Am I reading Tom's Hardware chart wrong?

Twigglish · 06-04-09, 11:11 AM

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...andx4,572.html

Basically, this is telling me that my old 1950 XT is better than my 2600 XT?

ChinStrap · 06-04-09, 11:15 AM

yeah, thats what they are telling you.

Twigglish · 06-04-09, 11:22 AM

And my 3650 is even less performing than both of them.

Cheator · 06-04-09, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Twigglish

And my 3650 is even less performing than both of them.

Yes because the 2600xt is the equivalent of a 3670

jokers_greg · 06-04-09, 12:33 PM

No it's right. Its the same thing as saying an nvidia 9600 < 8800. because it is lol

Tophinater · 06-04-09, 01:35 PM

Don't mock the 8800. Its even faster than the 4890!

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...nant,1185.html

Bobnova · 06-04-09, 02:12 PM

Nah, Tom's Hardware is doing it wrong

i just don't see a 4770 being faster then a 4870x2.

Twigglish · 06-04-09, 02:18 PM

It's cool because everyone was suggesting all these card when I wanted to upgrade form my 1950 and well yea, I down-graded to a newer card. Yay me.

petteyg359 · 06-04-09, 02:34 PM

4890 - 42.5
8800GT - 43.6
9600GT - 41
4870 - 38.1
3870 - 28.3
4850 - 24.8
3850 - 23.5
4870x2 - 20.2

Even with nVidia obviously paying them, you'd think they'd at least make the benchmarks slightly believable. A 9600GT beating a 4870, let alone the x2 version? Yeah effing right... That's ignoring the sheer idiocy of claiming that a 3850 will outperform a 4870x2.

Twigglish · 06-04-09, 03:11 PM

I've always been under the impression Tom's Hardware was super believable.

xtkxhom3r · 06-04-09, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Twigglish

I've always been under the impression Tom's Hardware was super believable.

thats because you have never been to the toms forums.... its full of noobs asking if they got a good deal on their new dell

MonkeyMhz · 06-04-09, 03:15 PM

Hmm, lets go break their legs for false information. = D lol jk,

Tom stands for a Totaly Obvious Mockery.

jokers_greg · 06-04-09, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MonkeyMhz

Hmm, lets go break their legs for false information. = D lol jk,

Tom stands for a Totaly Obvious Mockery.

bah, its clearly a type-o. Tom's is a reliable site, but they've recently revamped their UI and charts, clearly still have some mistakes. If you look at any of their reviews they dont make those mistakes.

jobrien2001 · 06-04-09, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jokers_greg

bah, its clearly a type-o. Tom's is a reliable site, but they've recently revamped their UI and charts, clearly still have some mistakes. If you look at any of their reviews they dont make those mistakes.

+1, their setups may not be the best... but their numbers are solid. This is clearly a mistake on the labels not matching the FPS results.

chevro1et · 06-04-09, 07:52 PM

You could have a look at the VGA Charts at Guru3D as well.

Twigglish · 06-04-09, 08:13 PM

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You could have a look at the VGA Charts at Guru3D as well.

That looks better, I just wish they had older/lower-end cards listed.

xtkxhom3r · 06-04-09, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chevro1et

You could have a look at the VGA Charts at Guru3D as well.

now THAT is a reliable source

guru3d and techpowerup are some of the best video card info sites

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Twigglish Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clarksville, TN	It's cool because everyone was suggesting all these card when I wanted to upgrade form my 1950 and well yea, I down-graded to a newer card. Yay me. __________________ STEELERS BABY IX X GOT 6? XIII XIV WE DO XL XLIII I.M.O.G.: I'm sorry to inform you that your sig violates forum rules. Due to obscene, and frankly ugly, choices of colors you must change this. I suggest brown and orange perhaps. lol JK... Congratulations on your season. Greetings from Cleveland, the home of "There's always next year". cw823: I think you need to edit your sig, this could finally be a year for a Cleveland team. Go Cavs!
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