From what ive read around some of the news sites, the newer
drivers/51.XX are beta so valve doesnt want them to run the benchmark with
the beta drivers. If these drivers where whql'd, then i think valve would
let them use the newer drivers. Also i heard that the drivers dont improve
the framerate by that much anyways, 10-15fps. the 5900ultra is still behind
with the newer drivers. Plus the new drivers are only for specific game
optimizations. nvidia will have to optimize a new set of drivers for every
new dx9 game that comes out, and that is bad.



"banshee" wrote in message
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ATI and HL2 team has screwed nvidia.

They did it on purpose, what gaming company would release the first
offical benchmarks that had poor frames on drivers that where old, and
refused to use to the ones that nvida told them to use.

I smell $$$