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Amen brotha
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Tony DiMarzio
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"Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> "jeff b" <fakeaddy@fjyfj.com> wrote in message
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> > Tony DiMarzio wrote:
> > > Uh.... The so-called 'review' from popclone was just a rip or leak of
> all
> > > the benchmark images from "Tom's Hardware"'s review posted the day
> after.
> >
> > No, it wasn't.
> > The background was taken from Tom's, but the data was made up,
> > different from anything on Tom's site.
> > Like I said, the graph on popclone was a cut and paste forgery.
> > Yesterday's developements (i.e. the removal of the bogus 'popclone'
> > site and with it, the phony graph)) proves this.
> > I guess you were one of the people who were fooled.
> >
> > Jeff B
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> Jeff, let me give you a little bit of friendly advice. If you were to say
> the words "sorry guys, I got it wrong", then people would respect you
> instead of thinking you were a dickhead. Its really no big deal being
> wrong. I do it all the time ;-)
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> BTW, I just took another look at the numbers posted on popclone. (I know
> the site is down, but the screens got copied elsewhere.) For example:
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> Popclone:
> Call of Duty 8xAniso 1600x1200
> X800XT: 94.7
> X800Pro: 71.7
> 9800XT: 40.8
> 6800 Ul v61.11 109.1
> 6800 Ul v60.72 108.3
> FX 5950: 35.4
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> Tomshardware:
> Call of Duty 8xAniso 1600x1200
> X800XT: 94.7
> X800Pro: 71.7
> 9800XT: 40.8
> 6800 Ul v61.11 109.1
> 6800 Ul v60.72 108.3
> FX 5950: 35.4
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> Coincidence? I suspect not ;-)
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> Chip
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