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ATi 'optimisation' accusations investigation
Over the last few months both the major players in the graphics processor industry, Nvidia and ATI, have been accused of cheating in Benchmark tests, by the use of 'optimisations' in their drivers. Nvidia got the main brunt of the allegations but ATI still had some people un-convinced with certain results their drivers where pumping out.
In a continuation of this whole subject, Hanners, a moderator over at Rage3D, has posted a summary of his own little investigation into the ATI side of things. It serves as an interesting read at the very least.
[blockquote]As for the Unreal Tournament issue, this does indeed appear to be a problem with ATi's drivers. To say it is a deliberate ploy to inflate performance seems very harsh, as the issue appears to affect so few textures, but it is something which has been present in ATi drivers for some time, and is hopefully something that ATi will look into with renewed vigour now it has been called into question. Finally, the judges are still very much out on any potential issues with Halo until more information is presented. [/blockquote]
[link=http://www.elitebastards.com/page.php?pageid=2397&head=1&comments=1]Have a read[/link]
In a continuation of this whole subject, Hanners, a moderator over at Rage3D, has posted a summary of his own little investigation into the ATI side of things. It serves as an interesting read at the very least.
[blockquote]As for the Unreal Tournament issue, this does indeed appear to be a problem with ATi's drivers. To say it is a deliberate ploy to inflate performance seems very harsh, as the issue appears to affect so few textures, but it is something which has been present in ATi drivers for some time, and is hopefully something that ATi will look into with renewed vigour now it has been called into question. Finally, the judges are still very much out on any potential issues with Halo until more information is presented. [/blockquote]
[link=http://www.elitebastards.com/page.php?pageid=2397&head=1&comments=1]Have a read[/link]
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