As a long time reader I, and probably most of your audience, already know how you evaluate video cards from reading many reviews, so who is this article for?
The plethora of users both old and new in the 3870 x2 review who wanted to know why [H] got the reviews they did when AT got the reviews they did. After explaing ad-nauseum over and over the reasons why, this article was released as promised in kyle during the other thread.
People continaully said there was no difference between the two or failed to grasp that there was a significant difference between the two.
No one is going to play the game As these guys play EVery single time. Kyle can't Say that his playing method is how everyone does it. Just because he believes that the average person who buys a 500 dollar 3dcard must only use it with a 30inch screen thats how he has to test it. Because the reality is Not everyone HAS the same exact reasons why they buy a 3dcard or how they intend to use it... OR what games they intend to use it with.
There are people who just play WOW. would His test method really show them Which is the best CARD for them? Someone who plays SupremeCommander that doesn't play the game online at all. because they prefer playing Skirmishes.. and they only play against 2 ai's at a time. IS this testing method going to help those who play in this manner? Someone who only buys Flight Slims. WHich 3dcard is the best for FLight Sim x with the Expansion pack? How is this testing method really going to help those readers?
I think you have completely missed the whole point of video card reviews, or at least the methodlogy here. I still play Starcraft am I upset that his reviews don't cover that? Nope. The whole purpose is to tax the game with a demanding game. Crysis being the current, or suppossed, king of the GPU heavy hitters is what they tested on. Reason being if you read their reasons, is because they have alimited amount of time and focus on the gameplay through the entire game. So their options are limited when it comes to playing multiple games. They focus on one or two of the more demanding games. However, I will preface it wishing they would have added 4 gb and a quad core to their test bed. That seems to be just about standard now or will soon become standard amongst gamers.