Jump to content

Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark


ezemjcsd

Recommended Posts

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."

http://techreport.com/articles.x/17732

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Actually My new intel motherboard with on board G41M-LE from Asrock graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game and the price is also very decent I got it for only RS.2700 almost 60 US dollars.

1. LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors

2. Intel® G41 + ICH7 Chipsets

3. Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs

4. Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667/533, 2 x DIMM slots, Max. capacity up to 8GB

* Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, DirectX 10, Pixel Shader 4.0, Max. shared memory 1759MB

* 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

* Multi VGA Output: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI (with DVI to HDMI converter)

* Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port

* Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port

* PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

* 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors

* Supports ASRock Instant Boot

* Supports Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver, Extra ESD Protection

* 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec)

* Windows® 7 Hardware Ready

* Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready

* 1 x bundled DVI to HDMI converter

* I/O Panel: 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port, 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port, 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED

Edited by Jatin Beniwal
Link to comment
Share on other sites

define " most of the present game"

maybe your definition is different from ours

well capable of running doesn't mean running the game good

it just mean that games will just work

but setting the game on high display effects

that will not work

but is it capable of running games like

NFS Shift ?

Assain creed ??

it would be hard but it may run them

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...