Photographs vs. Screenshots

[TheKarmakazi]

I have noticed in the past days many results being submitted, not as an actual valid screenshot, but a photograph of the screen. As I understood things, I thought photographs were not considered valid, since the system could well be frozen. Some of these results are even top20 HOF scores... Please clarify for me, thanks!

[Praz]

The top 20 entries I saw have verification links to actual screenshots also. If a photo by itself is not valid it has to be for more of a reason then the possibility of the system frozen. There are a couple of really nice utilities that allow quick screen captures. They use no resources, are activated by a hot key and auto save. Much quicker then snapping a photo.

[knopflerbruce]

I'm not sure if photographs are forbidden all the time. if you have all the info required (like CPUZ screens for superpi1m + superpi1m window itself) there's no reason not to allow the score, as the fault happened after the benchmark was ran correctly. The rules just state what you need to include in the screenshot - it says nothing about how you capture it.

 

Would be quite crazy if someone broke into the 6.xxx's in superpi1m, and then wouldn't have the WR because the screenshot was taken the wrong way:p

[TheKarmakazi]

OK thanks for clarifying that for me! I think I was mixing up the old rules for CPU-Z before validation was required. IIRC you couldnt use a photo which makes sense for CPU-Z.