R600 benchmarks

Just wondering if you guys saw this

Got to say... I'm stoked

Just curious, as I haven't been here in a while...

What makes you guys think it's a fraud?

One reason I think its a fraud is because some of the people working at that website also work for AMD so they are obviously going to say it works better than Nvidia's. I'm sure the R600 will be an awesome card but there is no proof that its that good.

Exactly.

"This article is authentic. Our R600 sample is an RTM sample used in the MS CERT process for driver validation (especially for Vista). We are not publishing pictures of the card itself right now, as the card contains major ID tags that we can not remove yet for source protection. We will add pictures of the card itself once we can remove these tags."


Also, for unnaturally low FPS on Oblivion with 8800

"Update - Oblivion Benchmark is TSSAA/AAA quality


Due to upcoming questions regarding the frame rates on our Oblivion test: We ran the Oblivion Benchmark with activated TSSAA (Transparency Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing) on nVidia and AAA (Adaptive Anti-Aliasing) on the ATI cards because Oblivion profits substantially from these advanced AA modes."


My point is, I've seen far less credible sites taken for absolute truth. But I see what you guys mean... 2 people do work for AMD... kinda cool though nonetheless

R600 delayed again...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36673

Granted, its the Inquirer, but given the history of this card, it would not suprise me.

I must say, that although this is most likely a fraud, I think the actual G80 v. R600 results will shake out pretty much the way they've presented. The G80 will continue to win a minority of benchmarks, and the R600 will lead in a slight majority. I don't think one card will absolutely destroy the other. That's just my two cents though, I've been wrong before. As much as I would like to see a blazingly fast ATI card that costs less than current GTX prices, I just don't think it's gonna happen.

yep thats why im calling shenanigans; but i'm still going to wait for the real benchmarks of it till i buy my PC

and if it takes till march fine....hell DX10 games dont come out till march anyways......mmm Crysis......and Stalker (not Dx10..but its freaking Stalker...nuff said )

Oh rly? That sounds like a pretty sweet program, you wouldn't happen to have a link with more info would you?

Why does that sound illegal? Oh right...silly me

The Wal-Mart near me has become much less lenient with their return policy because of people doing similar things. People have also been arrested and banned from the store.

fraud (frôd)
n.
A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.

For that reason I just buy Newegg and sell on eBay when it's time to upgrade. I save more money by doing this and have actually made money when selling a pair of 6600GT's I had a couple years ago.

Agreed.

The warranty is for a legitimate failure of the hardware or a manufacturing defect. What you guys are doing is no worse than Insurance Fraud. Just on a smaller scale, but Fraud none the less. I think the CompUSA execs should be getting their Auditing teams into action. If I was a store manager and found one of my employees doing that, they would be out the door so fast that it wouldn't have time to hit them in the ass as they passed through.

So doing something illegal is only illegal if you get caught? No wonder society is going down the pooper in a hurry.

The other thing to consider is whether or not it's a 'satisfaction guarantee', BestBuy offers it on the basis that if you are not satisfied with the product, etc.

As for overclocking it, at what point does it say that unreasonable expectations of product X are not honoured?

If he overclocks the card (as many owners of said product in the community do) then that would put it in the realm of legal but unrealistic, but the companies don't account for unrealistic expectations or actions.

Would flashing the firmware incorrectly void your warranty? If so why would the mfr tell you where to update your hardware and how to do it?

If flashing it incorrectly winds up making a replacement necesarry then I doubt anyone could hold it against you without an admission.

Anyways, it's semantics, but thinking that someoone who is taking advantage of a system built to take advantage of the unwashed is causing the downfall of society, then really the societal ills in your neck of the woods must be pretty minor, and you should count your blessings if someone taking advantage of mega corps is causing you pain.