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KilluminatiStyle
03-19-2007, 12:46 AM
There are a lot of "which card is better" questions posted in the Video, Audio, and Multimedia forum. Tom's Hardware has made their VGA Chart even better by allowing the user to select 2 cards, choose a bench/game, and see the results. Their should also be a note stating that users should select an actual GAME for there comparisons as opposed to 3DMARK since 3DMARK doesn't generally reflect actual game play.

Tom's Hardware VGA Charts
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
glc
03-19-2007, 08:06 AM
Don't forget his CPU charts too.
KilluminatiStyle
03-19-2007, 01:18 PM
Indeed. Can't forget that... though I did for some reason.:o
FLG
03-19-2007, 02:53 PM
Ive heard alot about Tom's Hardware skewing results or writing false articles on more then one occasion.

I sense some sarcasm in g's post ;)
KilluminatiStyle
03-19-2007, 03:10 PM
Really? That's kinda crappy. I've used the VGA Charts for some time as a reference.... that's some disturbing news.
glc
03-19-2007, 05:28 PM
No sarcasm at all - I use both charts.
FLG
03-19-2007, 05:34 PM
Interesting. What ever happened with their whole thing about being biased towards Intel? or bloating some CPU benchmarks? I searched the net and found little things here and their but at the moment i dont have much more then hearsay.
KilluminatiStyle
03-19-2007, 08:20 PM
Interesting. What ever happened with their whole thing about being biased towards Intel? or bloating some CPU benchmarks? I searched the net and found little things here and their but at the moment i dont have much more then hearsay.


Pff... hater ;)

I did a quick search and came up with THIS (http://forums.vault9.net/index.php?showtopic=11293) thread that says something about THG flaming A64 for no good reason. It links to an article on THG but the link returns a 404 message. Please note that this thread is pretty darn old.

But wait... there's more...


The next one I found, HERE (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2021103&enterthread=y), claims that THG is in "AMD's Pockets". This thread is new too.


I guess your not alone FLG. Never the less... I'll continue using both the VGA and CPU Charts on THG.
blue60007
03-19-2007, 08:32 PM
It defaults to about the only test that AMD comes out top.
Huh?? What's that got to do with anything? Itunes happens to be a very popular item...one processor winning by one second isn't exactly a major win. I think these bashing discussions are pretty funny at times. Anyways, a bunch of numbers don't reflect any bias (unless you flat out lie and I don't think any respectable site would do that) and the charts are a very useful tool.
Stuey
03-19-2007, 08:33 PM
I sense some sarcasm in g's post ;)
No sarcasm at all - I use both charts.
Hmm, I thought there sarcasm in there too. Oh wells.

Anyways, I haven't come across those charts before although I'll keep them in mind for the future. While I don't think it should be stickied all by itself, maybe it should be included somewhere.