Stonewalling: (Re: Ooops... Nvidia was and is cheating on 3dmark03 after all)

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Roger said:
And yes, ATI has also cheated, going back to 3dmark2001 days, as has
Nvidia. What is remarkable now is the scope and magnitude of Nvidia's
cheating. The aggressiveness of Nvidia's cheating policy is stunning, and
it is apparent they are quite willing to sacrifice image quality to get
higher scores.
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Agreed.

I believe that in the case of the NV30, what was eventually launched as
the 5800 non-Ultra was originally to have been the fastest card, but
nVidia realised it wasn't fast enough to beat the 9700, so they produced
what is effectively an overclocked version of it, requiring ludicrous
cooling measures, and launched that as the 5800 Ultra, just so they
could beat the 9700 in some tests and not look complete fools.

ATI then launched the 9800, regaining the overall lead and totally
stealing any "thunder" that nVidia had left, so nVidia basically
resorted to blatant cheating to make their product look better in
benchmarks.

They probably figured they'd get found out after a while, but at least
it would buy them some time until they could get NV35 out the door. I
don't think they counted on the story being quite this big when it did
finally break.

My last three graphics cards have been nVidia based, but I have now
switched to ATI, partly due to nVidia's indefensible actions in this
matter. It will take a lot to get me back as a customer, and I believe
many others will feel the same.
 
Toby Groves said:
Agreed.

I believe that in the case of the NV30, what was eventually launched as
the 5800 non-Ultra was originally to have been the fastest card, but
nVidia realised it wasn't fast enough to beat the 9700, so they produced
what is effectively an overclocked version of it, requiring ludicrous
cooling measures, and launched that as the 5800 Ultra, just so they
could beat the 9700 in some tests and not look complete fools.

ATI then launched the 9800, regaining the overall lead and totally
stealing any "thunder" that nVidia had left, so nVidia basically
resorted to blatant cheating to make their product look better in
benchmarks.

They probably figured they'd get found out after a while, but at least
it would buy them some time until they could get NV35 out the door. I
don't think they counted on the story being quite this big when it did
finally break.

My last three graphics cards have been nVidia based, but I have now
switched to ATI, partly due to nVidia's indefensible actions in this
matter. It will take a lot to get me back as a customer, and I believe
many others will feel the same.
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Good for you now go tell it to the ATI group where someone gives a shit.
 
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