Leaked NV40 Benchies from HOCP

[Wombat]

Originally posted by bsdgeek
Don't think it's really cheating, NV40 is just using the mixed-mode path for NV3x, is it not? If you think it's wrong, then blame the FarCry developers.

I have a hard time believing that.

The developers of the "latest greatest" video game are partnered with the developers of nVidia's "latest greatest" video card, and they never caught this? I doubt it. It's damn near impossible that the developers didn't notice this? I'm 99% sure this was an intentional decision, not an oversight. For a game this big, nVidia probably sent <B>their own engineers</B> on-site to make sure the game was running optimized code paths.

And considering the PS3.0 vs. PS1.1 screenshots, and the FutureMark issues, this is just more weight to the scales.

[bsdgeek]

I said I didn't think it was cheating, not that it was an oversight. Maybe I wasn't clear, but what I meant to, and thought I did imply was that it is intentionally running the mixed-mode path written in mind for NV3x.

[Wombat]

I don't know, I find it pretty sleazy. Intentionally underperforming quality-wise in order to report higher FPS, even though the logical conclusion would be that you're using the new features that you're advertising.

This isn't much different to me than that reduced rendering work in 3DMark.

[Maggi]

little update on the IQ issue

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?threadid=44752