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Finnish hardware site Muropaketti.com contacted Futuremark and asked about current situation of development of upcoming DirectX 11 benchmark 3DMark11.

Benchmark product manager Ilkka Koho confirmed to Muropaketti that 3DMark11 will be late from original Q3/2010 launch schedule stated in the official press release back in May but the benchmark will be launched before end of 2010.

Futuremark press release:

3DMark 11 will be released in the third quarter of 2010. There will be a free edition available at launch. 3DMark 11 will join existing Futuremark benchmarks 3DMark Vantage for DirectX 10 and 3DMark06 for DirectX 9. Please visit the official website for more details: http://www.3dmark.com/