Motherboards.org uses 53.03 benching 3dm2k3?!?
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Pffffft, it was a good observation you made this morning as well as a fun post.John Reynolds said:
Congrats, you forum whore you!
Good news, it gets easier as they get bigger and you tend to advance a bit along with 'em. Have you played on the 'puter with the 6-month old yet? Mine used to love it.
(Well, "Does it sleep thru the night yet?" is probably a more accurate question as I recall it. )It's not as if this is the first review to compare ATI cards using valid drivers to NVidia ones using 53.03. For example, here are just a couple of reviews of 9600XTs which are compared against NVidia cards:
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/VGA/Connect3D_Radeon9600XT/index.htm
http://www.legitreviews.com/Reviews/his9600xt_1.shtml
These two reviews were linked on the front page of NVNews last week. I've not read any of the other video card reviews linked there last week but what's the betting that most of these use comparisons with 53.03? :?
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/VGA/Connect3D_Radeon9600XT/index.htm
http://www.legitreviews.com/Reviews/his9600xt_1.shtml
These two reviews were linked on the front page of NVNews last week. I've not read any of the other video card reviews linked there last week but what's the betting that most of these use comparisons with 53.03? :?
We have been discussing various ideas and suggestions we have read here & other forums, but no decisions have been made yet. I am still not sure if listing non-approved drivers, or all drivers we have tested, would actually make any difference for the media.. But we are working on it, and atm I am contacting various sites if they have been using non-approved drivers & 3DMark03.Hanners said:
http://www.hardware.info/reviews.php?id=445&page=3
and i will ask the reviewer of the pc-mag with the most readers in the netherlands if he knows about this. (To check youre communication )
and i will ask the reviewer of the pc-mag with the most readers in the netherlands if he knows about this. (To check youre communication
)Martin Eddy
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I've got a better idea!
Instead of chasing all these review sites up, tell nVidia to shove their piece of crap hardware up there arses.
Let them use what ever drivers they want, and then post comparison shots on your front page between Refrast,Ati,nVidia,XGI etc, etc, each time they release new drivers.
They have to learn they can't keep CHEATING and getting away with it.
How would Ferari fare if they made their speedometers show 30% more speed than what they were really doing. They'ed be sued for it.
I just don't get how they can be so blatant about it, and still people defend them!!!!!!!!!
As you can tell it makes me MAD AS HELL!!!!!!
Instead of chasing all these review sites up, tell nVidia to shove their piece of crap hardware up there arses.
Let them use what ever drivers they want, and then post comparison shots on your front page between Refrast,Ati,nVidia,XGI etc, etc, each time they release new drivers.
They have to learn they can't keep CHEATING and getting away with it.
How would Ferari fare if they made their speedometers show 30% more speed than what they were really doing. They'ed be sued for it.
I just don't get how they can be so blatant about it, and still people defend them!!!!!!!!!
As you can tell it makes me MAD AS HELL!!!!!!
What would work is an auto-update feature built into the product which collects the latest "approved list" from 3DMark03 before running a benchmark, and warns you if the drivers are unapproved then offers the option to either run a test with unapproved drivers, or get get sent to the manufacturers page for approved ones.
Something like that. If it isn't an in your face pop-up, or a patch (complete with easy to throw in the face of the reviewer version number) then it won't work.
Something like that. If it isn't an in your face pop-up, or a patch (complete with easy to throw in the face of the reviewer version number) then it won't work.
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
Legend
This situation was exactly what Nvidia intended. Regardeless of what FM state on their website, reviewers will still bench with Nvidia cheating drivers.
The question is, when is FM going to do something about it with regards to the source of the problem, ie Nvidia themselves? Nvidia is part of the Futuremark programme, and yet cheat and undermine it - when will FM implement some kind of sanction against Nvidia?
The question is, when is FM going to do something about it with regards to the source of the problem, ie Nvidia themselves? Nvidia is part of the Futuremark programme, and yet cheat and undermine it - when will FM implement some kind of sanction against Nvidia?
<groan> <groan>MuFu said:
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