It seems entirely reasonable to me for them to optimize the driver to run particular programs faster if at all possible.
Perhaps, but you definitely don't do it for the benchmark. The article quotes the 3DMark Vantage guidelines which are perfectly clear.
With the exception of configuring the correct rendering mode on multi-GPU systems, it is prohibited for the driver to detect the launch of 3DMark Vantage executable and to alter, replace or override any quality parameters or parts of the benchmark workload based on the detection. Optimizations in the driver that utilize empirical data of 3DMark Vantage workloads are prohibited.
Thanks for telling all of us that the best measure of hardware's performance ingame is... to benchmark it with a game.
Except the article clearly shows that the name of the games executable determines frame rates in some cases. It then goes on to state:
the very same 785G system managed 30 frames per second in Crysis: Warhead, which is twice the frame rate of the G41 with all its vertex offloading mojo in action. The G41's new-found dominance in 3DMark doesn't translate to superior gaming performance, even in this game targeted by the same optimization.
This kind of offloading is definitely shady. I can't see how they'd get the driver approved.
I have heard strange legends, from the lands beyond civilization, were barbarous beast-men devour one another, of places where there are more people than there are computers. Apparently, they are sometimes forced to share computers....
Well since the only apparent critics are anon cowards I'll just assume that they are all MS fan boys out to get their cockroach bites while the getting is good.
I don't think it takes a Microsoft fan boy to be critical of a production OS bug that results in complete data loss.
Yep, not really news. Would "Woman with a Restraining Order Against Her Arrested for Calling and Hanging Up" make the front page? Even "Woman with a Restraining Order Against Her Arrested for Texting" wouldn't raise any eyebrows.
It's not newsworthy that a restraining order was violated. It's newsworthy that law enforcement are looking at the violation regardless of the communication channel. It's one more step towards realizing we don't need to create new laws with "e-this, or cyber-that" to have them apply to Internet traffic.
I've noticed for the past few years that the Nobel Peace Prize committee seems to definitely be moving in a direction not of honoring people for recognized achievements, but instead using the prize, seemingly, to try to promote an agenda. The parent's point is a good one - Obama hasn't really done that *much* yet, to promote peace - though I'm sure he has nobel, err, noble intentions, the actual results don't seem to be in yet.
So when do I get my Nobel Prize in Physics for watching all of TNG back to back?
Uh oh, they brought in their broadband Internet tech communities hotshot. We can't win on facts now, bring out the crippled midget and we'll play the emotion card.
Personally I'd rather know as soon as possible so I could either refute the claims, take measures to avoid future detection or stop the behaviour that caused it..
By "stop the behaviour" you mean stand up and contest the corruption of your legal system which leads to these sort of lawsuits, right?
Well, Cisco has an adequate legal department, so routers are right out. OS goes without saying. Certificate authorities are again too big, but maybe some poor little ssh project?
Screw it, lets just sue random email users and claim victory.
The film industry's lawyers also provided a detailed technical explanation of the BitTorrent system and a demonstration of its technical expert Nigel Carson accessing a torrented file.
If it takes a "technical expert" to download a file it can't be that widespread, right?
Alternatively, maybe iiNet is powerless to stop these "technical expert" hackers.
The key innovation of the BioBrick assembly standard is that a biological engineer can assemble any two BioBrick parts, and the resulting composite object is itself a BioBrick part that can be combined with any other BioBrick parts.
Sounds great in theory. In reality, you'll always be missing one of those stupid little yellow bricks and they won't sell them individually.
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No one knows what gods they worshipped, but the alignment of Stonehenge to the solstice shows that the Sun - and maybe the Moon - was important.
Looking at the monument and knowing what it would take to build it, I think it's obvious.They may have worshiped the Sun, but they prayed to Joe Pesci.
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It seems entirely reasonable to me for them to optimize the driver to run particular programs faster if at all possible.
Perhaps, but you definitely don't do it for the benchmark. The article quotes the 3DMark Vantage guidelines which are perfectly clear.
With the exception of configuring the correct rendering mode on multi-GPU systems, it is prohibited for the driver to detect the launch of 3DMark Vantage executable and to alter, replace or override any quality parameters or parts of the benchmark workload based on the detection. Optimizations in the driver that utilize empirical data of 3DMark Vantage workloads are prohibited.
So yes, SLI and Crossfire are a different case.
Thanks for telling all of us that the best measure of hardware's performance ingame is... to benchmark it with a game.
Except the article clearly shows that the name of the games executable determines frame rates in some cases. It then goes on to state:
the very same 785G system managed 30 frames per second in Crysis: Warhead, which is twice the frame rate of the G41 with all its vertex offloading mojo in action. The G41's new-found dominance in 3DMark doesn't translate to superior gaming performance, even in this game targeted by the same optimization.
