Futuremark released 3DMark Vantage, on April 28, 2008. It is a benchmark based upon DirectX 10, and therefore will only run under Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 is stated as a requirement) and Windows 7. This is the first edition where the feature-restricted, free of charge version could not be used any number of times. 1280×1024 resolution was used with performance settings.
Two HD6990's are over 5,000 points faster than the XFX HD5970 Black Edition Limited cards which we ran in Dual CrossfireX last year. These cards cost £1800, while the new HD6990's cards would set you back £1,100.