DSOGaming writes: "Futuremark sent us some new screenshots from one of the tests that will be featured in the new 3D Mark benchmark tool. According to the developers, Cloud Gate, one of three tests in the new 3DMark, uses a DirectX 11 engine limited to Direct3D feature level 10_0, making it suitable for testing DirectX 10 compatible hardware found in notebooks and typical home PCs."
DSOGaming writes: "UL Benchmarks has announced that it will be adding a new Variable-Rate Shading benchmark test to 3DMark on August 26th. 3DMark feature tests are special tests designed to highlight specific techniques, functions or capabilities, and its VRS feature test is designed to help you compare differences in performance and image quality when using variable-rate shading."
DSOGaming writes: "UL Benchmarks has announced that the PCIe 4.0 bandwidth benchmark test for 3DMark is now available. According to the team, the 3DMark PCI Express feature test is designed to measure the bandwidth available to your GPU over your computer’s PCI Express interface."
The drivers for the NVIDIA RTX cards are now live, and lo and behold within just a few hours the 3D Mark result is out. The apparent RTX card gets a mellow score of 10K.
Official nVidia drivers have not be released yet. So... take this "leaked" stuff with a grain of salt.
sci-fi!