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Old 06-04-2003, 03:14 AM   #1
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benchmarking wrong

Read this
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDgy

So, don't trust 3dmark...
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Don't trust [H] either.
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Old 06-05-2003, 05:50 PM   #3
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I've never relied on benchmarks. I go by real-world results, not a bunch of numbers that only vary slighty a good part of the time.
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