Post by Latios XT on Mar 28, 2006 3:35:49 GMT -5
www.legitreviews.com/article/321/1/
Apparently both videocard companies have a problem when someone claims one side is better than the other. Then again, neither video card company plays fairly on the opponent's videocard.
Again, either company can do the following:
1. Overclock the videocard
2. Use a highly specified driver
3. Using friendly hardware
But when testing the opposition, they might do:
1. Underclock or keep the video card at stock
2. Use a very old driver
3. Use "unfriendly" hardware
I recall a while ago picking up an article saying that ATI claims nVIDIA's GeForce 7 series isn't Shader Model 3.0 compliant. [1]
In conclusion:
1. Both ATI and nVIDIA's official benchmarks are at fault.
2. You should only trust hardware reviews that provide the full specifications (or close to something like it) of the machine benchmarking the video card.
3. There's a possibility that the right combination of hardware makes either card perform better
4. Update your darn drivers
Apparently both videocard companies have a problem when someone claims one side is better than the other. Then again, neither video card company plays fairly on the opponent's videocard.
Again, either company can do the following:
1. Overclock the videocard
2. Use a highly specified driver
3. Using friendly hardware
But when testing the opposition, they might do:
1. Underclock or keep the video card at stock
2. Use a very old driver
3. Use "unfriendly" hardware
I recall a while ago picking up an article saying that ATI claims nVIDIA's GeForce 7 series isn't Shader Model 3.0 compliant. [1]
In conclusion:
1. Both ATI and nVIDIA's official benchmarks are at fault.
2. You should only trust hardware reviews that provide the full specifications (or close to something like it) of the machine benchmarking the video card.
3. There's a possibility that the right combination of hardware makes either card perform better
4. Update your darn drivers