Testing methods for Video Card reviews

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cliffro

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I've read through a lot of the [H] video card reviews and noticed something that annoyed me.
A good example is the BFG 8800GTS 512 review, during some of the tests, Different settings are used for some of the cards. Thats not really an apples to apples comparison is it?

I honestly expected all cards to use the same settings in-game to show which cards are actually better using say 0xAA/0xAF and 8xAA/16xAF or a combination of them but all cards using the same settings throughout.

Sorry to question your testing methods, but I guess i'm just used to tests using the same settings for all the cards.

This screenie shows one example
 
In the Apples to Apples section of most of HardOCP's video card reviews, they tell you that they're running at the exact same settings.

Basically a HardOCP video card review has two parts: one part shows the max playable settings the video card can actually provide in a game. The second part, specifically the part that says "Apples-to-Apples", shows how well the cards perform if all of the cards were at the same settings. You may have just missed that distinction.
 
Ok a little more digging shows me the Apples to Apples is a newer thing, Because the review i mention has none, but the review of the BFG 9800GTX does have it.
 
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