SoundSurfer
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9805
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"devil's Bench Mark"
We now think that Trident can be added to the list of potential witches and we're inspecting its body closely for the tell-tale "Devil's Bench Mark".
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His score dropped by half if he just changed name of 3dmark01SE to, let's say, inquirer.exe.
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After we received this email, we contacted Trident and got its official explanation on this. The Trident executive told us that Trident hardware has 50 per cent of the transistors of its competitors but still delivered about 70 per cent of its competitors' performance.
To achieve this performance grade it invented a "proprietary 3D algorithm optimized for multiple pixel rendering" powered by "implement proprietary software + hardware support" that is meant to accelerate the 3d feature that was considered as a bottleneck by Trident.
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Trident clearly stated: "This is not cheating in the driver, it is selective performance optimization of popular applications of interest by using an unique combination of software + hardware algorithm proprietary to Trident."
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"devil's Bench Mark"