Last week Futuremark released the latest in a long line of 3DMarks with 2006. Similar to 2005 in the tests performed for the final score 2006 adds ShaderModel 3 and HDR lighting support. The benchmark now also has sub scores for SM2, SM3/HDR, and the CPU. Today we take a brief look at the new features, and than a look at performance comparing AMD to Intel, and ATI to Nvidia. First from Futuremark a bit about 3DMark 2006.

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