Quote Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle View Post
We can only agree to disagree then. I still believe that the car analogy is spot on. The example I provided on top of the car analogy really drove home the point. I simply can't justify the use of a torture test program as a means to determine stability for games/programs that don't require such loads.

See, that is the fault with your analogy. Truck companies TEST their trucks for maximum payload. Who cares if 98% of the people never reach that payload, or if the "regular" payload is alot less. The fact is the truck companies give you the maximum payload and the truck is 100% capable of that. Graphics card companies, according to this article, seem to give you a maximum wattage but not when the card is being pushed at 100%.