I wonder why THG is so persistent about Intel and nVidia fan boy actions. THG had a nice article about how Intel was icing out AMD through the mobo manufactures, and my, wasn't THG proud when executives from AMD padded them on the back for illuminating this rather bizarre business practice. That didn't last long though. Currently THG made a shameful report when the XP 2600+ came out. The entire article was more along the lines of " *sigh* why don't AMD just stop trying to compete with Intel. We are tired of you." Though it was the fastest processor on the desktop market when it came out, the front page layout indicated that it was of similar importance to how to assemble a good toolbox.
Now the Radeon 9700pro is about to hit the streets, and THG does their little trick again. In the first article they praise the 9700 for its magnificent performance and how visual quality has improved immensely, only to say wait for nVidia and the NV30 chip.
Here is a direct quote :
<i>However, in three months NVIDIA is certain to get its revenge. We will see how the upcoming 'NV30' will fare against Radeon 9700. Until then, ATI has all the reason in the world to enjoy its new leadership role.</i>
And again in the second review, features like AGPx8 support aren't even mentioned as a benefit for the 9700, nor does the test platform utilize it. Half of the review seems to turn into a "in Intel we trust" article with useless CPU render tests. And further more belittling the DirectX 9/OpenGL 1.3 support, by stating that most games run DirectX 7 anyway.
But it doesn't stop here. Under the mobility guide, THG makes a review of the Mobility Radeon 9000 versus the nVidia Geforce4 Go 460/440 chip. As it turns out the Geforce4 gets some serious whoop-ass, but as if THG is being bought by nVidia (oh, btw. the test platform is Intel), they end the review with this comment:
<i>However, what does the owner of a future notebook with ATI's new Mobility Radeon 9000 really get? As long as the majority of games are running just fine on DirectX 7 hardware, the advantage of Mobility Radeon 9000 is minimal.</i>
And this:
<i>NVIDIA will try its best to catch up soon. It won't take long for NV18M's release, something like GeForce4 Go460 with AGP 8x support. Only a short while later, and probably before the end of this year, there will be NV28M, a mobile derivative of GeForce4 Ti 4200, which will probably beat Mobility Radeon 9000 in 3D performance, but lag behind it in terms of power consumption. What NVIDIA is really waiting for is the NV3x family of chips. In the Spring of next year we will see a notebook chip in 0.13 micron process with DirectX 9 support.</i>
WTF is happening is you heads, THG?
One moment DirectX 7 is all there is to the 3D world (and we wont mention that its release is 2 years old), and the next moment, it's a feakin' wonder that nVidia will make DirectX 9 Go chips next year?
Have you totally lost your mind? Everybody that don't come from a hardware background is having a seriously hard time cutting through all of your back stabbing reviews. There are people out there that swear in THG as the defacto place to find computer info, and then you continuously pulls stunts like this!
And at the same time, you slander Anandtech for faking, and deliberately use benchmarking programs that you know are optimized especially for your little darling Intel.
Have you no honor of providing the truth in an objective way, or have you just fallen for greed? If it's money they are paying you, I would like to see all those ugly banners removed.
<b>Shame on you, THG!</b>
Note to all the Intel/nVidia/THG fan boys:
Yes, I own 3 AMD machines, but use Intel at work.
Yes, I own an ATI Radeon 8500 card.
Yes, I own nVidia cards too.
They are not as good or stable as ATI.
And no, I'm not a millionaire that can afford being dragged into Intel’s overpriced marketing machine.
I <u>would</u> buy Intel if it was worth the money, but power surges make more damage to my data/hardware than Intel's "I'm so stable" hype can cover for.
So the answer is no, I don't buy Intel. I buy APC surge protectors.
Oh, btw. when was the last time SiS motherboards was used as base in a review? You are all very happy about them having the fastest memory bus on the market, aren't you?.
I double dare you posting this on Your front page.
Not so n00b actually.
Now the Radeon 9700pro is about to hit the streets, and THG does their little trick again. In the first article they praise the 9700 for its magnificent performance and how visual quality has improved immensely, only to say wait for nVidia and the NV30 chip.
Here is a direct quote :
<i>However, in three months NVIDIA is certain to get its revenge. We will see how the upcoming 'NV30' will fare against Radeon 9700. Until then, ATI has all the reason in the world to enjoy its new leadership role.</i>
And again in the second review, features like AGPx8 support aren't even mentioned as a benefit for the 9700, nor does the test platform utilize it. Half of the review seems to turn into a "in Intel we trust" article with useless CPU render tests. And further more belittling the DirectX 9/OpenGL 1.3 support, by stating that most games run DirectX 7 anyway.
But it doesn't stop here. Under the mobility guide, THG makes a review of the Mobility Radeon 9000 versus the nVidia Geforce4 Go 460/440 chip. As it turns out the Geforce4 gets some serious whoop-ass, but as if THG is being bought by nVidia (oh, btw. the test platform is Intel), they end the review with this comment:
<i>However, what does the owner of a future notebook with ATI's new Mobility Radeon 9000 really get? As long as the majority of games are running just fine on DirectX 7 hardware, the advantage of Mobility Radeon 9000 is minimal.</i>
And this:
<i>NVIDIA will try its best to catch up soon. It won't take long for NV18M's release, something like GeForce4 Go460 with AGP 8x support. Only a short while later, and probably before the end of this year, there will be NV28M, a mobile derivative of GeForce4 Ti 4200, which will probably beat Mobility Radeon 9000 in 3D performance, but lag behind it in terms of power consumption. What NVIDIA is really waiting for is the NV3x family of chips. In the Spring of next year we will see a notebook chip in 0.13 micron process with DirectX 9 support.</i>
WTF is happening is you heads, THG?
One moment DirectX 7 is all there is to the 3D world (and we wont mention that its release is 2 years old), and the next moment, it's a feakin' wonder that nVidia will make DirectX 9 Go chips next year?
Have you totally lost your mind? Everybody that don't come from a hardware background is having a seriously hard time cutting through all of your back stabbing reviews. There are people out there that swear in THG as the defacto place to find computer info, and then you continuously pulls stunts like this!
And at the same time, you slander Anandtech for faking, and deliberately use benchmarking programs that you know are optimized especially for your little darling Intel.
Have you no honor of providing the truth in an objective way, or have you just fallen for greed? If it's money they are paying you, I would like to see all those ugly banners removed.
<b>Shame on you, THG!</b>
Note to all the Intel/nVidia/THG fan boys:
Yes, I own 3 AMD machines, but use Intel at work.
Yes, I own an ATI Radeon 8500 card.
Yes, I own nVidia cards too.
They are not as good or stable as ATI.
And no, I'm not a millionaire that can afford being dragged into Intel’s overpriced marketing machine.
I <u>would</u> buy Intel if it was worth the money, but power surges make more damage to my data/hardware than Intel's "I'm so stable" hype can cover for.
So the answer is no, I don't buy Intel. I buy APC surge protectors.
Oh, btw. when was the last time SiS motherboards was used as base in a review? You are all very happy about them having the fastest memory bus on the market, aren't you?.
I double dare you posting this on Your front page.
Not so n00b actually.
Until then, I'll leave you with a quote from one of THG's writers:
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