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 Black Edition card scores around 1,000 points more than the reference clocked card, but falls around 1,000 points behind the HD5850. It scores around 300 points more than the 1GB GTX460.