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Futuremark is the leading provider of PC performance amd health analysis. The company is known around the world for its benchmark products, including 3DMark, PCMark and Peacekeeper, used by hundreds of leading computer magazines and PC industry conglomerates including AMD, Intel, Microsoft and nVidia. Futuremark Games Studio creates original games with new and entertaining gameplay and has created titels like Shattered Horizon™ for PC and Hungribles™ for iOS.

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09.10.2017	Debunking the rumor that Apple slows down old iPhones to force you to upgrade	Every year around this time, iPhone owners start to become painfully aware of their phone’s performance and battery life. Some users even go so far as to accuse Apple of employing a strategy of “planned obsolescence,” — artificially limitin...
08.10.2017	Debunked: Apple slows down older iPhones to encourage upgrades	With the launch of the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X and iOS 11, a persistent rumor resurfaced. There has long been speculation that Apple deliberately slows down older iPhones in an attempt to encourage people to upgrade to the latest ...
07.10.2017	Think Apple Deliberately Slows Down Old iPhones Over Time? Think Again, Suggests Benchmark Analysis	Carl Velasco, Tech Times 07 October 2017, 09:10 am There's a common belief among Apple users that with every new software update, old iPhones tend to perform slower. People who subscribe to this belief claim somehow, Apple deliberately adju...
06.10.2017	Benchmarks contradict ‘Apple slowed down my iPhone’ claims	It’s a refrain we all hear every year around September: “I swear, whenever they release a new iPhone, Apple makes all the old ones run worse to make you upgrade.” But thousands of performance tests conducted over the years by Futuremark use...
21.07.2016	Futuremark responds to accusations of bias in new DirectX 12 Time Spy test	Last week, Futuremark released Time Spy, a new DirectX 12 benchmark that takes full advantage of DX12’s features and capabilities, including asynchronous compute. While the release of a new benchmark is typically of modest interest, there’s...
09.07.2014	Debunking a Myth: DDR3 RAM vs. ECC Memory Performance	Recently, a workstation PC was reviewed on a well-known PC hardware site that included a Quadro video card, but no ECC memory. In the comment section of that review, a heated discussion occurred with different readers arguing about whether ...
16.01.2014	14 Steam Machines compared, to find out which is the fastest, and which is best value for money	At CES 2014, Valve unveiled 14 new Steam Machines that will (probably) be released in 2014. These machines, produced by over a dozen manufacturers, span the gamut when it comes to hardware specs — from the beastly Origin PC Chronos with two...
26.11.2013	Futuremark delists 'suspicous' HTC and Samsung handsets from 3DMark benchmarking app	A total of six Android devices from Samsung and HTC have been delisted by Futuremark after suspicions were raised about their performance in 3DMark benchmarks. Although no specific details are given about why the handsets were removed, conc...
27.03.2012	Rovio buys Futuremark game creators just to keep up	On the heels of a blockbuster debut of Angry Birds Space, Rovio picks up a whole development team Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment has acquired another Finnish game developing group, Futuremark Games Studio, in talent-grab move. Rovi...
27.03.2012	Angry Birds creator Rovio acquires Futuremark Games Studio	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Angry Birds publisher Rovio Entertainment has acquired its fellow Finnish game development house, Futuremark Games Studio, in order to ...
29.11.2011	3DMark For Android Will Let You Conduct Benchmark Tests On Your Phone, Tablet	Even though the spec is apparently dead, some of us may still want to tag numeric values to our gadgetry. The folks over at Futuremark seem to agree, and want to take their benchmark testing into new territory. According to Android.HDBlog, ...
24.05.2010	3DMark releases DirectX 11 demo	Have you ever wondered how they rate gaming laptops and desktops? Well, aside from a bunch of hand-waving and pseudo-intellectual discussion, most hardware reviewers depend on a few important benchmarks, including 3DMark 11. 3DMark traditio...
03.11.2009	Tired of benchmarks, Futuremark launches its own 3-D online game	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Futuremark made a name for itself by creating benchmarks that measured exactly how fast a personal computer could run a game with rich ...
03.11.2009	Tired of benchmarks, Futuremark launches its own 3-D online game	Futuremark made a name for itself by creating benchmarks that measured exactly how fast a personal computer could run a game with rich 3-D graphics. Its benchmarks were the gold standard that helped game fanatics buy the computer that was a...
15.10.2008	Nvidia announces 9400M integrated GPU	Nvidia's GeForce 9400M, the integrated GPU featured in every new Apple notebook unveiled yesterday, has today been officially announced on its own. The integrated 9400M supports Intel's Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors, and offers 1...
27.08.2008	Futuremark designs stunning dashboard concept for Audi	Some companies are better at building user interfaces than others. Nissan recognized this and hired Gran Turismo folk for the GT-R control screen. Then Futuremark strolls in with a dashboard concept that simply kick-ass. The system is a ful...
29.01.2008	Futuremark to Make its Own Games	Futuremark announced Futuremark Games Studio, with its first game already under development. The company, already known for its industry-standard benchmarks like PCMark Vantage and 3DMark06, also runs YouGamers, a site dedicated to gaming a...
23.10.2006	Shuttle SD37P2 Core 2 Duo Benchmarks	Editor’s Note: This one goes out to all you benchmark junkies out there. We examine the performance of the Shuttle SD37P2 Core 2 Duo. Want the full article? Check out Shuttle SD37P2: Small-Form-Factor for Core 2 Duo. Test Systems and Benchm...
12.09.2006	Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2 Benchmarks	Editor’s Note: This one goes out to all you benchmark junkies out there. We examine the performance of Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2. Want the full article? Check out Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2–Top to Bottom. We ran a mix of purely synthet...
28.08.2006	Merom Core2 Duo Benchmarks	Editor’s Note: This article looks only at the performance of Merom. If you want the full article, visit our Merom feature review. We ran a mix of purely synthetic, applications based synthetic and applications tests in order to gauge perfor...
17.01.2006	3DMark06–Inside the New Benchmark	When we benchmark video cards, we always try to use real games rather than synthetic “graphics only” benchmarks, which may or may not represent the kinds of workloads you find in a high-end 3D game. There is one synthetic non-game 3D benchm...
02.06.2003	Update: FutureMark Now Says Nvidia Didn’t Cheat	FutureMark Corp. has reconsidered its position regarding how Nvidia’s graphics chips rendered its latest 3DMark 2003 benchmark applications, and concluded that Nvidia’s code tweaks were optimizations, not cheats. “FutureMark now has a deepe...
14.02.2003	Vendors Squabble Over 3DMark Benchmark	In the world of 3D graphics benchmarking, 3D board vendors have a few favorite driver optimization targets: Quake3, Unreal Tournament 2003 and 3DMark. With the arrival of 3DMark 2003, driver writers will have their work cut out for them, es...
-	Debunking the rumor that Apple slows down old iPhones to force you to upgrade	Every year around this time, iPhone owners start to become painfully aware of their phone’s performance and battery life. Some users even go so far as to accuse Apple of employing a strategy of “planned obsolescence,” — artificially limitin...

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