Originally Posted by f16-r1 ![]() wow really fail... shame on Nvidia Source |
Originally Posted by fraudbrand ![]() Is this news or rumor mongering ? I dont see any proof of wrong doing. |
Originally Posted by fraudbrand ![]() Is this news or rumor mongering ? I dont see any proof of wrong doing. |
It's also worth bearing in mind that the M17x is a GDDR3 machine, as is the W90, but what will happen to Nvidia's superiority claims when an OEM produces a Mobility Radeon 4870 GDDR5 solution? Can the GTX 280M do GDDR5? We thinks not! |
AMD had sent the latest version of its drivers to Asus, but for some reason, the Taiwanese firm shipped drivers that were not Catalyst 9.6, inadvertently crippling the machine during benchmark testing. Nvidia knew this but saw an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Sad day for Nvidia's professionalism and equally sad if the Goblin believed journalists would fall for this dribble. |
Originally Posted by trueg50 ![]() *sigh* terrible news source. They fail to mention that ATI used a mobile 4870x2 (which is 2x 4850's overclocked, and useds 512 mb GDDR3). This is the real source Also, most users I have seen would never think to go to Nvidia, or Intel's site for drivers, they go to who ever should have the drivers. Also, they seem to still be on 8.5 for the ATI desktop parts (though Nvidia is on 176 for their desktop parts). Shame on Nvidia for the fine print, and shame on ATI for providing old drivers for their users (alien ware also uses the 8.5 ATI drivers, and 176 Nvidia drivers, so ATI is likely to blame). |
Originally Posted by trueg50 ![]() *sigh* terrible news source. They fail to mention that ATI used a mobile 4870x2 (which is 2x 4850's overclocked, and useds 512 mb GDDR3). This is the real source Also, most users I have seen would never think to go to Nvidia, or Intel's site for drivers, they go to who ever should have the drivers. Also, they seem to still be on 8.5 for the ATI desktop parts (though Nvidia is on 176 for their desktop parts). Shame on Nvidia for the fine print, and shame on ATI for providing old drivers for their users (alien ware also uses the 8.5 ATI drivers, and 176 Nvidia drivers, so ATI is likely to blame). |
Originally Posted by Urufu_Shinjiro ![]() Wait, how is ATI to blame that these guys used old drivers, the latest drivers on ATIs site are the 9.6. |
Originally Posted by trueg50 ![]() *sigh* terrible news source. They fail to mention that ATI used a mobile 4870x2 (which is 2x 4850's overclocked, and useds 512 mb GDDR3). This is the real source Also, most users I have seen would never think to go to Nvidia, or Intel's site for drivers, they go to who ever should have the drivers. Also, they seem to still be on 8.5 for the ATI desktop parts (though Nvidia is on 176 for their desktop parts). Shame on Nvidia for the fine print, and shame on ATI for providing old drivers for their users (alien ware also uses the 8.5 ATI drivers, and 176 Nvidia drivers, so ATI is likely to blame). |
We were also told that the drivers for the GPU were the set that were on the system when it came in. AMD does not offer notebook drivers to consumers, as NVIDIA does. A trip to the AMD and Asus website will confirm that the driver tested is the one consumers have access to, which if they were around a year old, go blame AMD. It's not their fault that nVidia update their drivers and AMD do not. Due to this, it seemed that the second 4870 wasn't being engaged due to its drivers not supporting it. Whose fault? AMD. Maybe they are telling us to install hacked or beta drivers, but AMD, Asus or any other manufacturer in the world would tell you not to use such drivers, and why on earth should you have to? I think the below screenshot says it all, directly from Brian Burke and the Asus test machine. |
Originally Posted by FieryCoD ![]() http://www.eteknix.com/news/nvidia-r...chmark-claims/ NVIDIA responds. |
If someone buys a Dell XPS desktop machine, are they expected to run the drivers that came with the card? No, anyone buying a game rig, even a noob buying a prebuilt knows to download the latest drivers. |
Originally Posted by Licht ![]() Download the desktop drivers. They include drivers for mobile parts as well. |