First objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista.

PCMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed for Windows Vista offering one-click simplicity for casual users and detailed, professional grade testing for industry, press and enthusiasts.

A PCMark score is a measure of your computer’s performance across a variety of common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music and other media, gaming, communications, productivity and security.

From desktops and laptops to workstations and gaming rigs, by comparing your PCMark Vantage score with other similar systems you can find the hardware and software bottlenecks that stop you getting more from your PC.

What's New:

1. Off-line score viewing is now available in the Advanced Edition.
2. Score save / submit saved options are now available in the Advanced Edition.
3. Ad banners have been removed from all editions.
4. Added a "SEND ERROR" button to error messages; clicking this will send detailed error information to Futuremark for better bug tracking and fixing.
No personally identifiable information will be sent or stored.

Fixes:

1. A bug preventing valid serial key entry in some cases has been fixed.
2. A bug causing "boost::filesystem::create_directory" error message after registration has been fixed.
3. Added a check and error message for hardware that is not DX10 capable.
4. Improved detection of supported resolutions so that CPU test minimum requirement (1280x1024) is now taken into account correctly.
5. Fixed a bug where pressin the ESC key during CPU test loading screen, the user would be taken to a score view with score -1.
6. The entire 3DMark Vantage application is now elevated to Administrator rights, rather than only the SystemInfo component. This will ensure more robust SystemInfo and benchmark functionality, and fixes the "pop-behind" elevation dialog.
7. Fixed a bug that sometimes caused "WM_QUIT" error messages.
8. Post-processing scale is now displayed correctly in the UI for the Extreme Preset.
9. Fixed bug that could cause resolution switches at test runtime.

System Requirements:

Processor

* Modern processor with SSE2 support
* Intel Pentium 4 at 3.0GHz or equivalent AMD processor
* Multi-core processors recommended

Graphics Card

* Shader Model 2.0 compliant graphics card
* Shader Model 3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test
* 256MB of graphics memory for the GPU gaming test recommended

Hard Disk

* 1.7 GB of free hard disk space
* NTFS File System

System Memory

* 1024 MB or more

Operating System

* Microsoft Windows 7® Ultimate / Professional / Home Premium
* Microsoft Windows Vista® Ultimate / Home Premium / Home Basic / Enterprise / Business

Additional Required Applications

* Windows Media Player 11
* Latest DirectX Update for Windows Vista
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later