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Why is Bit-tech so biased??

CAT-THE-FIFTH

CAT-THE-FIFTH

CAT-THE-FIFTH

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Was reading their GTX660 review and they came up with this hilarious line at the end:

"It seems baffling that, despite what feels like a small army of SKUs, AMD doesn’t have a price-point competitor for the GTX 660 2GB. The HD 7850 2GB is 10-15 per cent slower but 10 per cent cheaper at £160, while the HD 7870 2GB is, on average, seven per cent faster but 20 per cent dearer at £220."

LOLWTF?? I see loads of HD7870 cards in the UK for between £180 to £200 with OcUK leading the charge!!

This is not the first time they have done it either.

How,do such websites get away with such poor levels of journalism??
 
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They probably didn't bother to check properly or possibly becuase the review has a bias to begin with. Or perhaps they wanted to spark discussion and in turn get more site hits?

Though they are hardly the worst when it comes to tech journalism. During the iphone 5 launch event yesterday I came across a wide variety of posts and casts where the reporters were not only clearly utterly clueless about what they were talking/writing about but were also one of the 'speculating about speculation while they speculate, while trying to get as many hits as possible' type.
 
Their graphics reviews are generally rubbish anyway, benchmarking only a tiny selection of games. I do notice that they have a slight nvidia bias though, especially when comparing reviews of the same products on other hardware sites.
 
Bit-tech is quite poor IMHO and this is not the first time they have done this. According to them my Core i3 beats a Phenom II X4 in HandBrake!
 
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Not saying they are or aren't bias but often these reviews will be drafted up weeks or months before they are released (depending on the site they may also be sitting in a queue for editorial checking for a week or more before going live) and by the time they come out the prices can have changed considerably.
 
Rroff said:
Not saying they are or aren't bias but often these reviews will be drafted up weeks or months before they are released (depending on the site they may also be sitting in a queue for editorial checking for a week or more before going live) and by the time they come out the prices can have changed considerably.
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That is no excuse - it took me 10 MINUTES to find dozens of cheaper HD7870 cards and OcUK has the best among the best ones!!

It was funny that they said I was spamming the thread with links to the HD7870 cards which I could find under £200!

They started deleting my comments too and cutting the number of links I had put in one post to show what they were saying was crud!!

The editor PMed this:

"Hello CAT-THE-FIFTH

As per my comment in the GTX 660 forum thread, it would be greatly appreciated if you could stop spamming sales links into the thread. You have made your point and I have responded in kind.

If you continue to edit in additional links or add similar posts, I'll be forced to act further. Consider this your warning.

Hope you understand, but such actions are a little childish.

Regards

Baz"

I doubt they will change the review even in a few weeks time TBH. You only need to look at their original HD7850 and HD7870 reviews:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/03/05/amd-radeon-hd-7850-2gb/7

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/03/05/amd-radeon-hd-7870-2gb-review/10

No rating then and still no rating.

What do expect when Bit-tech and CPC are part of Dennis publishing.
 
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Their review was so biased you could practically see them willing people to buy nV cards :p

I think it's reasonable to just ignore their "review" as a piece of nV marketing :p
 
FoxEye said:
Their review was so biased you could practically see them willing people to buy nV cards :p

I think it's reasonable to just ignore their "review" as a piece of nV marketing :p
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I linked to a couple of dozen cards you see,which put paid to the the whole "they are only on specials" theory.

Considering that CPC and Bit-tech are very popular,distorting price figures is funny. People making excuses for them are hilarious,as we all want better prices. Hence it is important to showcase other companies also are making products with similar price/performance too.

Its like someone looking for the most expensive GTX660 cards and saying they are £200+ and ignoring all the cheaper ones.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH, as a reviewer you must know reviewers are either paid with the hardware there testing while some are just plainly sponsored (paid) for there work.

To hardware makers its an effective form of advertising to just pay reviewers to have a dig at the other side or put up plainly biased reviews.

Most look pretty fair to me, the big well established ones like Anand / TPU / Tom's Harware.... while others just look like they are backed by the green or the red, or are looking to please them in the hopes of getting some finances out of them.
 
Well the review comments annoyed me enough to go spam them myself later. I would do the same to help nvidia if they were being poorly represented. In some years I prefer red some green, this year red gave me more satisfaction and that review is lies.
 
Well it's the CustomPC team that are the reviewers as far as I'm aware that do the reviews on the Bit-tech website. They have kept the same benchmarks for some period of time, and they still seem to give the cards a good workout.

Also, bear in mind that they don't tend to use the built in demos to test the games which may be the reason for their differences in measurements compared to other reviewers.

As has been pointed out, these prices may not have been checked for a few weeks, in which time the market can change quite markedly as companies respond to other company's releases. This is because of the magazine underpinnings of the reviews, i.e., the online and magazine articles need to match up.
 
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All I want out of a hardware review is how the graphics card performs against a bunch of other cards. As far as the price is concerned If I want the card I check the shop price myself.

If I want a HD 7970 its no good looking at a six month old review for the price anyway.
 
Kaapstad said:
All I want out of a hardware review is how the graphics card performs against a bunch of other cards. As far as the price is concerned If I want the card I check the shop price myself.

If I want a HD 7970 its no good looking at a six month old review for the price anyway.
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100% how I see it. I buy from OcUK without searching for other prices so I don't cry :D I do like to see a good honest review though and sadly too many reviewers seem to be getting a little one sided.
 
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