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Jun 4, 2003, 10:19 PM
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Futuremark The REAL COST to enter the betas prgram, And the truth shall set you free
THIS NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO NEWS ..............
I got tired of hearing it only cost 5,000 to enter the Futuremark program. So i did a littLe investagateing of my own into the situation. this is what i found. This is unbiast and sorry the air out of the fanboys ballon.. But the infomation you guys have been passing is not fully true as you will see. The cost to enter the Futuremark BETA program at the "Strategic BETA Members Level" that ati is a meer of. Nvida would need to pay $200,000 BETA Member Level Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks Email based communication and briefing Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology 10% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled Free site license to pro versions Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes Current Members  Active BETA Members Level Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks Email based communication and briefing Scheduled conference calls on quarterly basis Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology 20% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled Free site license to pro versions Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes Unlimited bundling license for free versions of all Futuremark benchmarks Current Members  Strategic BETA Members Level Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks Email based communication and briefing Scheduled conference calls on quarterly basis On site visits by Futuremark engineers upon request Opportunity for Futuremark site visits by Member's engineers Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology 30% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled Free site license to pro versions Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes Unlimited bundling license for free versions of all Futuremark benchmarks Current Members  Were is the proof you as just keep reading.. I sent an inquiry to futuremark about enteriung the beta program... -------------------------EMAIL I SENT---------------------------- XXXXXXX wrote: please give me basic numbers for the costs of the available tiers in your beta program the most and the least you would havbe to pay.......... BETA Member Level $? Active BETA Members Level $? Strategic BETA Members Level $? Thank You, XXXXXXXXXXXXX ---------------------EMAIL FROM FUTUREMARK----------------- Hi xxxxxx, The annual fees we have in place for the different service levels in our BETA Program are: - BETA Member level: $5,000 - Active BETA Member level: $25,000 - Strategic BETA Member level: $200,000 Futuremark reserves the right to make exceptions in the fees. If you need more information on a certain level, please let me know. __________________________________________ Sami Niemela Futuremark Corporation Http://www.futuremark.com Kappelitie 6, FIN-02200 ESPOO, FINLAND EMail: beta@futuremark.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish further proof will foward the original email to anyone who pm's me thier email adress... the only this i changed here in this post my name to xxxxxx
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Jun 4, 2003, 11:46 PM
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So what's your point? Nivida isn't in the beta program any more.
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Jun 5, 2003, 02:41 AM
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Maybe nvidia don't need to be in the beta program anymore. Maybe nvidia gave them a lump of cash and are like "cheat? we didn't cheat... did we now?"
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Jun 5, 2003, 03:44 AM
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Ahh [color=red]NO !!!!!![/color] Good point DOM 
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Jun 5, 2003, 01:13 PM
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The whole point is everyone keeps saying it only cost them $5,000 (that all the time)when in real life it costs $200,000 ... so nvida wasnt lying and certain ATI FANBOYS were sell 1/2 truths like (they are most of the time to bash nvida.) never has there been mentions of cost above 5,000 to be in the beta program on this site or many others...... nvida woud have to join the strategic level to be able to efect the devolpent as ati has... to make thier cards look better like how 3dmark uses version of shaders that only ati uses that mabe 3 games supprted at the time and not the version that magority of games are useing. as it apears ati dont have to optuimze for 3dmark .... 3dmark optuimzes thier software for ati cards.. that just how it looks .. yea there is no proof only sucpcions ... but as a strategic meber they have alot to do with the developement of 3dmark software....
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Jun 5, 2003, 01:20 PM
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well actually it would be retarded for a video card to render pixels the will never be seen in real life that would be a waste.... thats been a feture of cards for about 2 to 3 years now ... you video card cuts the pixels renders of screen and does not render them becouse they cannot be seen and woulds be a total waste ... this is very very old news ... unless 3dmark has a future release that will let people do the same crap that is done in the special beta versions... then it means absolutely nothing pixels you dont get to see should NEVER be renderd in a REAL Game or real life
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Jun 5, 2003, 01:24 PM
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Hey Neon, isn't it funny to catch n00bs making silly posts!
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Jun 5, 2003, 02:21 PM
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 your 3dmark scores suckx you need to do some major tweaking or something ... i got over 12,000 with my 4200 ti stock
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Jun 5, 2003, 04:13 PM
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I got bored following this argument a long time ago, but if ATi find it reasonable to pay the fee's why is the bigger company nVidia moaning? maybe ATi thought let's not pay fat cat shardholders and directors huge lumps of money let's make an investment that will help us, help you. I mean $200,000? they could cover that in what a quarter of the 9700 sales
 p.s. My GF2 Rocks!
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Jun 5, 2003, 06:10 PM
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Neon - thats nice - but I haven't updated my scores in my signature.
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Jun 5, 2003, 06:11 PM
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Besides - if I changed them, I might be considered a 'cheater'
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Jun 5, 2003, 10:32 PM
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