Thursday, December 13th 2012
HD 7950 May Give Higher Framerates, but GTX 660 Ti Still Smoother: Report
The TechReport, which adds latency-based testing in its VGA reviews, concluded in a recent retrospective review taking into account recent driver advancements, that Radeon HD 7950, despite yielding higher frame-rates than GeForce GTX 660 Ti, has higher latencies (time it takes to beam generated frames onto the display), resulting in micro-stutter. In response to the comments-drama that ensued, its reviewer did a side-by-side recording of a scene from "TESV: Skyrim" as rendered by the two graphics cards, and slowed them down with high-speed recording, at 120 FPS, and 240 FPS. In slow-motion, micro-stuttering on the Radeon HD 7950 is more apparent than on the GeForce GTX 660 Ti.Find the slow-motion captures after the break.
Source:
The TechReport
122 Comments on HD 7950 May Give Higher Framerates, but GTX 660 Ti Still Smoother: Report
It's right there in the writing for all to see.
That type of bad "journalism" shouldn't be ENCOURAGED. And reposting this is doing exactly that.
AMD cards are kind ok but when it comes to multi GPUs (crossfire), AMD sucks damn high . I'll newer build a CF rig again.
Same site, just different cards:
GTX 650 Ti or HD 7850 = recommends 7850
ZOMG AN AMD FANBOY!!!
GTX 660 Ti or HD 7950 = recommends 660 Ti
ZOMG A NVIDIA FANBOY!!!
Grow up :rolleyes:
Looks like this issue is legit, AMD is looking into this.
I've watched the videos a couple of times now and I think they are about the same actually. Looking at the ground is unfair to both because it leaps at you with both cards. The "leaps" are bigger with Radeon, but it looks like they happen more often on the Geforce. Like tiny tiny jums that happen all the time. I guess this is a thing you have to experience yourself.
Which also is unfair because I honestly think most people who has it wouldn't notice.
And see how it becomes quite evident when you focus on one spot? You don't play games like that. You look around constantly, your eyes never settle. In the end I don't think the tests are worth it. All this is IMO of course.
AMD and micro stutter isn't new. My friend finally ditched AMD for a 670 after many years and was thrilled with the lack of stutter in GTA/skyrim/WOW.
I see comments about AMD's performance being "not too shabby", but then they compare it to the nVidia performance, and realized that the AMD "isn't doing so well"
That is not an attack, bias or bile. It's a comparison. Nor did I find any real examples of any of that in the original review.
Just because you don't agree with the article, doesn't make it bad journalism. And just because a review is negative, doesn't mean it's biased. It means AMD actually lost in the tests. It wouldn't be much of a comparison if they just ignored that fact.
This isn't an argument about which Manufacturer is better or which offers a better value. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. It's about keeping them honest and ensuring the best end user experience for everyone.
Let's hope it's only software and they can fix it this time for good, the more the competition, the better for us:toast:
TPU thanks for alerting us for this Techreport review.
If test declares itself that AMD 7950 offers better gaming experience, AMD fan boys would come here to show AMD "superiority", but when scenario changes, they call the review a Nvidia biased review bla bla...
Even with higher average fps, HD 7950 deliveres a less smooth performance in many games, besides flicker, artifacts, black screens, freeze, reported my many HD 7000 users.
btw, does they said it run the game up to 120fps or 240fps..or they said they record with highspeed camera 120fps or 240fps?