FurMark 1.4.0

June 28, 2008 · Filed Under Freeware, Utilities

FurMark is a small OpenGL benchmark focused on fur rendering. The rendering algorithm is highly multipass (100 passes) and each pass (or layer) uses a GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) vertex / pixel shader to make the hairs finer and finer. To increase the fur realism, two dynamic lights are used for self shadowing. The benchmark offers several options allowing the user to tweak the rendering: fullscreen / windowed mode, MSAA selection, window size, duration. The benchmark also includes a GPU Burner mode (stability test).

FurMark has been successfully tested on the following systems:

Core 2 Duo 6600 / 2048M DDR2 / Windows XP SP2 / NVIDIA 8800 GTX PCI-Exp / Forceware 175.19
AMD X2 3800+ / 2048M DDR2 / Windows XP SP2 / HIS Radeon HD 3870 PCI-Exp / Catalyst 8.6
AMD X2 3800+ / 2048M DDR2 / Windows Vista / HIS Radeon HD 3870 PCI-Exp / Catalyst 8.6
AMD X2 3800+ / 2048M DDR2 / Windows Vista / S3 Graphics Chrome 430 GT PCI-Exp / Latest graphics drivers

What´s New in version 1.4.0:

New: added full QXSGA mode: 2560×2048.
New: added an extreme burning mode for stability test. This mode available in command line: /xtreme_burning Launch FurMark-Xtreme-Burning.bat.
New: added command line parameters (see the start-Benchmark-Standard-Mode.bat file for parameters list). Now you can control FurMark´s resolution, msaa level, CPU affinity, etc., using command line. This new feature has been added to allow FurMark to be used with OCCT (www.ocbase.com).
Change: time in score dialog box is now in milliseconds.
Change: improved driver detection.
Known issue: under Vista with ForceWare graphics drivers (tested with 169.28 and 175.16), if the desktop resolution is equal to benchmark selected resolution, the swith back from fullscreen mode to windowed mode (at the end of the benchmark) fails and the user can´t see the score dialog box. This issue has not been observed with Catalyst or S3 graphics drivers. A workaround is detailed in this post @ Geeks3D.com.

Homepage: http://www.ozone3d.net
Download: FurMark_Setup.exe
File Size: 1.44MB

Tags: Benchmark & Diagnostics, Freeware, Utilities