nVidia cheating on drivers for a benchmark it says isn't any good? I'm confused.

digitalwanderer · Feb 13, 2003, 05:17 PM

There is a thread over at futuremark about some troubles with 3dm2k3 and some of the newest detonators...it seems that the 42.86 set scores a lot better at 3dm2k3, but misses some details to do so...like explosions and bullets and little things like that.

It could just be an honest bug with the drivers, but peeps have been testing it out and it looks like sets after the 41.09 set seem to cheat a little at 3dm2k3....

Just what nVidia needs today before their conference call, eh?

Big ups and thanks to creedamd at nVnews.net for pointing this out to me.

DriveEuro · Feb 13, 2003, 06:45 PM

Yeah, I totally noticed this last night. I ran 3DMark03 first with 42.30 drivers, looked nice, ran slow. Ran the 42.86 and ran slightly smoother and I saw less detail. I mean in the space benchmark when the guns would fire there would be little to no muzzle flash detail, whereas the 42.30 had much more detail in the muzzle flash. Seems odd. Bad nVidia, bad!

digitalwanderer · Feb 13, 2003, 07:51 PM

I ran 3dm2k3 and got a 1069 on Bubbles using the 42.70 set, but then I renamed "3DMark03.exe" to "3DMuck03.exe" and only got a 1048!

(j/k!

)

RIV@NVX · Feb 13, 2003, 08:47 PM

21 marks more?
LOL

digitalwanderer · Feb 13, 2003, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RIV@NVX
21 marks more?
LOL

Thanks for getting the funny, I was afraid with the way me luck has been going lately that I'd open up the Inquirerer later and read; "New Quake Quack Mark Muck brought to light by the Dig, follow the link to read more!" , or something truly anti-serendipitous such as that.

Is it Friday yet?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 18, 2003, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
I ran 3dm2k3 and got a 1069 on Bubbles using the 42.70 set, but then I renamed "3DMark03.exe" to "3DMuck03.exe" and only got a 1048!
(j/k! )

Try it on a ati with with cat 3.1's you get the same suprize only larger

I been Investagating /testing ... I scored higher with 42.68 but was buggy as hell ... tried 42.86 again lost 40 3dmarks but eveything was smooth again .. no bugs lines squares as in that new re-release of 42.68

Some good reading for you folks...

NVIDIA Catches ATi Cheating
http://www4.tomshardware.com/blurb/2...s_ati_cheating

Feb 13, 2003, 05:17 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	nVidia cheating on drivers for a benchmark it says isn't any good? I'm confused. There is a thread over at futuremark about some troubles with 3dm2k3 and some of the newest detonators...it seems that the 42.86 set scores a lot better at 3dm2k3, but misses some details to do so...like explosions and bullets and little things like that. It could just be an honest bug with the drivers, but peeps have been testing it out and it looks like sets after the 41.09 set seem to cheat a little at 3dm2k3.... Just what nVidia needs today before their conference call, eh? Big ups and thanks to creedamd at nVnews.net for pointing this out to me. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 13, 2003, 06:45 PM	#2
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, I totally noticed this last night. I ran 3DMark03 first with 42.30 drivers, looked nice, ran slow. Ran the 42.86 and ran slightly smoother and I saw less detail. I mean in the space benchmark when the guns would fire there would be little to no muzzle flash detail, whereas the 42.30 had much more detail in the muzzle flash. Seems odd. Bad nVidia, bad! __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Feb 13, 2003, 07:51 PM	Thread Starter #3
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	OMFG! Think that's big? I ran 3dm2k3 and got a 1069 on Bubbles using the 42.70 set, but then I renamed "3DMark03.exe" to "3DMuck03.exe" and only got a 1048! (j/k! ) __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 13, 2003, 08:47 PM	#4
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	21 marks more? LOL __________________ -- Vedran