First off, thanks for taking the time to do such a great job with those benchmarks. Looks like nVidia will have some adjustments to make ;)
While reading through the article though, something occoured to me. You kept saying throughout the article that nVidia still hadn't optimized for AquaMark yet. Well, to me that sounds like cheating. Do the respective companies change their drivers for each video game that comes out? Isn't the point of these benchmarks to show us how the card will do in a gaming situation? Who cares wether or not my card does well with a benchmark? I want it to do well with my video games. Wouldn't it then be more pertinant to test these cards using something that they haven't had time to prepare for (aka Aquamark)? Or just using a video game? I can appreciate the fact that this benchmark test will allow you to take screenshots at exactly the same frame with exactly the same information on the screen, but if the card is optimized for the benchmark, is it also benchmarked for my video games?
Bottom Line:Can you do as thorough a review of both cards using a video game like Battlefield: 1942 or even Aquanox 2, which would give us more tangible and useable results?
Again, great job! I am adding this site to my fav's list after this post.
: peace:
While reading through the article though, something occoured to me. You kept saying throughout the article that nVidia still hadn't optimized for AquaMark yet. Well, to me that sounds like cheating. Do the respective companies change their drivers for each video game that comes out? Isn't the point of these benchmarks to show us how the card will do in a gaming situation? Who cares wether or not my card does well with a benchmark? I want it to do well with my video games. Wouldn't it then be more pertinant to test these cards using something that they haven't had time to prepare for (aka Aquamark)? Or just using a video game? I can appreciate the fact that this benchmark test will allow you to take screenshots at exactly the same frame with exactly the same information on the screen, but if the card is optimized for the benchmark, is it also benchmarked for my video games?
Bottom Line:Can you do as thorough a review of both cards using a video game like Battlefield: 1942 or even Aquanox 2, which would give us more tangible and useable results?
Again, great job! I am adding this site to my fav's list after this post.
: peace:
Comment