Why is Bit-tech so biased??

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

They have definitely declined significantly in the recent years, I've stopped reading custom PC as a result too.

They just seem to get so many things wrong, it's like they want people think they're rubbish.

Of course,people make excuses for them so,its all fine. Some of their results and summaries are plain weird at time, but as long as their symphocants make excuses for them they will continue making mistakes. However,in this case enough people pointed out the issue and they acted which was good.

They may have been fine in the past,but things can change over time. People put too much trust on past laurels, without actually judging sites for how well they are currently doing. You can see this when websites and magazines change staff,and the tone of reviews and the methodogy changes too.

What people fail to realise is that Bit-tech and CPC have a big following especially among slightly less techy people who want to get some advice,so they take them as gospel truth. Sites like Hexus commonly usually do first day pricing articles,so the editorial reasons seem a bit vague.

 

[Rroff]

Cry me a river

I can see you lasting long round here.

I get the feeling its probably not his first time around here :S

 

[D13]

at least bit tech show minimum fps in their reviews. Averages are less than useless imo. They also compare older cards e.g 460 so people who realistically will consider one actually get to see the performance difference.

 

[Cooper]

Hardware Heaven & Guru3D must be on the take from anyone's hardware they review because I cant remember the last time either of them gave a bad review to anything.

 

[Rroff]

at least bit tech show minimum fps in their reviews. Averages are less than useless imo. They also compare older cards e.g 460 so people who realistically will consider one actually get to see the performance difference.

Minimum fps on its own means nothing - what reviews really need to show a comparison of is - % of benchmark FPS fell below 30, % of benchmark FPS was at 60 or above.

 

[D13]

Minimum fps on its own means nothing - what reviews really need to show a comparison of is - % of benchmark FPS fell below 30, % of benchmark FPS was at 60 or above.

well if e.g the minimum fps is 20 than it tells me that is unplayable and I would need to turn settings down or consider a different card. So I do feel like I benefit from seeing minimum but not from the more popualr averages.

 

[drunkenmaster]

well if e.g the minimum fps is 20 than it tells me that is unplayable and I would need to turn settings down or consider a different card. So I do feel like I benefit from seeing minimum but not from the more popualr averages.

Average and stadard deviation or minimums are best.

I don't give a flying monkey if the game hits 2fps for 1 second and is 7642fps for the rest of the time. I care if the minimum fps is 25fps, the average is 100 and it constantly moves between 25 and 175fps every couple frames.

Minimum's mean as little as anything else, min/average/max is pretty useful. For instance something that has a 25fps minimum, a 50fps average and a 400fps max actually suggests it spends a lot of time closer to the minimum.

Bit-tech are however completely and utterly rubbish, Custom PC is a big pile of turd and Bit-tech are consistently behind the rest of the internet as they don't want to clash with their print media, which makes them a joke. They could actually use their internet site to improve apon a print media only review but they don't.

They are consistently useless, there isn't a good pc hardware magazine out there.

 

[Helios1234]

I was speaking to a Bit-Tech editor once and we were discussing CrossFire. He mentioned never wanting to review CrossFire because he had a bad experience 4-5 years ago... I never took them seriously after that. Harry Butler...

 

[Martini1991]

well if e.g the minimum fps is 20 than it tells me that is unplayable and I would need to turn settings down or consider a different card. So I do feel like I benefit from seeing minimum but not from the more popualr averages.

That min FPS could be a blip that only ever happened once.

 

[D13]

well I find when/if i get fps drops its not some random thing, but usually when the action heats up.

 

[spoffle]

I get the feeling its probably not his first time around here :S

Why's that then? Really, what I've said is related to what others have posted.

"you are biased" is correct, "are are bias" isn't, and I'm not so sure what that's go to do with anything else.