K404 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Is it ok & legal to rename the aquamark.exe in Vista + W7 to get a non-crap score? There was some technicality debate over its legality wasn't there? I'm aware a LOT of scores have been submitted using it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Day Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Kenny that is a good question, and I have no idea how it would be policed if it is deemed not to be acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 If it wasn't acceptable, it's easy to spot W7/Vista without this tweak is a writeoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraRaptor Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 As for me it's not a cheat although I still haven't tried AM3 in Vista/7even. Does such renaming influence the visual side of benchmark or timers? I guess it doesn't - so it is legal tweak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxbassplayerxx Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Does this do something other than just setting affinity? I grabbed 341K with my 470 at 940/1100 and W3520 at 4.65 by setting priority to realtime and affinity to all cores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Antinomy Posted September 28, 2010 Crew Share Posted September 28, 2010 Hm, XP didn't give me to change Aquamark's priority - "access denied" that's what taskmanager was talking about. This tweak is about application-specific driver optimizations like it was with 3DMark 2001 and all the rest of em, right? Does the score change only on NV or cards of both manufacturers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dualist Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 As far as I see it it is illegal because you are messing with the benchmark which is not allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Antinomy Posted September 28, 2010 Crew Share Posted September 28, 2010 You're not messing with the benchmark - only the driver's optimizations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 "benchmarks must always be launched using the shortcuts found in the installation directory." This tweak requires renaming the .exe, which *could* be interpreted as a breach of this rule, it also helps open up the browser tweak in PCMark05, which is why i'm asking for clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Antinomy Posted September 28, 2010 Crew Share Posted September 28, 2010 (edited) That quote was about not launching the benchmark using third-party software this is what this stuff is about. Even things that are not described in the rules can be interpreted as breach of the rules so I don't see a reason to worry about this It's not altering the benchmark settings - no. Then it's OK according to the rules. If it's forbidden - update the rules. Unless it's that simple. Edited September 28, 2010 by Antinomy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 What exactly is the browser tweak in PCMark 05? .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Antinomy Posted September 28, 2010 Crew Share Posted September 28, 2010 Replacing it and yes, this is not allowed, it's clearly described in the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxbassplayerxx Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I'll ask my question again: Does this do anything different than setting priority and affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) all it does is set affinity test for yourself run it with renamed .exe then just run it with all cores set you will see renaming is just quicker ________ CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY (PRE-1990) HISTORY Edited February 28, 2011 by uncle fester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viss Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 If u check what renaming AQ3 actually does you wil see its harmless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxbassplayerxx Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 If u check what renaming AQ3 actually does you wil see its harmless But it's still bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenchZowner Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Hm, XP didn't give me to change Aquamark's priority - "access denied" that's what taskmanager was talking about.This tweak is about application-specific driver optimizations like it was with 3DMark 2001 and all the rest of em, right? Does the score change only on NV or cards of both manufacturers? Setting AquaMark 3's priority in Windows XP for noobs, page 1: Open a CMD window Type CD C:\Program Files\AquaMark3folderpath [ press enter ] type aquamark.exe /realtime And you're a happy noob. you can add /affinity XX to set the affinity as well. wheres xx you need to enter the appropriate value depending on which cores you want AquaMark3 to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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