Today I decided it was time to check both ATI and nVidia drivers for any Futuremark 3DMark03 optimizations. Both sets of drivers use filename detection to achieve their application specific optimizations. To try and get beyond their detection methods I renamed the 3DMark03 executable to another filename.

I then ran a series of test so I could try and find any quality or performance differences. As we all know this issue has been debated many times with both sides saying the other side is cheating in their results.

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