Benchmark specialist Futuremark has announced what is claimed to be the world's first independent test designed to quantify the overhead of different APIs, starting with DirectX 12 and AMD's Mantle.

Futuremark just released 3DMark v2.3.3663 with support for Vulkan in their API overhead test, we ran some quick tests to see what is happeing. This means you can now compare the API performance of ...

Futuremark has released a new segment of its popular 3DMark graphics testing suite called "API Overhead". The goal is simple: establish which CPU+GPU+API combination offers the best possible ...

Futuremark has written to HEXUS to inform us that it has introduced the 3DMark API Overhead feature test. Designed to measure the difference in DirectX 12, DirectX 11 and Mantle API performance, this ...

DX11 versus DX12 versus Mantle: FIGHT! If you've followed this column or any other site focused on PC gaming, you've no doubt read about Futuremark's 3DMark, a benchmarking application that tests the ...

Vulkan appears to be gaining momentum of late. The only cautious blip on the radar recently, due to a slide suggesting its support for multi-GPU was Windows 10 exclusive, was simply a misunderstanding ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The big stress for new GPU architectures and the latest and greatest graphics cards, like NVIDIA's fresh GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and AMD's upcoming Radeon RX ...

Futuremark updates its software and included a 3DMark API Overhead feature test for measuring differences in DirectX 12, DirectX 11 and Mantle API performance. The new test is only available in the ...