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re: AMD FX8320 or AMD FX8350 or Intel?
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:03 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:03 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:14 pm to sicboy
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He actually does. He would have played some BF3 if his machine would have played it well.
This, I might not talk about it much, but I do play military shooters
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Devious............you know what to do.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:19 pm to jcole4lsu
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TH also has a handy quick hierarchy chart LINK
woot, mines at the top
3570K
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:31 pm to jcole4lsu
I didn't think that anyone took TH seriously.
The core parking hotfix wasn't used the last time I saw any of their vishera benchs
Eta: finch, I have an 8350 and a 7950. I streamed bf3 last night and was still playing at my locked 70fps. Stream was 720p with 10 quality at 30fps. I couldn't tell I was streaming at all.
The core parking hotfix wasn't used the last time I saw any of their vishera benchs
Eta: finch, I have an 8350 and a 7950. I streamed bf3 last night and was still playing at my locked 70fps. Stream was 720p with 10 quality at 30fps. I couldn't tell I was streaming at all.
This post was edited on 7/19/13 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:34 pm to brucevilanch
about 75% of the articles linked in the PC thread are TH articles fwiw
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:37 pm to jcole4lsu
TH is very hit or miss.
Most of the processor and video card benches should be taken with a grain of salt
Most of the processor and video card benches should be taken with a grain of salt
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:40 pm to jcole4lsu
Good lord. Anandtech is so much better in my opinion. They seem a little less biased.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 3:49 pm to brucevilanch
I think they should all be taken with a grain of salt. That's why I try and read a few different ones to see whats consistent and pay attention to their setups of how they test.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 4:09 pm to brucevilanch
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Good lord. Anandtech is so much better in my opinion. They seem a little less biased.
Those are the worst!
Posted on 7/19/13 at 4:11 pm to Mr Gardoki
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I think they should all be taken with a grain of salt. That's why I try and read a few different ones to see whats consistent and pay attention to their setups of how they test.
That's why I like watching Linus videos. They do a great job at making everything as consistent as possible.
I like techpowerups reviews too
Posted on 7/19/13 at 4:12 pm to brucevilanch
eh ill stick with TH as my primary. if something is new or smells fishy i collaborate with a similar article from another site.
sorta like my news. WSJ first, collaborate with The Economist for verification.
sorta like my news. WSJ first, collaborate with The Economist for verification.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 4:42 pm to bluebarracuda
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That's why I like watching Linus videos. They do a great job at making everything as consistent as possible. I like techpowerups reviews too
I've become quite a fanboy of Linus these days.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 4:58 pm to brucevilanch
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I streamed bf3 last night
you streamed a video of battlefield 3 or you played bf3?
Posted on 7/19/13 at 5:01 pm to brucevilanch
I like Tom's forums. Most, not all, of their experts there are helpful and provide accurate information. I also think Tom's best X Hardware for the money articles are a good starting point for builds, although those articles can be a step behind.
Their motherboard reviews, I don't like them. Judging a motherboard based on the performance of the overclock button? What respectable enthusiast is going to spend $200 on a motherboard and just use the auto-OC features?
Really, they're all flawed. I don't think any one site has the resources to produce a testing environment that every reader will be happy with, so you just have to look at multiple tests from different sites. You'll easily find the consistencies.
If I ever get rich, I'm going to build a large hardware test lab and do things right. And since I'm a bored rich guy I won't make any money. No advertisers to fear, no free test hardware from the big brands begging for praise. Straight-up objective data from more hardware combinations than any review site has ever been able to provide. I'll probably need to hire a staff too.
That's kind of sad that my dreams of being wealthy involve long hours running a not-for-profit test lab.
I also hate how they focus solely on gaming when it comes to CPU selection. I get that it might be their intent, but it's less helpful.
Their motherboard reviews, I don't like them. Judging a motherboard based on the performance of the overclock button? What respectable enthusiast is going to spend $200 on a motherboard and just use the auto-OC features?
Really, they're all flawed. I don't think any one site has the resources to produce a testing environment that every reader will be happy with, so you just have to look at multiple tests from different sites. You'll easily find the consistencies.
If I ever get rich, I'm going to build a large hardware test lab and do things right. And since I'm a bored rich guy I won't make any money. No advertisers to fear, no free test hardware from the big brands begging for praise. Straight-up objective data from more hardware combinations than any review site has ever been able to provide. I'll probably need to hire a staff too.
That's kind of sad that my dreams of being wealthy involve long hours running a not-for-profit test lab.
I also hate how they focus solely on gaming when it comes to CPU selection. I get that it might be their intent, but it's less helpful.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 5:55 pm to ILikeLSUToo
That's pretty much what coyote does I think.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 6:12 pm to Mr Gardoki
Press the overclock button? Nah
Posted on 7/19/13 at 6:43 pm to ILikeLSUToo
No I meant live the life you want to live 
Posted on 7/19/13 at 11:09 pm to Mr Gardoki
Ooh, yeah, but I want an even larger scale. Testing several of every brand of every model of all the hardware in as many hardware combinations and environments as possible.
Posted on 7/19/13 at 11:13 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Well guys, i did it. Bought it all from amazon. $718
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