New Features in 3DMark05 include:
Full support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0c;
Supporting the latest pixel- and vertex shader models (2.0, 2.a, 2.b and 3.0),
Three new game tests, all requiring hardware for DirectX 9.0 with support for pixel shader 2.0 or higher;
Two CPU tests, the other one presenting a multithreaded AI implementation, especially suitable for virtual or physical multiprocessor systems;
New feature and batch size tests;
New and improved image, filtering and anti-aliasing quality tools;
New graph tool for in-depth performance analysis,
The ultimate showcase of Windows-based real-time 3D graphics: Dazzling demo with original soundtrack.
New engine:
Dynamically builds shaders for each material in High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) format;
Shaders are runtime compiled to best fit the installed hardware;
Uses exclusively shader model 2.0 and 3.0 for all vertex and pixel processing;
Renders real-time light scattering for atmospherical effects;
Uses improved Perspective Shadow Maps (PSM) with Depth Stencil Texture (DST) and hardware accelerated Percentage Closest Filtering (PCF) if supported.
New and improved tools to assist reviewers and test labs:
Image quality inspection tool;
Ability to export frame by frame using different options and settings;
Pre-rendered Reference Rasterizer image database for comparison;
Texture filtering and anti-aliasing quality inspection tool;
Anti-Aliasing;
Bilinear/Trilinear/Anisotropic filtering;
Graphs of runtime statistics;
Frame rate;
Frame duration;
Polygon count;
Vertex count;
State change count;
Drawing batch count;
System Info utility, which provides an in-depth analysis of the status and features of the system’s components;
Extended Online ResultBrowser for Pro users;
MultiComparison;
Dynamic compare URLs;
18 filters for search and comparison.