[citation][nom]flyinfinni[/nom]I've been a fan of Toms for a good while now, but you seriously missed the mark on the crossfire section of this article. We all know that the 58xx series has tons of crossfire issues. We also know that the 68xx series does NOT have those same crossfire issues (according to every article I can find) and the 6870, and even sometimes the 6850, beat the 5870 crossfire consistently. WHY THE HECK would you not include that in your crossfire section? Edit- Also, Why so many TWIMTBP titles and titles that are clearly biased towards Nvidia- we all KNOW how thats gonna turn out, we dont need those benchmarks. Why not use a more balanced test suite so we actually get a good feel for how the cards compare, not an artificially inflated perception of Nvidia's cards performance? The 580 is a clearly a great card and what the 480 SHOULD have been, but this article makes me feel like I have no idea how it ACTUALLY compares to AMD's cards.[/citation]
Unfortunately, AMD never sent CrossFire'd 6870s to our main lab, making that comparison impossible. There's a 100% chance that we'll be doing a CrossFire/SLI follow-up in the very near future, though.
As far as the game selection, we're representing the latest slew of DirectX 11 titles. AMD came on strong with DiRT 2, BF: BC 2, and AvP back when NV had nothing to show for DX11 hardware. But soon after, NV's dev rel machine kicked into gear, and titles like Metro and LP2 started popping up. Are they not viable games because NV touched them first? No. Is it unfortunate for owners of 5000- and 6000-series cards that they aren't getting as good of an experience? Absolutely. That doesn't make the suite any less representative of today's landscape. Not at all.
With that said, you guys know I'm always taking suggestions and rolling your desires into upcoming stories. If there are games you'd like to see added, within reason, we'll get them included!
Appreciate the feedback, as always!!
Chris