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Nvidia Releases A New Dawn Demo for Latest Video Cards
Own a top of the line videocard from Nvidia? Why not see how well it really does with the latest demo, A New Dawn. Serving as an updated version of an old benchmarking demo released years ago, A New Dawn will put your card through its paces and is targeted for GTX 670's and higher.
A New Dawn was developed to showcase the performance and capabilities of NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, but following reader feedback after the initial announcement of the demo last month, we have introduced a less demanding mode that allows GeForce GTX 670 and 680 owners to also enjoy the demo.
The in-app Ultra Mode toggle that disables subdivision on Dawn, turns off post-process streak effects, reduces render target dimensions, and lowers the accuracy of shaders, resulting in a smooth frame rate on single-GPU Kepler systems.
To enable or disable Ultra Mode, and to manipulate the camera, time of day, and other visual effects, click the small arrow on the top left of the screen once the demo is loaded. To set the resolution and other screen settings, use the Configuration app on your desktop.
GPU: GTX 670 or 680 (GTX 670 SLI, GTX 680 SLI, or GTX 690 recommended for Ultra mode)
CPU: 2.5GHz Dual-Core or higher
System Memory: 4GB
Disk Space: 2GB
Operating System: Windows 7 or Windows Vista
There are some interesting comparisons between the old demo, Dawn, and the new demo, A New Dawn. The environment went from 7,000 triangles to 4 million. The figure's hair went from 1,700 static strands to 40,000 tessellated strands all physically animated. The old Dawn demo had no shadows, no post processing, and no anti-aliasing.
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