[spfoam1]

The new Futuremark ORB has different links now. HWbot will accept the new links as long as your score is not a top 20. If it is a top 20 they will not accept the link and will not even post the submission. I submitted a bug ticket on this matter but so far they have not responded. It seems reasonable to expect a response when a bug report is submittted about legitimate scores are not being accepted.

Top 20 rankings are difficult to obtain (for me), and I risk flushing thousands down the toilet to get such a score. HWbot would not exist and thrive as it does without a lot of people taking risks like that and submitting scores at thier site. It seems reasonable to expect them to stay on top of the ORB format, which is the verification for a submission. If they are going to be a source of irritation due to bias or incompetence I may as well just post scores at Futurmark.

There are plenty of scores posted at HWbot with "insufficient verification" next to it, as if to offer the opportunity to edit the submission. In the case of my submissions, they are not displayed at all. I have no opportunity to edit them. I can't help but wonder if there isn't some BS going on here. I re submitted several times to be sure it was not an error on my part.

I overclock and submit scores at HWbot for my temporary thrill of a top 20 score, knowing full well it is a matter of a short time before they will be diminished to something less. That temporary thrill is all I get out of HWbot. HWbot needs to fix this real fast or I will no longer support thier site by submitting scores. We are making them what they are...it's not the other way around. I am supporting them, and they are pissing on me.

Chasing points is a money game I can not fully participate in, although a lot of people can and do. Don't get me wrong, I am not critisizing those with the capacity to chase the points. It's like any other competition...the fastest car is usually the most expensive and so on. The biggest thrill in any competition is when the underdog pulls a victory over some hot shot. That is my biggest thrill in this. When the deck is stacked or appears to be stacked there is no point in participating at all. I am not going to voltage degrade my cpus or risk destroying them for nothing.

So, until HWbot fixes the problem, I will be using a really powerful email rig, and HWbot can

[Hondacity]

orb or futuremark or 3dmark

is ..under construction. when nov30 comes their site will change again..

this is why oca is dinged as "oca always bitching"....be patient

[spfoam1]

Just for the record, I did not "bitch". I simply stated the link was not being accepted on my top 20 scores only, and asked why.

Not everyone has the time to surf HWbot or even here for the latest news, that is why I asked them what was happening. When I posted comments here about the problem yesterday no one told me anything about ORB or HWbot being under construction.

It still seems odd that only top 20 score links are rejected.

Thanks for the info.

[OC Maximus]

Good to know.

OCM

[DrNip]

Maybe try starting a thread at their forum? That might work.

[spfoam1]

Originally Posted by DrNip

Maybe try starting a thread at their forum? That might work.

To avoid the appearance of a "bitch" I submitted a private bug report.

[DrNip]

It wouldn't be bitching, just bringing it up to see if others have experienced this prob as well so it could be discussed.

[GFDuke]

From HWBot

As you all know, Futuremark is currently in the process of updating their ORB online verification software. For the moment, only 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage, PCMark05, PCMark Vantage and the upcoming new DX11-based benchmark 3DMark11 are available. Futuremark promised, however, that in the next couple of weeks the support for 3DMark03 and 3DMark05 will be added.

In the meantime, we temporarily accept Top-20 submissions for both benchmarks. Please, do hold on to your validation files to upload in the near future! Once the ORB is back up and running for 03/05, top-20 submission will again need the validation files; including the results that were submit in this period of ORB-absence.

Concerning 3DMark01SE, we are still trying to come up with a solution. Futuremark will not allow us to host the validation software ourselves, so we need to find a worthy alternative.

Nov 24, 2010 - article

[spfoam1]

Originally Posted by GFDuke

From HWBot

As you all know, Futuremark is currently in the process of updating their ORB online verification software. For the moment, only 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage, PCMark05, PCMark Vantage and the upcoming new DX11-based benchmark 3DMark11 are available. Futuremark promised, however, that in the next couple of weeks the support for 3DMark03 and 3DMark05 will be added.

In the meantime, we temporarily accept Top-20 submissions for both benchmarks. Please, do hold on to your validation files to upload in the near future! Once the ORB is back up and running for 03/05, top-20 submission will again need the validation files; including the results that were submit in this period of ORB-absence.

Concerning 3DMark01SE, we are still trying to come up with a solution. Futuremark will not allow us to host the validation software ourselves, so we need to find a worthy alternative.

Nov 24, 2010 - article

My issue is concerning top 20 3D Mark Vantage submissions.

[spfoam1]

They finally accepted my 3DVantage submission. It was the last time I was going to try to submit the score. They never acknowledged my bug report / question about it and never posted the previous submissions I made. No FU, no nothing. How considerate of them. I had to resubmit it over and over for the last two days wondering if or when they might fix the bug. All that crap for 4.5 points LOL.