PCMark favors GenuineIntel

[drew and not u]

Friggin futuremark....

"A review by Ars Technica disclosed that PCMark 2005 Memory benchmark favors GenuineIntel CPUID. A VIA Nano CPU has had its CPUID changed from the original VIA to fake GenuineAMD and GenuineIntel. An improvement of, respectively, 10% and 47% of the score was seen. The reasons of this behavior of FutureMark product are not yet known."

Slashdot | PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel

[screwballl]

another reason why it is best to look at the whole line of benchmarks instead of one benchmark...

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by drew and not u

Friggin futuremark....



Slashdot | PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel

I remember just a couple three years ago, the complaint was that they favored AMD's!!! Goes to show that they program to favor the leading processor manufacture

[Zambini]

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