Futuremark The REAL COST to enter the betas prgram, And the truth shall set you free

The_Neon_Cowboy

THIS NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO NEWS ..............


I got tired of hearing it only cost 5,000 to enter the Futuremark program. So i did a littLe investagateing of my own into the situation. this is what i found. This is unbiast and sorry the air out of the fanboys ballon.. But the infomation you guys have been passing is not fully true as you will see. The cost to enter the Futuremark BETA program at the "Strategic BETA Members Level" that ati is a meer of. Nvida would need to pay $200,000



BETA Member Level
Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks
Email based communication and briefing
Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology
10% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled
Free site license to pro versions
Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes

Current Members


Active BETA Members Level
Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks
Email based communication and briefing
Scheduled conference calls on quarterly basis
Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology
20% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled
Free site license to pro versions
Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes
Unlimited bundling license for free versions of all Futuremark benchmarks

Current Members



Strategic BETA Members Level
Access to specification documents, alphas, betas and release candidate code drops of benchmarks
Email based communication and briefing
Scheduled conference calls on quarterly basis
On site visits by Futuremark engineers upon request
Opportunity for Futuremark site visits by Member's engineers
Troubleshooting for drivers and new technology
30% discount for Professional versions of Futuremark benchmarks, if bundled
Free site license to pro versions
Benchmark version featuring Member company logos for promotion purposes
Unlimited bundling license for free versions of all Futuremark benchmarks


Current Members



Were is the proof you as just keep reading.. I sent an inquiry to futuremark about enteriung the beta program...


-------------------------EMAIL I SENT----------------------------

XXXXXXX wrote:

please give me basic numbers for the costs of the available tiers in your beta program the most and the least you would havbe to pay..........


BETA Member Level $?

Active BETA Members Level $?

Strategic BETA Members Level $?


Thank You,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX




---------------------EMAIL FROM FUTUREMARK-----------------
Hi xxxxxx,

The annual fees we have in place for the different service levels in our BETA Program are:
- BETA Member level: $5,000
- Active BETA Member level: $25,000
- Strategic BETA Member level: $200,000
Futuremark reserves the right to make exceptions in the fees.

If you need more information on a certain level, please let me know.

__________________________________________
Sami Niemela
Futuremark Corporation
Http://www.futuremark.com
Kappelitie 6, FIN-02200 ESPOO, FINLAND
EMail: beta@futuremark.com

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If you wish further proof will foward the original email to anyone who pm's me thier email adress... the only this i changed here in this post my name to xxxxxx

Dom

So what's your point? Nivida isn't in the beta program any more.

Were they ever even a strategic member?

sunrise

Maybe nvidia don't need to be in the beta program anymore. Maybe nvidia gave them a lump of cash and are like "cheat? we didn't cheat... did we now?"

Mac Daddy

Ahh NO !!!!!!

Good point DOM

The_Neon_Cowboy

The whole point is everyone keeps saying it only cost them $5,000 (that all the time)when in real life it costs $200,000 ... so nvida wasnt lying and certain ATI FANBOYS were sell 1/2 truths like (they are most of the time to bash nvida.)

never has there been mentions of cost above 5,000 to be in the beta program on this site or many others......

nvida woud have to join the strategic level to be able to efect the devolpent as ati has... to make thier cards look better like how 3dmark uses version of shaders that only ati uses that mabe 3 games supprted at the time and not the version that magority of games are useing.

as it apears ati dont have to optuimze for 3dmark .... 3dmark optuimzes thier software for ati cards.. that just how it looks .. yea there is no proof only sucpcions ... but as a strategic meber they have alot to do with the developement of 3dmark software....

The_Neon_Cowboy

lol

well actually it would be retarded for a video card to render pixels the will never be seen in real life that would be a waste.... thats been a feture of cards for about 2 to 3 years now ... you video card cuts the pixels renders of screen and does not render them becouse they cannot be seen and woulds be a total waste ... this is very very old news ...

unless 3dmark has a future release that will let people do the same crap that is done in the special beta versions... then it means absolutely nothing

pixels you dont get to see should NEVER be renderd in a REAL Game or real life

nForcer

Hey Neon, isn't it funny to catch n00bs making silly posts!

The_Neon_Cowboy

OFG your 3dmark scores suckx you need to do some major tweaking or something ... i got over 12,000 with my 4200 ti stock

craig5320

I got bored following this argument a long time ago, but if ATi find it reasonable to pay the fee's why is the bigger company nVidia moaning? maybe ATi thought let's not pay fat cat shardholders and directors huge lumps of money let's make an investment that will help us, help you. I mean $200,000? they could cover that in what a quarter of the 9700 sales p.s. My GF2 Rocks!

nForcer

Neon - thats nice - but I haven't updated my scores in my signature.

nForcer

Besides - if I changed them, I might be considered a 'cheater'

The_Neon_Cowboy

ahh let them wine