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Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark

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Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark

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Publication date: 13/10/2009 5:31 AM

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."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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