Intel Caught Cheating In 3DMark Benchmark

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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."

http://techreport.com/articles.x/17732

[LUZR4LIFE]

I tried to benchmark my system but for some reason it will not run on my system.

[ccl0]

yea but anyone who is serious about games would not use their crappy graphics to play anything.. well except maybe minesweeper and solitaire

[Jatin Beniwal]

My new intel motherboard with on board P45 graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game.

Edited October 14, 2009 by Jatin Beniwal

[ccl0]

My new intel motherboard with on board P45 graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game.

sorry that is just not true.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

My new intel motherboard with on board P45 graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game.

What is the model of your motherboard? Also can you run them in FULL detail? i.e. 1600x1200 with all of the bells and whistles turned on?

[Mr_Smartepants]

My new intel motherboard with on board P45 graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game.

While it may be "capable", on-board Intel graphics will never be able to make modern games "playable".

Games should not look like a powerpoint slideshow.

[Jatin Beniwal]

Actually My new intel motherboard with on board G41M-LE from Asrock graphics chipset capable to run most of the present game and the price is also very decent I got it for only RS.2700 almost 60 US dollars.

1. LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors

2. Intel® G41 + ICH7 Chipsets

3. Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs

4. Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066(OC)/800/667/533, 2 x DIMM slots, Max. capacity up to 8GB

* Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, DirectX 10, Pixel Shader 4.0, Max. shared memory 1759MB

* 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

* Multi VGA Output: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI (with DVI to HDMI converter)

* Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port

* Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI-D port

* PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

* 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors

* Supports ASRock Instant Boot

* Supports Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver, Extra ESD Protection

* 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (VIA® VT1708S Audio Codec)

* Windows® 7 Hardware Ready

* Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready

* 1 x bundled DVI to HDMI converter

* I/O Panel: 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port, 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port, 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED

Edited October 14, 2009 by Jatin Beniwal

[ccl0]

define " most of the present game"

maybe your definition is different from ours

[Guest]

define " most of the present game"

maybe your definition is different from ours

well capable of running doesn't mean running the game good

it just mean that games will just work

but setting the game on high display effects

that will not work

but is it capable of running games like

NFS Shift ?

Assain creed ??

it would be hard but it may run them

[ccl0]

i guess you have a point. he didn't say capable of playing them well