Anandtech misclassified video card overclocking as AMD

[Away]

:biggrin:

 

[Meghan54]

He went full retard, never go full retard.

Well, just consider the source and you'll understand why I say....Not yet, he hasn't, at least in here.

 

[BrightCandle]

If you wanted an honest discussion about it why did you post this in Off Topic? :hmm:

Personally, I don't care. I mostly buy Intel stuff because the company I work for is an Intel supplier. Nvidia is also a customer of ours.

Its not really a VC&G topic, they don't allow anandtech article criticism there, moderation is kind of strict and arbitrary and rocking that boat in there is likely to get me a holiday for no good reason. In the past when this first started with the AMD centre I raised it in offtopic and got a reasonable discussion. Now it got worse I figured this was the right place again.

I guess offtopic in the last 9 months descend into nothing but cretins. Not surprisingly really, once the cretin behaviour is allowed and encouraged then all the guys wanting to talk about stuff leave. It happened on most of the other forums here as well as the quality of content dropped dramatically so did the quality of the individuals talking about it.

Now the remainder can't even see why AMD posting an article as if it was an anandtech article on the front page is even an issue, that really boggles my mind but at least my ignore list gained some more names that I know will never be able to say anything I would ever be interested in. I used to come here for the technical discussion, now its mostly arguments, bile comments and downright stupidity but just occasionally someone has an interesting insight or experiment or opinion that is well thought out and well worth the read even if I disagree. But its vanishing rare it happens now. I suspect most people don't learn anything insightful or useful here at Anandtech anymore but it wasn't always this way. I don't know why I bother either. I am just in the wrong site now, all the knowledge went elsewhere and I should have left with them. A failure I will soon remedy.

 

[Markbnj]

Now the remainder can't even see why AMD posting an article as if it was an anandtech article on the front page is even an issue

The section that the page appears in is pretty clearly labelled as "Presented by AMD," although another poster noted that this might disappear on some browsers. If that's true it would be unfortunate.

The point I will grant you is that the article should probably not have been titled "The Anandtech Guide to Video Card Overclocking Software," when it seems to be an "AMD Guide to ..." I don't know if that was just editorial oversight or perhaps they don't consider it to be an issue.

 

[BrightCandle]

I also don't know who the writer is, looking into it he appears to be an online marketer. He isn't an Anandtech author as far as I can tell. Its on the Anandtech front page, its listed from that perspective as nothing to do with AMD but yet when you come into it its in the AMD centre which is a little strange especially considering the content of the article doesn't seem all that specific to AMD.

What changed is that it used to be AMD product reviews that got put into the AMD centre and when it was introduced Anand specifically said it was about all AMD content written by Anandtech writers to be under there. Obviously they also added the tweets and such. This is something new and different, because its not about an AMD product at all. The writer is not Anandtech as far as I can tell (its his only article on the site) and I don't really know why its under the AMD centre. I can clearly see that it is, but based on how this thing was introduced and the previous statements on how it would be used I am concerned that a line just got crossed where now AMD or people AMD has hired are writing directly on Anandtech without any form of marking that this is an article written by a sponsor or something. I think its mighty strange and ethically pretty dodgy. I thought the AMD centre itself was pretty dodgy but as long as they kept it to a certain level didn't have to influence the reviews I was concerned but happy they understood the integrity issues around it.

Question is does anyone know what just happened and why and what it means in the change of policy on Anandtech in regards to AMD advertising deal? When the deal was first announced I remember AMD marketing immediately posted banned content in the CPU and VC&G forums. They genuinely thought they had bought the right to post marketing in here. Now have they managed to buy the rights to post on Anandtech? In addition make it look like Anandtech wrote the article? Why do it with this article which on the face of it is pretty neutral. Its presence in the AMD centre is odd which is the only reason I started to even look into the why. Its left me with more questions than answers at this point.

PS if you previously were a nob I wont see your message so no point posting to try and get a rise out of me. I wont ever see a message from you again, I even copy my ignore list to other forums.

 

[Jodell88]

I've read the entire article which is about overclocking utilities and not hardware itself.

The utilites are :-

AMD Overdrive - Seems to be built into the driver itself. AFAIK Nvidia does not have something similar. (Please correct me if I'm wrong). I think it was important to include this since it is from AMD themselves.

Saphire Trixx - AMD only.

ASUS GPU Tweak - AMD and Nvidia

EVGA Precision X - Nvidia only

MSI Afterburner - AMD and Nvidia

In the end, whoever wrote the article, be it AMD croony or Anandtech intern, wrote a pretty balanced article on overclocking utilites for both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.

 

[Away]

It is posted in the AMD Portal which is clearly labeled as a section sponsored by AMD. I suspect Intel and Nvidia have similar deals with other sites so your faux rage is misdirected.

