Futuremark has finally announced the exact release date for its 3DMark 11 graphics card benchmark suite, November 30th.

As it was detailed a while ago, the new 3DMark 11 will be a DirectX 11 only benchmark and will be available in three versions, Basic, Advanced and Professional. The Basic version will be able to run only one of the four presets but it will be free. The Advanced version will be available for US $19.95 while the Professional Edition for companies and organizations will retail at US $995.00.

The Basic version will ofer only performance preset with audio visoual demo that is fixed at 720p. The official announcement is also the start of pre-order period, and if you are interested you can check it out here.

The November 30th is just around the corner and we'll finally have a chance to check out how well does the DirectX 11 hardware cope with the new Futuremark 3DMark 11 benchmark.