already have 3DMark 11, all you’ll need is the 1.0 to 1.01 update. If you don’t, then you can get the updated release here.