Geoff Gasior writes: In the early days of GPUs, application-specification performance optimizations in graphics drivers were viewed by many as cheating. Accusations were hurled with regularity, and in some cases, there was real cheating going on. Some optimizations surreptitiously degraded image quality in order to boost performance, which obviously isn't kosher. Optimizations that don't affect an application's image quality are harder to condemn, though, especially if you're talking about games. If a driver can offer users smoother gameplay without any ill effects, why shouldn't it be allowed?
Nvidia is allegedly testing GPU coolers to handle up to 600W for the 50 series, reigniting discussion of melting 16-pin connectors.
Kelsey writes: "Samsung is one of the best in the game and we've just spotted a gaming monitor deal out of this world with the Samsung G9 Odyssey at Amazon."
Jack writes: "Our guide to the best CPU for Hades 2 considers the best currently available from AMD and Intel. Plus, you may even want to consider an APU."
Heh, heh, heh.
3dmark is great and all but if i'm still not getting a 30 frame minimum in crysis then wtf is the point in checking how thousands of points you have....it's a good point of reference though, sometimes your pc can be running slow and it helps you boil down what the porblem is, bad mobo driver can = score drop etc