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I know I seem like sort of a hard-ass when it comes to stability requirements, but it doesn't do us much good if we list unstable clocks in the chart as stable. The whole idea is to give people a realistic idea of what are fairly reliable trends. You can see the discrepency, too, as I did even with one 1090T I used. It would run great at 4.2 GHz. I played games and whatnot. Turns out it wasn't actually fully stable above about 3850. It would do a reliable 7-10 minutes before crashing most of the time, so it was probably a heat management problem. People like us tend to run chips like that all the time. "Seems fine for daily use" but not actually stable for one reason or another.
WCG is a good test, but it's hard to translate its usage scenario into a formal requirement for validation. It doesn't really have a "prove to the user it ran full tilt for x hours" burn-in mode that can be nicely captured in a screen shot.
Particle's First Rule of Online Technical Discussion:
As a thread about any computer related subject has its length approach infinity, the likelihood and inevitability of a poorly constructed AMD vs. Intel fight also exponentially increases.
Rule 1A:
Likewise, the frequency of a car pseudoanalogy to explain a technical concept increases with thread length. This will make many people chuckle, as computer people are rarely knowledgeable about vehicular mechanics.
Rule 2:
When confronted with a post that is contrary to what a poster likes, believes, or most often wants to be correct, the poster will pick out only minor details that are largely irrelevant in an attempt to shut out the conflicting idea. The core of the post will be left alone since it isn't easy to contradict what the person is actually saying.
Rule 2A:
When a poster cannot properly refute a post they do not like (as described above), the poster will most likely invent fictitious counter-points and/or begin to attack the other's credibility in feeble ways that are dramatic but irrelevant. Do not underestimate this tactic, as in the online world this will sway many observers. Do not forget: Correctness is decided only by what is said last, the most loudly, or with greatest repetition.
Rule 3:
When it comes to computer news, 70% of Internet rumors are outright fabricated, 20% are inaccurate enough to simply be discarded, and about 10% are based in reality. Grains of salt--become familiar with them.
Remember: When debating online, everyone else is ALWAYS wrong if they do not agree with you!
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You just can't win. If your product offers feature A instead of B, people will moan how A is stupid and it didn't offer B. If your product offers B instead of A, they'll likewise complain and rant about how anyone's retarded cousin could figure out A is what the market wants.
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