More security added to CPU-Z's online validation system.
Just a note to tell you I just changed some steps of the internal validation check. Now, to get your dump validated, you need a clean frequency over time ("time" is, of course, not an hour but 2-3 seconds max.). This was added in order to reject all dumps where the CPU was throttling or unable to keep its rated frequency more than some milliseconds. Some guys spammed the validation key as long as needed to get a result "validated". We don't think a quarter second frequency might be called a "validated overclocking", so I added that check.
This issue is mainly affecting AMD K10 CPU (Intel doesn't seems to be concerned). No problem found so far with the Bulldozer OC Contest currently in progress.
PS : many bogus dumps were removed from world records.
Why no create our own validation program? I mean here are a lot of system and electronics engineering and many software developments that can help us in the process.
Why no create our own validation program? I mean here are a lot of system and electronics engineering and many software developments that can help us in the process.
Yes. Go ahead. Pay them if you feel like you need software other than CPUZ for it.
It doesn't say anything about Bulldozer overclocking anywhere - says it's mainly affecting K10 cpus (Bulldozer is family 15h, not 10h). To me it looks like "Bulldozer OC Contest currently in progress" is a contest where people overclock their K10 rigs to win a Bulldozer.
