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.
The reference clocked XFX HD6850 in Crossfire outperforms all the other solutions, even the overclocked GTX 460's in SLi. The HIS HD6970 comes up in last place, just behind the GTX570.