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Old Jan 17, 2013, 12:38 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by blibba View Post
Manual playthroughs vs. automated tests have their advantages and disadvantages, and I think arguments can be made for either.

However, I am entirely sold on frame time testing rather than FPS. I've always considered FPS a misleading metric, and I'm delighted that someone is actually measuring something more meaningful. I no longer need to bother with FPS-based reviews, which is ideal.
It is not more meaningful. FPS along with frame latency is useful, frame latency on its own is almost useless.

Edit: In that test, it shows the 660 getting a higher FPS, I thought the 7950 had a higher FPS originally. it was actually originally less.

This is a very interesting discrepancy:

Tech report:


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How did they get a higher FPS?
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