Furmark 2 benchmark leaves beta and officially launches

FurMark is a widely popular graphics card benchmarking tool that has been around since 2007. After numerous updates, in 2022, the developers launched the beta of its successor, Furmark 2. This past weekend, the developers announced that Furmark 2 would come out of beta, marking its official launch.

The latest version of this utility includes support for several APIs, such as OpenGL 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1, and is designed to be cross-platform, with plans to add support for new APIs as required. FurMark is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, ensuring compatibility with older operating systems. The tool is also expanding its reach to include systems like the Raspberry Pi 5, and there are talks about adding macOS support.

Customers can choose between the old doughnut test and the new knot test for benchmarks, but it's important to note that scores may vary depending on the benchmarks and APIs used. FurMark also includes executables for GPU Shark and GPU-Z, which can be launched directly from the application without installing additional software.

Here are the full patch notes for Furmark 2.1.0.2 (2024.02.15):

• Fixed a bug in the display of graphics cards with long names in the OSI (On Screen Information).
• Added the power in watts in the score submission for NVIDIA GPUs.
• Added FurMark Knot demo in OpenGL and Vulkan.
• Improved the use of the following command line options:
  –benchmark, –max-time and –max-frames. Now they work correctly.
• Score submit is disabled if a renderer is too slow (1 frame in less than 60 sec) or if a fake score is detected (number of points and average framerate do not match).
• GPU monitoring plugin: added support for GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and RTX 4080 SUPER. (windows)
• Commercial name: added (windows)
• NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4080 SUPER OC 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4080 SUPER Gaming OC 16G, PNY RTX 4080 SUPER Verto OC 16G, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER AMP Extreme Airo 16G, MSI RTX 4080 SUPER Expert 16G, Inno3D RTX 4080 SUPER X3 16G, PNY RTX 4070 Ti SUPER XLR8 Gaming 16G, ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC 16G, Gainward RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Phoenix GS 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Gaming OC 16G, ASRock RX 7600 XT Steel Legend 16G, XFX RX 7600 XT Qick 309 16G, MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 3X 16G, Zotac RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Trinity 16G, PNY RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Verto OC 16G, Palit RTX 4070 Ti SUPER JetStream 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4070 SUPER Aorus Master 12G, Palit RTX 4070 SUPER JetStream 12G, PowerColor RX 7600 XT Hellhound, Inno3D RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Twin X2 16G, Sparkle Arc A770 Titan OC, NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER Founders Edition, Gainward RTX 4070 SUPER Ghost 12G, ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual 12G, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity 12G, PNY RTX 4070 SUPER Verto 12G, Inno3D RTX 4070 SUPER Twin X2 12G, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 SUPER OC 12G, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 SUPER OC 12G
• Updated with GPU-Z 2.57. (windows)
• Updated with GPU Shark2 2.1.0. (windows)
• Updated with GeeXLab 0.57.0 libs.

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