This is business. Since most consumers don't actually research their products and do go by mere numbers and benchmarks, why not write drivers to enhance them? While we may research and want quality drivers that work well with all of our software, most people don't notice the subtle differences that we do. They see the benchmark, buy the card, and are generally happy. They don't know any better. Is is wrong to write drivers as ATI has instead of making all around good drivers? Maybe, but they are a business, just keep that in mind.
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This is business. Since most consumers don't actually research their products and do go by mere numbers and benchmarks, why not write drivers to enhance them? While we may research and want quality drivers that work well with all of our software, most people don't notice the subtle differences that we do. They see the benchmark, buy the card, and are generally happy. They don't know any better. Is is wrong to write drivers as ATI has instead of making all around good drivers? Maybe, but they are a business, just keep that in mind.