Tom's Hardwa ATI cheating?

Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be cheating
on benchmarks? The article quotes some games developers that also point out ATI
is possibly inflating benchmarks by substituting lower quality textures even
when high quality textures are selected. I remember Nvidia got slammed here a
while back for optimizing it's drivers but it looks like ATI is playing the
same game now.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

On 29 Dec 2003 17:10:42 GMT, otizer (Wblane) trolled:

Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be cheating
on benchmarks?

What is the direct link to the article?
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I think you mean Nvidia cheating no?

"Wblane" wrote in message
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Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be
cheating
on benchmarks? The article quotes some games developers that also point
out ATI
is possibly inflating benchmarks by substituting lower quality textures
even
when high quality textures are selected. I remember Nvidia got slammed
here a
while back for optimizing it's drivers but it looks like ATI is playing
the
same game now.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)


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On 12/29/2003 9:10 AM Wblane befouled our nation with:

Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be cheating
on benchmarks? The article quotes some games developers that also point out ATI
is possibly inflating benchmarks by substituting lower quality textures even
when high quality textures are selected. I remember Nvidia got slammed here a
while back for optimizing it's drivers but it looks like ATI is playing the
same game now.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)



In case you were worried, vague innuendo is totally acceptable on usenet.

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In case you were worried, vague innuendo is totally acceptable on usenet.

And no matter how high you build the battlements, trolls still crawl in
through the sewers.

cheating in benchmarks OMG your kidding..!!!!!!! Cheating is a human past time.... kid goes and spends dads 50 bucks on a game
and immediately logs on to a cheat site and blows through the game in one night. Advertising and cheating \ lying go hand in
hand..... BTW who really gives a CRAP about benchmarks....just another way to hype and ADVERTISE!!!!!!


"Wblane" wrote in message ...
Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be cheating
on benchmarks? The article quotes some games developers that also point out ATI
is possibly inflating benchmarks by substituting lower quality textures even
when high quality textures are selected. I remember Nvidia got slammed here a
while back for optimizing it's drivers but it looks like ATI is playing the
same game now.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

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.. Advertising and cheating \ lying go hand

you forgot to add politicians to that

That goes without saying... Here in Ontario the bone-heads elected the Lying
Liberal party... [insert Homer voice] stupid people.


you forgot to add politicians to that

Motherboard manufacturers are also cheating by secretly raising the bus
frequencies. MSI
did it with their 'dynamic overclocking' which was a hidden feature until
Tom's Hardware
discovered it. Now it's user selectable in the bios. Even so, the default
200 fsb setting is really
203.

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"LBJGH" wrote in message
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I think you mean Nvidia cheating no?

They both cheat, if you don't believe it, then you need to rejoin the real
world.

Oh, and for Wblane, that article is old news.

DD

This is the link to one of the questionable aspects of ATI's recent drivers:
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/...8-nv36-20.html

This article also quotes two different games publishers who also comment on
ATI's interesting driver problems/cheats.

Personally, I'm kinda ****ed off that the only reason I bought ATI (i.e. better
performance) might all be a sham.

On 29 Dec 2003 17:10:42 GMT, otizer (Wblane) trolled:

Did anyone see the Tom's Hardware article that shows how ATI might be
cheating
on benchmarks?

What is the direct link to the article?
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-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)