Remember how claims were made backdoor deals were done to have the coding within a game to either favor one brand/make or to even do both, favor one while killing performance of ther other?
All that and then have a handpicked "Reviewer" do such with said titles to "Prove" how much better brand "X" was than brand "Y"?
Yeah, that was an interesting time.......
Yeah, I remember quite well & to this day still goes on.
I was suckered into purchasing an HP AIO PC versus superior Dell & Toshiba models, the last year the latter shipped a PC, before exiting that business. The reviewer cherry picked the 'pros' of the HP, while negating those of the others. The same did likewise with the many negatives of the Dell & Toshiba, yet didn't utter the first word about the DDR2 memory performance of the HP versus the DDR3 of the others. This was when PC hardware was new to me, in 2009 I had yet to own a computer with a dual core CPU, let alone DDR3 RAM. About a month after the release of Windows 7.
The only difference here is one thing......advertising dollars. The particular publication (PC World) would have full cover pack pages of HP, as well as other hardware, plus security software. At any rate, the writer of the article certainly wasn't about to bit the hand of those that keeps their doors open, and if any employee did so, the editor would catch it. Then fire the employee who dared to buck authority.
It's simply hard for me to believe that TPU is of this type. Sure, a hardware/software writer may be biased, I believe to a degree, most of us are. Yet such an opinion doesn't have a place in a neutral setting, where millions upon millions seeks these sites to make
informed decisions. On the other hand, in the open forum, if someone asks if X or Y brand is the best, many of the answers may come from those running the brand (& model) they recommend (example, NVIDIA > EVGA or AMD > MSI). This is normal, because unless running a secret online store, the poster isn't getting a red cent for advice given.
As to the best AMD & NVIDIA GPU's, am sure that a game can be found where the cherry picked card is best at. Same for other PC hardware. Games, while largely GPU bound, needs an adequate CPU, plus storage, may as well throw RAM in there also, to prevent bottlenecking. Therefore, it's entirely possible for two of us to have the exact same card from the same lot number, regardless of brand, one of us may excel, the other fall flat on our face. It takes the right collection of hardware, not the GPU alone, to match most of these charts shown on many of these sites. Most lists everything of the build during these tests, while a few doesn't. For that matter, a SSD will perform (or bench) differently due to installed hardware.
So a good rule of thumb is, if one suspects a biased review, Google it! The next & any more afterwards may paint a worse (or better) picture. BTW, an educated consumer is an informed one. Know the specs & what one wants before pulling the trigger.
Because the bottom line is, there's been biased reviews of much everything for a long time, and will be for even longer, get used to it & move on. BTW, how many of these auto commercials have we seen that says 'these aren't professional actors'? May be the truth, yet chances are they have an interest in the brand, example an employee. The ad doesn't state this one way or the other,
only they're not
paid actors. For every paid actor, there's many doing tryouts for free, or as an intern finishing education to secure employment.
Long story short, do your own research, compare sites, making sure that sub-models (that may have lower performance) are eliminated. Then if there's a final question, ask & make it a point this is what's desired. Don't allow fanboys to persuade you different, I never do this,
provided the OP makes this known. It's not my money, spend yours how you please, after all at the end of the day, the buyer of the hardware must be happy,
not us, nor any reviewers, free or paid. Reviewers includes those who are getting free hardware (in essence paid) for their opinion. These folks are (very much) on the spot, if leaving a lot of negative feedback on everything received, their supply will be cut off.
Buy & do
your review!
Cat