Damn fanboi getting his knickers in a twist over nothing. Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[DrPizza]

You guys are all really thick, I hate to say it but its incredible the level of stupidity you guys are showing. Either I have failed to articulate the problem or the idea of video card overclocking being an AMD specific thing has passed you all by, as has the idea that AMD is authoring articles for Anandtech now or I just articulated that really badly but I can't see the alternate interpretation. That isn't how it has been, this is a new breach of ethical conduct on Anandtech.

Welcome all the morons to the ignore list. You really are the bottom feeders of these forums.

No, the people in here aren't really thick. They realize that the rules in OT are more relaxed than in the technical forums, allowing them more latitude for pointing out that you're one of the <jerks> who takes brand loyalty excessively seriously.

You and a few others seem to get a hard on for using faux rage to point out the most trivial of crap that's completely a non-issue to the vast majority of unbiased posters. As an analogy, your arguments go beyond "who shot first? Han Solo?" You've risen to the level of intellectual garbage of "Star Wars was awful, because at the 1:15:16 mark, if you go frame by frame, you can see the reflection of the director's coffee cup in 2 of those frames. Obviously, Lucas sucks as a drector if he allowed that to occur."

 

[rudeguy]

No, the people in here aren't really thick. They realize that the rules in OT are more relaxed than in the technical forums, allowing them more latitude for pointing out that you're one of the <jerks> who takes brand loyalty excessively seriously.

You and a few others seem to get a hard on for using faux rage to point out the most trivial of crap that's completely a non-issue to the vast majority of unbiased posters. As an analogy, your arguments go beyond "who shot first? Han Solo?" You've risen to the level of intellectual garbage of "Star Wars was awful, because at the 1:15:16 mark, if you go frame by frame, you can see the reflection of the director's coffee cup in 2 of those frames. Obviously, Lucas sucks as a drector if he allowed that to occur."

Wait!

Was the coffee fresh ground or pre-ground?

 

[rudeguy]

I also don't know who the writer is, looking into it he appears to be an online marketer. He isn't an Anandtech author as far as I can tell. Its on the Anandtech front page, its listed from that perspective as nothing to do with AMD but yet when you come into it its in the AMD centre which is a little strange especially considering the content of the article doesn't seem all that specific to AMD.

What changed is that it used to be AMD product reviews that got put into the AMD centre and when it was introduced Anand specifically said it was about all AMD content written by Anandtech writers to be under there. Obviously they also added the tweets and such. This is something new and different, because its not about an AMD product at all. The writer is not Anandtech as far as I can tell (its his only article on the site) and I don't really know why its under the AMD centre. I can clearly see that it is, but based on how this thing was introduced and the previous statements on how it would be used I am concerned that a line just got crossed where now AMD or people AMD has hired are writing directly on Anandtech without any form of marking that this is an article written by a sponsor or something. I think its mighty strange and ethically pretty dodgy. I thought the AMD centre itself was pretty dodgy but as long as they kept it to a certain level didn't have to influence the reviews I was concerned but happy they understood the integrity issues around it.

Question is does anyone know what just happened and why and what it means in the change of policy on Anandtech in regards to AMD advertising deal? When the deal was first announced I remember AMD marketing immediately posted banned content in the CPU and VC&G forums. They genuinely thought they had bought the right to post marketing in here. Now have they managed to buy the rights to post on Anandtech? In addition make it look like Anandtech wrote the article? Why do it with this article which on the face of it is pretty neutral. Its presence in the AMD centre is odd which is the only reason I started to even look into the why. Its left me with more questions than answers at this point.

PS if you previously were a nob I wont see your message so no point posting to try and get a rise out of me. I wont ever see a message from you again, I even copy my ignore list to other forums.

You sir, are a twat.

 

[waggy]

You sir, are a twat.

short, sassy and to the point!

 

[Face2Face]

I hate to necro this old thread, but I was looking for my old article and stumbled upon this thread in my google search.

Anyway, I wanted to clear some things up. First of all, I am the author of this article. I worked for AnandTech for a very short time as a part time writer for their GPU section. I was hoping to produce more GPU content for you folks, but I had another child and my FT job got a lot busier, so it didn't work out.

I'm not an online marketeer, though my FT job has to do with IT sales. Also, the placement of the article was not up to me, and I'm not affiliated with AMD in any way. I'm just a fellow enthusiast that submitted some previous work to AnandTech's call to writers post, and was selected.

I've was lucky enough to meet Anand, as he was local to me. I also had a chance to work under Ryan. I honestly can't say enough good things about both of them. They're both extremely smart and kind. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to produce content for AnandTech.

That is all.

See you guys in the forums...

 

[who?]

The phrase "presented by" is how you announce who the sponsor is. "Presented by" does not mean written or supplied by.

 

[Ichinisan]

I remember this thread.

The phrase "presented by" is how you announce who the sponsor is. "Presented by" does not mean written or supplied by.

Yeah. OP might have been a little bit...dense.

 

[brianmanahan]

I hate to necro this old thread

no you don't

admit it, you're a necrophile

 

[slayer202]

even the author is bitch slapping the OP a year later