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Monday January 10, 2011 |
One-of-a-Kind 3DMark11 PC Gaming Case Showcased at CES By LadyDragon 2011 International Consumer Show (CES) HELSINKI, Finland--(LadyDragon.com)10/01/11--Futuremark® today announced the winners of its 3DMark®11 Case Design competition which invited gamers to create a PC case design inspired by the High Temple scene in 3DMark 11, Futuremark’s latest DirectX 11 benchmark. Judges at Futuremark and competition sponsors Antec and BIOSTAR chose Mikko Anttila from Finland’s design as the overall winner. A stunning Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 PC gaming case, hand-painted with Mikko’s impressive design will be showcased this week at Antec’s booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A gallery featuring some of the best competition designs can be found on the 3DMark website at http://www.3dmark.com/competitions/antec-case-design "Choosing a winner from such a large number of high-quality entries wasn't easy," said Jukka Mäkinen, Futuremark CEO, who continued, "We congratulate Mikko Anttila on his excellent design." “Antec is thrilled to sponsor this year’s ‘3DMark®11 Case Design’ contest,” said Scott Richards, senior vice president at Antec. “Both professional and hobbyist 3D artists are essential in driving the growth of today’s PC gaming industry, and we’d like to thank all participants for their submissions – we’re pleased with the level of visual interest and originality in the artwork presented. We’re very excited to show our support for the 3D art community by rewarding the hard-working individuals in this competition.” 3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. 3DMark 11 Basic Edition which offers an unlimited number of runs without registration or expiry is available now as a free download from http://www.3dmark.com About Futuremark® Corporation Futuremark® Corporation is the leading provider of performance analysis software and services for PCs. Futuremark® is known around the world for its benchmark products, including 3DMark®, PCMark® and Peacekeeper™, and its value-added online services. Futuremark® Games Studio, wholly owned by Futuremark® Corporation, creates original games with new and entertaining gameplay. The studio's first title, Shattered Horizon™, was released in November 2009. Futuremark maintains offices in Saratoga, California and Helsinki, Finland. For more information, please visit http://www.futuremark.com |
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