Futuremark has released 3DMark Vantage, the latest installment in their benchmark series. The benchmark suite is available in four flavors, including a free trial edition, which will allow a single set of test results. To run Vantage, you'll need Vista with Service Pack 1 installed, a DirectX10-compliant videocard, 1 GB of system RAM and a CPU that supports SSE2 instructions (though ideally you'll want a dual-core processor).

All those capabilities do come at a price, however. You see, the free version of 3DMark Vantage is a single-use trial that requires users to register and enter an activation key. Futuremark wants $6.95 for the Basic Edition, which doesn't include all tests and presets, and $19.95 for the Advanced Edition, which does. Folks not running 3DMark Vantage for non-profit use will have to pay up $495 "per seat" for the Professional Edition.

Update: For those of you who wants try out the Vantage, I recommend you to grab this ATI Catalyst Hotfix Driver for 3DMark Vantage or Nvidia Beta Driver 175.12 driver.