3DMark 11 release date confirmed

The date for 3DMark 11 has been announced and it is final — 7th of December. Every-one who had made pre-orders for the benchmark received letters today with the following content:

Hello! It took us a little longer than planned, but 3DMark 11 has now gone gold. Earlier today we announced that 3DMark 11 will be released at 14:00 GMT on Tuesday December 7, 2010.
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Till then, happy benchmarking!
Warm Regards,
Oliver Baltuch
President
Futuremark Inc.

The info on 3dmark page confirms the one above and presents benchmark Minimum requirements:

• Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7 OS
• 1.8GHz dual-core Intel or AMD CPU
• 1 GB of system memory
• DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
• 1.5 GB of Hard drive space
• Windows Vista / Windows 7 compatible sound card