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It always says that for me. Just ignore it
 


Well there is a reason for any unvalid result, so IMO why would anyone want to post an invalid result from Futuremark, I want my result to be 100% valid, as it is.

It's not rocket science to run your tests with approved drivers, at least then, we all know the results are solid and not tainted.

 
Beta drivers may possibly give you a higher score but sometimes they don't and you may actually get a better score with an earlier approved driver.

This thread is a great way to compare system performances but with it full of unvalidated results, the information sharing is not dependable results.

That's the same as an unapproved CPU-Z validation, until it is actually approved the end result is a joke and not stable results, and the joke falls on the person posting it claiming the achievement which is actually a false claim and they don't even realize it.

Use approved drivers so the end results are comparable or else this entire thread is partially filled with invalid information.

Which makes a difference between th Ohh Ahh factor, and valid comparative results, that's why Futuremark has the validation process in the first place.

So others can equally compare the end results, it would seem that would be a prerequisite requirement, to post a valid Futuremark approved result.

But obviously not.
 
Drivers generally only make small performance differences. Its not the night and day difference you are painting it to be.
And no I am not on beta drivers, I am on (old) Catalyst 13.1 because AMD dropped Vista support in the newer drivers!! (ticks me off)

But seriously the "validation" really means _nothing_ for practical comparison. Its just a benchmark thread not an official competition anyway.
 


I am not painting it to be anything other than 100% valid results, if you cannot understand that, then I am just wasting my time!

 
I'll try it on some older drivers. Not sure if my card will be supported though. If you look at all of my other validations with nVidia cards you will see that none of their drivers are approved either. I just used whatever the latest WHQL is. I'm not going to roll back a few sets of drivers just to appease 3DMark. If the GPU manufacturer issues a new driver and recommends you use that for your card, that's what I tend to do.
 
Invalid may mean two things- beta driver or Virtu MVP. Either way it'll list the reason... 3Dmark is slow approving drivers.

Graphics driver is not approved

This message is displayed if your benchmark result was obtained using a set of graphics card drivers that are not (yet) approved by Futuremark.
In order to ensure that drivers do not breach our Driver Approval Policy, Futuremark tests video drivers and validates the results. Drivers are sent for testing and approval as soon as they are published but this process takes some time - usually between one and two weeks. Any results uploaded during this time initially shows as "not approved" but will turn to approved results when the driver approval process is complete for the specific driver version - you do not need to do anything, your result will transform into approved result in time.
Results obtained using beta, "hotfix" or otherwise non-WHQL drivers will also show this message and normally non-WHQL drivers are not approved for use with our benchmarks unless specifically requested by the graphics card vendor.
If there are no WHQL certified drivers yet for your video card/chip - usually if you buy your hardware as soon as it becomes available - you will have to wait until the first WHQL approved drivers with support for your card are made available for valid results. You can benchmark even with beta drivers - the results just won't be shown as valid and the result page will show that the drivers are not approved.
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http://www.futuremark.com/support/troubleshooting
 


Sorry Nick, I was not trying to cause a problem! Ry

 
Stick, have you put the H55 on the card yet?
I just saw that it is "just" £300 for a card that is better than 780 and OC-d with decent cooler can be better than Titan, so I might stretch my budget later on, but does it worth to watercool it?
 
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