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Benchbros is a team of three people (iirc) that always bench together. None of these folks have another account at hwbot. I don't really see the problem other than it's not an individual account?

Westsider, If I have an 8.2GHz cpu and take the world record here, would you like me to send it to my 154 team mates and let them all have a go on LN2?

You're closing in on the big 30 :-)

I'm not capable of submitting scores using your method, R1ch

They do, in their category and in the global rankings. Single gpu's just don't reach extreme heights in certain benchmarks. I'm trying to offer a solution that doesn't require months of coding. So, the current crew is incapable since we don't change our minds about the single-gpu ranking? We all understand your point and all know the pro's and cons, but currently the cons outweigh the pro's, thus we stand by our conclusion. It's not just a matter of "I feel it's wrong", it's a matter of being consistent at hwbot, it's a matter of time restrictions, priorities in bugs and features and so on. If we'd split up single gpu and multi-gpu, we MUST split up single core and multi-core cpu's. I am under the impression that you think that we're not switching because of personal reasons on not because we've outweighed the different arguments. Am I wrong? Payed - Not possible Voluntary - Possible, although it would take a few days to explain how hwbot works in real life, and a few weeks to explain in english over the internet.

Competition? There's no such thing as a 3x SLI ranking. That doesn't make any sense. First you say that we don't switch to single gpu rankings because we are getting paid not to do so and now you say you'd find money to switch to a single gpu ranking. What would be the difference then? People would say "you don't swith to single slot rankings because you're paid" ... and they would be correct. Money doesn't change everything. I believe the crew would still agree on single-slot solutions even if we had a million dollar available. Not the way I was going to do the suggestion.

Must've missed this: yeah, it's possible I reckon :-).

I was going to write a lenghty sarcastic remarks on this 'argument', but decided not to although this argument pisses me off big time. We spend hours and hours of our free time on this site and in the end people still we're getting paid for certain decisions ... that's just sad. No, hwbot is not paid by manufacturer. There might be a solution for the single gpu benchers, but that one would be without points. I'll run it by the rest of the crew first :-)

Okay, we got all information and opinions gathered, let's try and work out a solution now ;-)

Temperature software can be cheated with: just change the offset value and you're done :-/

If not more, John. The current hardware database is not build based on # of gpu's, it's build based on card type. This means that RB would have to restructure the hardware database, which has its influence on the hwboints algorythm, the rankings, graphs and so much more.

It's really not that easy, Bazx. Even if we would make the change in theory, RB would have to go through a lot of trouble to code it decently.

Why do you want it to be validated? Points and ranks are given anywho :-)

New category

Whether you should spend money on it is none of my business ...

The reason why PhysX is disallowed is not because it's a Nvidia-only thing, it's because the cpu tests are affected by hardware that is not the cpu. As Ageia cards are also 'hardware not equal to cpu', it affecting the cpu test scores in Vantage is not approved, ergo not allowed to be used.

The X800 series is capable of running the 3DM05 benchmark at stock settings, no?

It's an incentive to go even faster?

The earlier the result is submitted, the higher in ranking IF same score, as far as I know.

It depends on what option the moderator has chosen to block the score. I changed the reason of the block and now you should be able to see it, Tasos.

Software ramdisks were and still are not allowed on hwbot. Without any doubt!

I'll get to it asap

Okay. Although the test runs provided by you don't give me any conclusive information regarding the one score I have issues with, I am willing to unblock the score in question for the following reasons: 1) You have a very good reputation at HWBot; not ever were you mentioned in the threads over at the crew moderation subforum and I have no record of any score of you ever being blocked. 2) You have taken the time to clear your name and help us figure this out without being either aggressive or trying to cause problems; a constructive discussion. 3) You have been able to show a series of similar highly efficient results and that efficiency has been matched by another, non-related, bencher. Case closed.

I expect the newspost to be published this week . And yes, we have contacted FM, hope the response is positive

The more hardware points you gather, the higher you get on the Hardware Masters ranking, which a ranking solely for the hardware points. http://hwbot.org/hardware.masters.do