Recently, the boys at The Tech Report received a tip, some information claiming ATI's drivers exhibited some odd behavior in DOOM 3 and that the company might be compromising image quality for performance.
What's more, this problem seemed to be specific to DOOM 3, raising the possibility that ATI was guilty of engaging in an application -specific optimization— a practice the firm has forsworn.
Naturally, they were interested in the possibility of uncovering such a scandalous thing. They dug into such juicy stories in the past, and the results have sometimes been rather enlightening. So they fired up there test rigs, busted out some sleuthing skills, and set out to see what exactly was happening with ATI's drivers in DOOM 3. Head over to see what they found.
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The Tech Report