Minimum System Recommendations
Intelฎ or AMDฎ compatible processor 2.5GHz or higher
DirectXฎ 9 compatible graphics adapter with Pixel Shader 2.0 support or later, and graphics memory of 256 MB minimum*
1GB of system RAM or more - 1.5GB of free hard disk space
Windowsฎ XP 32bit operating system with latest Service Packs and updates installed
DirectXฎ 9.0c December 2005 or later
Microsoft Excelฎ 2003 or XP for some 3DMark functionality
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for some 3DMark functionality
* To run the HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, a DirectX 9 compatible graphics adapter with support for Pixel Shader 3.0, 16 bit floating point textures and 16 bit floating point blending is required.
Key 3DMark06 Advanced and Professional Features
DirectXฎ 9 3D game performance benchmark
Includes separate graphics card and CPU tests
Produces workloads that simulate next generation 3D gaming requirements
Advanced 3D game engine supports HDR Rendering with SM3.0 Shaders, in addition to SM2.0 Shaders
Includes two HDR/SM3.0 game tests and two SM2.0 game tests
CPU performance testing via AI and physics workloads for both single core systems and multi-threaded, multi-core and multiple processor environments
3D graphics feature tests include Fill Rate, Pixel Shader, Vertex Shader, SM3.0 tests, and Batch Size tests
