Borderline practices in hardware sites

Sometimes I have the impression that some sites are slightly in favor of one or another product. Could this be due to more than a personal inclination?

Van takes a look at some bordeline practices among hardware sites:

http://www.vanshardware.com/articl [...] t_Aces.htm

While Van does provide some occasionally useful information, I have to agree with you Ray, that he seems to have a disliking of Intel and their products. I've noticed from time to time that some of the conclusions he makes in articles seem a bit...odd.

Then again, some of the articles he's written have contained some usedful info. I guess, like most tech sites, some commentaries and conclusions need to be taken with a grain of salt.


Then again, Vans is a periphery site I think and not really in the mainstream. Also, he doesn't hide his bias. I think that's what his article/editorial was getting at; If you are biased admit it. Don't claim neutrality when you are actually biased.

Ahh well.

Mark-

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Did he just say what I think he did?

DDR is more Bandwidth efficient then RDRAM??? Doesn’t RDRAM blow DDR away in any memory streaming benchmark? Am I reading this wrong or it this guy full of it. DDR only excels on random access benchmarks, anything streaming RDRAM ownz!

Thx & Cya


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I dont think i've ever been in the memory forum.....

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Head on over, it'll be interesting.

As for Van Smith...well, I've shared my views of him before.

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Don't step in the sarcasm!

Why, because you don't like Rambus and you're sick of all the proof that RDRAM is better?

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Don't step in the sarcasm!

“Better” used by itself is such an ambiguous word. RDRAM is better at some things, DDR at other. The jury is still out on which will have the most potential in the future.

Thx & Cya


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It's a shame that another company or consortium didn't develope RDRAM. IMO Rambus should be a Law Firm instead of a Tech Company. Why? They're good at screwing the little guy.

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