Anand: PII vs. Q9550 vs. i7 crossfire, Phenom II = smoother

[BenchZowner]

The charts are sorted by Average Frame Rates, not the min/max values listed in the text field. I will have to separate the values into individual charts in the SLI article or do something with Excel. The NB speed was set to 2486MHz, the fastest I could run it in Vista 64 and keep that CPU speed.

You see Gary, this is where the problem lies:
People rush to conclusions very fast, sometimes ignoring the facts and common logic, and due to the blindfolded fanboyism can't even read the charts properly and start bashing the "intel/nvidia/via/cyrix biased site"... it's not a FFT calculation guys, it's a damn chart.

It doesn't take more than a few seconds to realize that the charts are sorted by the average FPS value people.
5 seconds...

The conclusion of the Anand article was, as far as stuttering (min fps) is concerned, The PII 940 and the q9550 are about equal with the PII being ahead in some games; but in the end the i7 is the best overall.

Yeap, exactly that.

Out of that conclusion you came away with PII IS TEH BESTEST HURR DURR.

Not everybody, but the thread starter and some members did.
Well...

Is that all you got out of all those quotes?? I guess now this reviewer who was so competent all these years praising Intel is now incompetent and didnt observe the right results in the tests......how convenient.

So... which side is the reviewer on in your opinion ?
First they do say that between the Phenom II and the Core 2 Quad the Phenom performed better and the gameplay was smoother.
Then they also say that the Core i7 performed better than the Phenom II, and that they were butter-smooth both except in C.O.H. where the Intel had some stuttering.

People tend to reject reality and lay off to a simple ( and lame ) excuse... call the author a fanboy and it's a done deal.

Nice.
You ( the readers ) doubt most if not all the reviewers on the web & the magazines.
You also doubt various consumers ( buyers, simple users, not reviewers or people affiliated with a company in any way ) and members of this and other forums.
So... who do you trust ? Let me answer this question for you ( generally speaking, not specifically for you ):
the one that comes to a conclusion that you like.

In this case the world would be better off without any hardware reviews websites & user reviews on the net.
Just stop posting reviews on the net. And have fun.

where did this come from? i think we have been comparing phenom II with core 2. i7 has nothing to do with this. have you even read a post yet? and for your info this is me when i read posts like yours:

News flash!
Thread title = PII vs. Q9550 vs i7, Phenom II = smoother

Now everyone with common sense with some education ( third class ? ) can figure out what the thread title means.

It's saying

"Phenom II against the Q9550 and the i7, the Phenom II is smoother".

maybe you haven't read any posts or even the article. if you actually read the article theres a q9550, a i7 920 and a phenom II 940. in the article they are comparing the cpus in a xfire test. thats where i7 steps in. then if you also read the article they say the 940 is smoother than the q9550 but that i7 is the best of them all. so just because i7 is in the title doesn't mean that phenom II is smoother than it. i hope i saved you the time of reading the article since obviously you haven't yet.

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has anyone actually read this thread yet? because it seems that everyone that posts has no idea what they are talking about.

Do you ?

You = trolling

Stuttering IS NOT min fps, stuttering is stuttering... you can have higher min fps and still have stutter/hitch.

So... in your own gaming experience, going from 50fps to 25fps is smoother than going from 50fps to 32fps ? [ just an example ].

Anandtech: In our test we used AMD and intel systems, and the AMD systems seem to run some games more smoothly than the intel systems do.

Are you trying to convince yourself ?
Because AnandTech is saying:

The Phenom II is smoother in the tested games than the Core 2 Quad, but the Core i7 is as smooth as the Phenom II is [ except in C.O.H. ] ( if not smoother )