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New DX10 Benchmarks Do More Bad than Good

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-can-you-trust dept.

NIMBY writes "An interesting editorial over at PC Perspective looks at the changing status between modern game developers and companies like AMD and NVIDIA that depend on their work to show off their products. Recently, both AMD and NVIDIA separately helped in releasing DX10 benchmarks based on upcoming games that show the other hardware vendor in a negative light. But what went on behind the scenes? Can any collaboration these companies use actually be trusted by reviewers and the public to base a purchasing decision on? The author thinks the one source of resolution to this is have honest game developers take a stance for the gamer."

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  1. I thing, you thing, we all thing by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry I bit my tounge and I cant pronounce sing properly. What was the Author singing for anyway, shouldn't he have just written it down?

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    1. Re:I thing, you thing, we all thing by Traa · · Score: 4, Funny

      To sink :-)

  2. honest game developers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "...have honest game developers take a stance for the gamer."

    Yeah, because you'd never hear a hack developer blame all the problems on the hardware, right?

  3. DX10 by Richard+McBeef · · Score: 5, Funny

    DX10 or for the uninformed, Derendering eXtraction (10 megapixels/second) is a standard benchmark for measuring the performance of GPUs or Gradient Pixilization Units. Pretty much this is what the video card companies all base their prices on with price being directly related to how many pixels can be gradiated per unit (usually about 30 cents per pixel/ounce).

  4. Re:quit already with 'optimized' drivers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Still waiting for the nethack optimized drivers... ..@..

  5. Re:John Carmack by GrievousMistake · · Score: 4, Funny

    For extra value we should also ask Theo de Raadt for a comment. And it would make a good House episode. "So what you're saying, Mr. NVIDIA, is that you got that driver bug from a public toilet seat?"

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  6. The French Resolution! by DRAGONWEEZEL · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The author thinks the one source of resolution to this is have honest game developers take a stance for the gamer."

    2048x1536 is the ONLY resolution.

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  7. Let them eat Directx! by BillGatesLoveChild · · Score: 3, Funny

    DX10 runs only on Vista. I'm sure this article will be of great interest to the three Vista gamers out there.

    1. Re:Let them eat Directx! by laffer1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it wasn't that interesting. I don't know how the other two feel. I don't care about benchmarks right now. I just want stable drivers when I have to use vista.

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  8. As my Comp Sci lecture loved saying... by pls_call_again · · Score: 5, Funny

    As my third year computer design lecture loved saying: There are lies; then there are damn Lies; and then there are benchmarks.