I have noticed a trend that I find disturbing when it comes to benchmarking hardware, especialy graphics cards.
Its not just on Toms, but almost every site that I have looked at that do comparisons between the hardware.
What am I talking about ?
Well, it seems to me that when a new benchmark is done, it is almost always done on GFX cards that are not in the same performance range as the 'new card on the block'.
Explain you say ...
I see 8800GTX / Ultra cards being compaired to ATI HD2400 / HD2600.
Then you get HD2900 cards being compaired to nVidia 8400 / 8600.
Rarely do you see the top end cards from each company being compaired in the same benchmark tests.
Yes it is easy to look at a couple different benchmark reviews and get the information about each card.
But what I want to know is why do the benchmarks get done this way ?
Would it not be more benifitial to everyone if cards were compaired with those of the same range ?
Could some-one please explain to me why 'TOP' end cards get compaired to competitors 'Low / Mid' range cards and almost never with the competitors 'TOP' end card ?
Its not just on Toms, but almost every site that I have looked at that do comparisons between the hardware.
What am I talking about ?
Well, it seems to me that when a new benchmark is done, it is almost always done on GFX cards that are not in the same performance range as the 'new card on the block'.
Explain you say ...
I see 8800GTX / Ultra cards being compaired to ATI HD2400 / HD2600.
Then you get HD2900 cards being compaired to nVidia 8400 / 8600.
Rarely do you see the top end cards from each company being compaired in the same benchmark tests.
Yes it is easy to look at a couple different benchmark reviews and get the information about each card.
But what I want to know is why do the benchmarks get done this way ?
Would it not be more benifitial to everyone if cards were compaired with those of the same range ?
Could some-one please explain to me why 'TOP' end cards get compaired to competitors 'Low / Mid' range cards and almost never with the competitors 'TOP' end card ?