Intel caught with dodgy GPU drivers

AMD has accused Intel of tinkering with its GPU drivers to increase its benchmark test scores.

Futuremark's popular 3DMark benchmark testing software has strict guidelines for the graphics drivers it approves for use with 3DMark Vantage. These explicitly forbid optimisations that specifically target the 3DMark Vantage executable.

Basically the rules say that it is prohibited for the driver to detect the launch of the 3DMark Vantage executable and to alter, replace or override any quality parameters or parts of the benchmark workload based on the detection.