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567234ta 01-14-2005 05:19 AM

when benching 3d marks
 
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 01-14-2005 09:23 AM

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

567234ta 01-15-2005 05:07 AM

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

Butcher 01-15-2005 11:07 PM

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

567234ta 01-16-2005 07:46 AM

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 01-16-2005 10:58 PM

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

Tempus 01-17-2005 03:14 PM

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.


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