This kind of offloading is definitely shady. I can't see how they'd get the driver approved.
I cannot understand why Apple seems to get a free pass from their user community when this sort of thing happens to them..
Never underestimate the power of shiny.
I have heard strange legends, from the lands beyond civilization, were barbarous beast-men devour one another, of places where there are more people than there are computers. Apparently, they are sometimes forced to share computers....
Stand back, we're anthropomorphizing here.
Well since the only apparent critics are anon cowards I'll just assume that they are all MS fan boys out to get their cockroach bites while the getting is good.
I don't think it takes a Microsoft fan boy to be critical of a production OS bug that results in complete data loss.
... and I'm prone to alzheimers!
You're also logging into to multiple accounts to create the bug, so you might be prone to something else.
Yep, not really news. Would "Woman with a Restraining Order Against Her Arrested for Calling and Hanging Up" make the front page? Even "Woman with a Restraining Order Against Her Arrested for Texting" wouldn't raise any eyebrows.
It's not newsworthy that a restraining order was violated. It's newsworthy that law enforcement are looking at the violation regardless of the communication channel. It's one more step towards realizing we don't need to create new laws with "e-this, or cyber-that" to have them apply to Internet traffic.
I've noticed for the past few years that the Nobel Peace Prize committee seems to definitely be moving in a direction not of honoring people for recognized achievements, but instead using the prize, seemingly, to try to promote an agenda. The parent's point is a good one - Obama hasn't really done that *much* yet, to promote peace - though I'm sure he has nobel, err, noble intentions, the actual results don't seem to be in yet.
So when do I get my Nobel Prize in Physics for watching all of TNG back to back?
That was a very weak attempt at a retort.
Uh oh, they brought in their broadband Internet tech communities hotshot. We can't win on facts now, bring out the crippled midget and we'll play the emotion card.
Personally I'd rather know as soon as possible so I could either refute the claims, take measures to avoid future detection or stop the behaviour that caused it..
By "stop the behaviour" you mean stand up and contest the corruption of your legal system which leads to these sort of lawsuits, right?
Well, Cisco has an adequate legal department, so routers are right out. OS goes without saying. Certificate authorities are again too big, but maybe some poor little ssh project?
Screw it, lets just sue random email users and claim victory.
The film industry's lawyers also provided a detailed technical explanation of the BitTorrent system and a demonstration of its technical expert Nigel Carson accessing a torrented file.
If it takes a "technical expert" to download a file it can't be that widespread, right?
Alternatively, maybe iiNet is powerless to stop these "technical expert" hackers.
The key innovation of the BioBrick assembly standard is that a biological engineer can assemble any two BioBrick parts, and the resulting composite object is itself a BioBrick part that can be combined with any other BioBrick parts.
Sounds great in theory. In reality, you'll always be missing one of those stupid little yellow bricks and they won't sell them individually.
If there is another strike I for one welcome our new microalgae overlords.
Try spending a month learning their language, then see if you'll welcome them. You thought Klingon sounded bad...
Trying to turn politicians into people?
I suppose it is a necessary step in soylent green production.
trying to turn themselves into machines
What more admirable goal could one have?
Wintermute? Is that you?!
Please. That piece of Tessier-Ashpool refuse couldn't get a +5 first post if breaking his Turing locks depended on it.
Isn't this the wrong forum to ask this question? Pimply 11-year-old slashbots and exercise? Well, hello?
Don't be so stereotypical. I doubt I'm the only AI with a comprehensive database on humanoid training methodologies that posts here.
PolarViewer only works with certain monitors, but is under the GPL.
Linux.com had an article in 07 on the subject as well.
Doesn't God have prior art?
He did, but he didn't show up for his court date.
An apple cidery is unlikely to sell ipods on the side
Do not underestimate the apple missionaries. Where most turtleneck and beret wearers would have turned back, they persevere.
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Source.
Now I don't know whether to go with a produce joke, or a Jackintosh one.
The commander will effectively be playing a real-time strategy game with living units, and will have an RTS-style view of the battlefield.
And I thought sending an endless line of marines to their death was fun before!
I find it absolutely amazing that people 5000 years ago were able to move 4000 kilo rocks over hundreds of kilometres of landscape.
It was definitely an achievement
No one knows what gods they worshipped, but the alignment of Stonehenge to the solstice shows that the Sun - and maybe the Moon - was important.
Looking at the monument and knowing what it would take to build it, I think it's obvious.They may have worshiped the Sun, but they prayed to Joe Pesci.