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.
A score of just under 12,000 points places the HD6790 behind the HD6850 (12,803) and yet again, ahead of the GTX 550ti with which scores 9,924 points.