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 enhanced clock speeds allow the PowerColor HD6970 PCS+ to surpass the GTX570 by around 600 points. It is quite impressive to see the PCS+ almost in line with two GTX460's in SLi.