The best thing about HardOCP is the ass backwards testing method they use. Instead of every other site on the planet that uses the same settings and shows the results, so you can see the ACTUAL differences in performance, hardocp changes the settings to "highest playable settings". Thus making some cards look much faster/slower than they actually are because it fell below the imaginary "playable fps" line the reviewer makes up.
And OFC he doesn't also show the same test at higher settings to show the difference the settings makes, thus making it at least a bit fair. He just ignores it. Such a stupid way to test, no academic or serious enthusiast could ever take those tests seriously.
I mean you only have to read a single page fully to see how much full of
**** hardocp is.
They Fury review, FC4 page, he states that the Fury can have Fury on Simulated and AO on HBAO+ compared to Fur on On and AO on SSAO on the 980. Then at the bottom of the page says "However, performance-wise, both video cards are exactly equal in performance, which is odd to see.".
WELL DUH. YOU TURNED THE SETTINGS UP ON THE FURY THUS LOWERING THE PERFORMANCE. HOW IS THAT ODD.
In reality its just because they are shilling and they can show viewers this
Instead of THIS
"Yeah honest guys fury only 1 fps faster than 980 on average" *cough we turned the settings down*cough*
It's obvious its done in an attempt to pull the wool over peoples eyes, a lot of people won't know the difference between the settings on the right, or why they matter, or what effect they have, or the performance impact of them. A lot of people won't even notice the difference too. Unless you pay a lot of attention to the entire review you can easily be tricked, as we know, most people don't pay that much attention.
