Eidos Pulls (Benchmarking) Patch for TR: AOD

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
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NVIDA's Money Lures EIDOS To Pull Patch

EIDOS Interactive, the publisher for Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness issued <a href="http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/support/patchinfo.html?ptid=67&quot; targey=_blank>a patch</a> a couple of weeks ago for the game which happened to include a way to use the game as a DX9 benchmark. Since it shows NVIDIA hardware performing slower than ATI, EIDOS has pulled it down. Remember, this is a "Way it's meant to be played" game, which means NVIDIA has paid EIDOS marketing money. Keep in mind, that this patch improved performance on both ATI and NVIDIA hardware. Here's a bs statement from EIDOS Europe:

<i>"It has come to the attention of Eidos that an unreleased patch for Tomb Raider: AOD has unfortunately been used as the basis for videocard benchmarking. While Eidos and Core appreciate the need for modern benchmarking software that utilizes the advanced shading capabilities of modern graphics hardware, Tomb Raider: AOD Patch 49 was never intended for public release and is not a basis for valid benchmarking comparisons. Core and Eidos believe that Tomb Raider: AOD performs exceptionally well on NVIDIA hardware." - Paul Baldwin, Eidos</i>

Comments

  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I have just about lost all respect and admiration for Nvidia. They are the intel of the GPU world. underperforming, overpriced, overmarketed liars.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    Same here. I keep hearing bad news about NV and how its shooting itself in the foot.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    NVidia is digging its own grave... deeper and deeper... I hope for competition's sake they climb out though.
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