Months have gone swiftly past since the initial announcement that SPECapc for 3ds Max 9 would be replaced by SPECapc for 3ds Max 2011. The previous version of SPECapc for 3ds Max 9 certainly did show how good their own professional graphics cards performed (on specific systems shown within the SPEC website). Until now the website was dominated by the Tier 1 vendors. However, things change. The new SPECapc for 3ds Max 2011 benchmark removes these limitations. New, revisited SPECapc benchmark provides so much information not only for the System Integrators and VARS but to the actual end-users as well. Many organizations tend to use their own in-house view sets to test each of the professional graphic cards supplied out by both AMD and NVIDIA. With systems becoming more complicated, the SPECapc committee sat back with Autodesk to produce a unified benchmark that not only tests the professional graphics card but the complete system I/O as well. Therefore, whenever and wherever possible they reduce the possible bottlenecks and this in turn allows end-users to meet the demands of their customers on time and within budget with the best possible system for each task requirement. The benchmark and submissions are not just aimed at the Tier 1 companies, but to every System Integrator (SI) and Value Added Reseller. This is turn means that when supplying out to companies and end-users utilizing the benchmark allows all to finely tune their systems for Autodesk 3ds Max. Autodesk 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design applications provide powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing tools that enable artists and designers to more quickly ramp up for production. The two versions share core technology and features, but offer differentiated experiences and specialized toolsets for game developers, visual effects artists, and graphic designers on the one hand, and architects, designers, engineers, and visualization specialists on the other.