when benching 3d marks

[567234ta]

what good is it to get a higher score using modified drivers?
everyone should use the same drivers, its about hardware not the software.

[Butcher]

That would depend on what you're trying to test.

[567234ta]

yeah but usually its the vidcard. not the miniboy modded drivers lol

[Butcher]

You could argue that having the fastest drivers better shows what the hardware can do.

[567234ta]

for the all out competitions for top spots on futuremark sure do what you got to.
but for regular users it makes it really hard to tell what is a good card and what card sucks.

[Butcher]

3d mark isn't that great for that anyway. Most reasonable reviews use actual games to show the performance differences.

[Tempus]

Anytime you are looking at the "numbers" there are so many extra possible factors that any sort of comparison is weak at best.

Even just running Anti-Virus can make a huge difference. Then there are bios tweaks, OS tweaks. Simple things like disabling services can have a rather dramatic effect.