It's a good thing for ideas to be discussed publically so their quality can be publically determined through discussion, and the matter put to rest. That's the point of a public forum. Regardless of who raises or answers the points, staff or member. The idea of selectively excluding results from a specific test based on apparently nothing more than dislike of them goes against every scientific methodology principle taught from age 13 and up.
Attacking methodology then complaining when staff answer is certainly one of the approaches of all time.
To me, the fact these two results just happen to show AMD in a bad light, plus some basic pattern recognition on the people commenting is very indicative of the real motivations behind wanting to exclude certain data. Fascinating how the accusations of bias along with general mudslinging come hard and fast though from these same people, when challenged by myself and others. Surely a standardised testing suite without special exceptions is the best way to avoid bias?
QFT. It's bonkers (but unsurprising) to me that it's even been suggested, and of course it's only applied to this product, not for example removing outliers for the 8GB cards because nobody would run their games crippled...
TPU's bulletproof, consistent, balanced and tempered testing [methodology] is precisely why this site is held in such high regard, and why most of us are here. Like someone else said, if there are outliers and you're not going to play those games anyway/are happy adjusting settings, then just ignore them - arguing however that they shouldn't be included in the overall figures is
beyond ludicrous.
If you want contrived testing, with ever shifting methodology and to be led down the garden path to whatever conclusion the reviewer personally wants, go watch Hardware Unboxed. I'm here for a higher standard.
Well, you didn't get a rebuttal on this one anyway, surprise surprise. For some people here, if they didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have standards at all.
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As for the 9060XT 16GB itself, it scores about 3.6 Roentgen imo, not great, not terrible. A missed opportunity for AMD to truly capitalise and move the bar significantly forward, but at the same time an adequate offering on a balance of all relevant data considered. Unexciting but fairly solid.
Now to see if supply remains available at MSRP - the only viable price point for the card (or less of course)
