There&#x27;s an excellent summary on Reddit [1].<p>Apparently there&#x27;s a court order, as part of a settlement with the FTC [2], intended to stop the cheating, but apparently as of 2010, Intel still wasn&#x27;t honouring it.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;np.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;pcmasterrace&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3s5r4d&#x2F;is_nvidia_sabotaging_performance_for_no_visual&#x2F;cwukpuc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;np.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;pcmasterrace&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3s5r4d&#x2F;is_nvid...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;news-events&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;2010&#x2F;08&#x2F;ftc-settles-charges-anticompetitive-conduct-against-intel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;news-events&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;2010&#x2F;08&#x2F;ftc-s...</a>