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This only proves that you've never reviewed anything professionally. First off, drivers are a variable, everyone knows that. Glitches or problems in the drivers will always be worked out. Second, No manufacturer is going to get nasty with a reviewer because they mention bad drivers. It happens all the time, to no ill effect. To do so would not only be very short sighted, but counter productive. Third, any reviewer that buys their own samples has no connection with the manufacturer anyway, so it's a non-issue.reviewers will never tell you the drivers are shit because you dont bite the hand that feeds you. no reviewer who is not buying his cards for reviews is trust worthy especially since you have to sign a paper with nvidia that goes far beyond typical ndas.
Almost all tech reviewers have a strict non-interference, non-favoritism policy, and you read/hear that generally before each review. You won't see that here at TPU because EVERYONE in the industry knows W1zzard will not allow it. Any manufacturer who tried swiftly gets a proverbial foot in their ass and in a few cases, blacklisted from the site. It doesn't happen very often, but it has happened. There are some good sites out there just like there are some good YouTube channels. TPU is one of the safe ones. You come here and you can safely expect information and reviews that are objective, unbiased and impartial.
What I would REALLY like to see, is a yearly(or semi-yearly) deep dive review of GPU drivers/control panel settings & options for each card maker. It's an involved task, but no one is doing it and it's something that needs to be done.