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===Rydermark=== In July 2006, ''The Inquirer'' posted images to show cheating by [[Nvidia]] Windows device drivers in ''Rydermark 2006''.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130901222117/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1011446/rydermark-screenshots-back-california-graphics-fudge The Inquirer, 18 July 2006: ''Rydermark screenshots back California graphics fudge''] (cited 4 February 2007)</ref> The images were alleged to be fake by a number of sources.<ref>[http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3400 DailyTech, 19 July 2006: ''"Rydermark" Cheating Allegations Discredited''] (cited 23 August 2006)</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.behardware.com/news/8269/the-inquirer-accuses-nvidia-of-cheating.html|title=The Inquirer accuses Nvidia of cheating|work=BeHardware|date=19 July 2006|author=Damien|access-date=23 August 2006}}</ref> ''The Inquirer'' denied any wrongdoing and quoted the maker of Rydermark calling the allegations against them "irresponsible".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060722010351/http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33131 The Inquirer, 19 July 2006: ''Rydermark maker labels hoax allegations 'irresponsible' ''] (cited 23 August 2006)</ref> About 8 months after the original Rydermark article, ''The Inquirer'' ran another article claiming that Rydermark was still being developed, but was near release.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130901222116/http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=37716 The Inquirer, 19 February 2007: ''Rydermark benchmark lives. It's almost done''] (cited 28 February 2007)</ref> In response, one of its critics offered $1,000 to a charity of the Rydermark articles author's choosing if he could produce (breaching his [[Non-disclosure agreement|NDA]]) a version of Rydermark that showed the alleged screenshots in full-motion video before a set deadline (which gave the author 10 and a half hours, beginning at 6:30PM UK time). No one produced the program before the deadline passed.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kristopher Kubicki|url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6149|title=DailyTech Digest: RyderMark, My take on RyderMark's newest incarnation}}</ref> Independent verification that RyderMark was genuine, first appeared in TweakTown in May 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1103/1/page_1_introduction/index.html|title=TweakTown: RyderMark Beta 2 Preview - Emerging competition for Futuremark?|author=Lars Göran Nilsson|date=16 May 2007|access-date=17 May 2007|work=TweakTown}}</ref> RyderMark developer Ajith Ram denied ever sending the Inquirer Nvidia cheating allegations.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kristopher Kubicki|url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7396| title=RyderMark Developer: We Never Said NVIDIA Cheated|work=DailyTech|access-date=11 June 2007}}</ref>
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