Author: Gerold Pejril (Nov 17, 2008) - Futuremark's synthetic benchmark 3DMark Vantage is popular among professional and ambitious overclockers, but the average user also wants to know what performance is offered by a new system.
The Basic Edition of the 3DMark Vantage is part of the software package delivered with other products indeed, but it has been cut down: The important offline Score display, some 3D graphics features, the four Presets as well as the benchmark display settings features have been removed. Especially in the sector of professional overclocking a internet connection is not necessarily available, because of what overclockers often have to spend about 20 US-Dollar on the Advanced Version of the 3DMark Vantage.
Zotac became aware of this fact and now adds the Advanced Edition of the 3DMark Vantage to the game package of the default, AMP and AMP² versions of the Geforce 9800 GT, Geforce 9800 GTX+ Geforce GTX 260² and Geforce GTX 280.