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Thread ID: 135637 2013-11-26 20:18:00 FurtureMark delists Samsung for allegedly cheating 3D test results Webdevguy (17166) PC World Chat
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1360917 2013-11-26 20:18:00 Samsung cheating..not so flash.


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Webdevguy (17166)
1360918 2013-11-26 21:04:00 I thought 3Dmark was biased for nVidia and Intel anyway Agent_24 (57)
1360919 2013-11-26 21:08:00 Not sure what the bias is like on the mobile platform but this is because results which Samsung and HTC phones give in futuremark aren't comparable to anything outside of the benchmark because the phones were raising temp and clock limits when they detected certain benchmarks to obtain higher scores. icow (15313)
1360920 2013-11-26 21:33:00 From what I read earlier it has something to do with the fact that Samsung wrote some specific software for the phones that would enable them to perform at a higher rate specifically for the 3D tests thus putting a performance bias on the results which is effectively cheating.
The changes made were not available on phones sold to regular customers.
Webdevguy (17166)
1360921 2013-11-27 01:11:00 It seems every few weeks Futuremark are accusing someone or other of 'fooling' their tests, or even they themselves announce they've released an update to 'improve performance' with specific devices. inphinity (7274)
1360922 2013-11-27 01:24:00 It seems every few weeks Futuremark are accusing someone or other of 'fooling' their tests, or even they themselves announce they've released an update to 'improve performance' with specific devices.

That's all well and good, but what would be real cool is if the phones in question could get those results without the need for any specific modifications.
Webdevguy (17166)
1360923 2013-11-27 07:45:00 That's all well and good, but what would be real cool is if the phones in question could get those results without the need for any specific modifications.

Why, what benefit does an end user get from a specific benchmark score? Nothing.
inphinity (7274)
1360924 2013-11-27 09:32:00 Well considering that some Android users tend to be a tech orientated bunch, I would say bragging rights. I'm pretty sure that Samsung would endeavour to take great pleasure in crowing about it in their advertising ;) Webdevguy (17166)
1360925 2013-11-27 20:53:00 It seems every few weeks Futuremark are accusing someone or other of 'fooling' their tests, or even they themselves announce they've released an update to 'improve performance' with specific devices.

I remember either ATI/nvidia being accused of doing the same thing with their drivers: being written just to up benchmark scores.
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