PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel 298
javy_tahu writes "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."
GenuineIntel (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a GenuineIntel, mod me 47% higher!
Re:Money (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GenuineIntel (Score:5, Funny)
Numerology. (Score:4, Funny)
V+I+A == 224
G+e+n+u+i+n+e == 715;
Genuine+A+M+D == 925
Genuine+I+n+t+e+l == 1223
The bigger the number, the faster the processor. And you get 20% extra when you pass 1000.
Re:Money (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Money (Score:5, Funny)
If anyone can come up with a better explanation I'd be interested to hear it.
OK, far-fetched it maybe but what if VIA paid them to do it so that the expose would generate a lot of free advertising and ram home the information that the Nano is faster.
Alternatively the US military could have engineered it to distract us from the possibility that they are working for aliens and have files full of UFO data on their systems. Gosh, i'd better hack in and take a look....
Re:GenuineIntel (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Money (Score:1, Funny)
It is just what you'd expect with "Intel" inside ..... even inside another manufacturer's processor!
<Larry the Cable Guy>I don't care who y'are. That thar's funny!</LTCG>
(sorry i'm outta mod points. that was funny!)
And here's the code: (Score:3, Funny)
{
Run_really_fast();
}
else if(cpuid == "AuthenticAMD")
{
Run_no_so_fast();
}
else
{
Run_slow();
}
Re:Money (Score:5, Funny)
Mods, while you're at it, mod me +5 insightful for pointing out that the parent post was modded +4 insightful for pointing out that its parent was redunant...
Re:GenuineIntel (Score:3, Funny)
On the internet, no one can tell that you're a VIA Nano!
Re:Do I understand this correctly? (Score:5, Funny)
GenuineIntel/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1
I can already feel the speed!
Re:Closed Source Benchmarks? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And here's the code: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And here's the code: (Score:5, Funny)
No way. Vista doesn't even _try_ to run fast on any hardware.
Re:Numerology. (Score:3, Funny)
its AuthenticAMD, not GenuineAMD
Do not want! Ur in my numerologiez, ruining my calculationz!