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More on Futuremark and nVidia

Posted by michael on from the sweeten-the-pot dept.

AzrealAO writes "Futuremark and nVidia have released statements regarding the controversy over nVidia driver optimzations and the FutureMark 2003 Benchmark. "Futuremark now has a deeper understanding of the situation and NVIDIA's optimization strategy. In the light of this, Futuremark now states that NVIDIA's driver design is an application specific optimization and not a cheat."" So nVidia's drivers are optimized specifically to run 3DMark2003... and that's not a cheat.

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  1. riiiiight... by Samari711 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and i didn't use a cheat sheet, i used a memory priming sheet.

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    1. Re:riiiiight... by Jack+William+Bell · · Score: 4, Funny

      How many of these can we do?

      "Officer, I wasn't speeding. I was driving in a manner consistant with the road, conditions and the huge motor in my car!"

      "It was creative accounting sir! Not an attempt to 'cook the books'."

      "We are only writing software with the features our users want. This isn't code bloat, and I never made that remark about 640k being enough for anyone!"

      More?

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    2. Re:riiiiight... by p3d0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, not a cheat-sheet, but an examination-specific memory optimization.

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  2. Sure sounds fair to me by MerryGoByeBye · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then, I'm Bill Gates.

  3. whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, it seems some careless individual has left this big pile of money on the table! Well, we'll just leave for a few moments and maybe when we come back it will have gone away.

  4. Great! by blitzoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that's excellent... now they can put 'Designed to run 3Dmark2003' on Nvidia product boxes!

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  5. Re:Cheat? by malia8888 · · Score: 5, Funny
    So nVidia's drivers are optimized specifically to run 3DMark2003... and that's not a cheat

    That is right, this is not a cheat.. we are just redesigning the arrow and repainting the target so they match;)

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  6. Re:Futuremark scared? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is obviously Futuremark trying to appease Nvidia.

    Ha, yes and we all know how well that works, don't we? You mark my words, we'll see nVidia's tanks rolling over Poland by Christmas...

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  7. NVidias meeting with futuremark by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Cheating? Our developers, The Franklin Family, would disagree. I think a meeting can be arranged with them, if you wish. Isn't that right Mr. Franklin?"

    *shakes hundred dollar bill side to side, speaks in high tone out of side of mouth*

    "Sure is, Boss!"

  8. Article Text Interpreted by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Futuremark Statement:
    Paragraph 1: We're making a statement.
    Paragraph 2: nVidia didn't really cheat.
    Paragraph 3: Most computer games cheat.
    Paragraph 4: We don't allow companies to cheat in their code.
    Paragraph 5: Therefore, we should cheat in ours.

    Nvidia Statement: They should have worked with us for a better cheat.

    Joint Statement:We should all cheat together.

    Footer 1: Futuremark rocks.
    Footer 2: Don't steal our IP.
    Footer 3: Nvidia rocks.
    Footer 4: Really it does.
    Footer 5: Of course, we could be lying.
    Footer 6: Don't steal our IP.

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