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Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark

Posted by kdawson on from the try-something-smarter-than-detecting-the-app-name dept.

EconolineCrush writes "3DMark Vantage developer Futuremark has clear guidelines for what sort of driver optimizations are permitted with its graphics benchmark. Intel's current Windows 7 drivers appear to be in direct violation, offloading the graphics workload onto the CPU to artificially inflate scores for the company's integrated graphics chipsets. The Tech Report lays out the evidence, along with Intel's response, and illustrates that 3DMark scores don't necessarily track with game performance, anyway."

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  1. That's what they do for LOTS of games... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Intel fully admits that the integrated chipset graphics aren't that great. They freely admit that they offload rendering to the CPU in some cases. This isn't a secret.

  2. Re:Wonder if AMD plays fair? by Lloyd_Bryant · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh, ATI was one of the first to cheat on a graphics benchmark quack.exe anyone?

    Oh this type of thing has been going on for a VERY long time. For example, there was the Chang Modification back in 1988 (It slowed down the system clock that was used as a timing base for the benchmark, resulting in higher benchmark scores).

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