why oh why ?

cysol

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I it me or is there really no place that has a "this is the gear you should buy" kinda site ? usually when I visit tech-review sites I go there to check out whats the best of the best (within a certain pricerange ofcourse), but I have yet to find a site which provides me with the info I want. I don't always wonna think for myself ... :D
 

RobsTV

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You are looking in the wrong places.
There is no 1 piece of hardware that will be the best at everything.
You have to choose the hardware that is the best for what YOU do.
Go to software sites that have forums about the games you play, or the apps you use.
See what others use the most, and you can't go wrong.
That way, once you get the hardware, you will know where to turn if you have questions.
You won't have to think for yourself, others have already been there and done that.

Also note, that an exception to that is if a piece of hardware has severe problems with an item or 2, then chances are it will have problems with other things as well. Don't expect any sort of, "it will be fixed in future drivers", to actually happen, as many times it won't, or by the time drivers fix an issue, it's 6 months later, and you no longer use the game or app.
 

cysol

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well I was think more in lines of "which geforce3 card to buy" reviews , but not a full review , just a quick top10 list. as to drivers/faulty hardware , I usually wait for a few month before buying to see what people are saying about a particular piece of hardware. (I know this is a bit off my original topic) but , my main reason for wanting a "to10" list , quite a few times friends and family have asked me "what video card should I get?" , and my reply would be almost identical to yours :)
 

skace

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Heh, I hear you Cysol. Sometimes you know what you want their is just a few variations of it that you want a quick top 10 list for. I've had that urge in the past but I usually give up and just go on gut instinct :). Sometimes just asking "what do you think the best GeForce3 card is and why" will get you some decent answers.
 

cysol

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ok then , here goes: "which geforce3 card is the best and why ?" ,there , I asked teh question :) , ah well now I just have to wait for the answers to come boming my mailbox , he , actually wouldn't it be nice to have "the anandtech top 10" for videocards / duron mobo / athlon mobo / PIII mobo / soundcard (maybe do two different depending on price range) and so forth ? since there are already the reviews available to give hints of what to put in the top 10 lists then why not ? (or would it be to much work ?)
 

Taz4158

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<< ok then , here goes: &quot;which geforce3 card is the best and why ?&quot; ,there , I asked teh question :) , ah well now I just have to wait for the answers to come boming my mailbox , he , actually wouldn't it be nice to have &quot;the anandtech top 10&quot; for videocards / duron mobo / athlon mobo / PIII mobo / soundcard (maybe do two different depending on price range) and so forth ? since there are already the reviews available to give hints of what to put in the top 10 lists then why not ? (or would it be to much work ?) >>


No it would be useless. Different people have different parameters of what they are looking for in a piece of gear so a &quot;top 10&quot; list would be an impossibility.
 

cysol

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sure people have different parameters , but I would like to think that thedifference between geforce3 cards ain't that big , and since anandtech already does the reviews , I'm quite sure you could post the result of a &quot;shootout&quot; in a quick and dirty &quot;top10&quot; , if then you would like to read the whole review go ahead and click the link to the review. but if you're in a hurry (yes it actually does happen that I'm required to find parts with an houras notice) it would be nice to just go here and pick stuff without the hassle of reading the otherwise very good reviews posted on this site.

senario:

demanding person: hmmm I want a new machine and I want it now , you there make me one , you have 15 minutes to get the parts before the shops close and I want the best of the best or you're fired.

me: sure thing boss man , let me pick up some info and I'm off / clicks into anandtech , goes to the quickpick top10 list / hmm ok this and this and this and this , print me a shopping list , done!
off to the store / picks this and this and this and this , goes to counter , pays , and I'm off.

time 20-30 minutes

wouldn't that be neat ?

I'm not saying I would buy a machine for myself this way , but just to get an overview , it would be nice.

 

Taz4158

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<< sure people have different parameters , but I would like to think that thedifference between geforce3 cards ain't that big , and since anandtech already does the reviews , I'm quite sure you could post the result of a &quot;shootout&quot; in a quick and dirty &quot;top10&quot; , if then you would like to read the whole review go ahead and click the link to the review. but if you're in a hurry (yes it actually does happen that I'm required to find parts with an houras notice) it would be nice to just go here and pick stuff without the hassle of reading the otherwise very good reviews posted on this site.

senario:

demanding person: hmmm I want a new machine and I want it now , you there make me one , you have 15 minutes to get the parts before the shops close and I want the best of the best or you're fired.

me: sure thing boss man , let me pick up some info and I'm off / clicks into anandtech , goes to the quickpick top10 list / hmm ok this and this and this and this , print me a shopping list , done!
off to the store / picks this and this and this and this , goes to counter , pays , and I'm off.

time 20-30 minutes

wouldn't that be neat ?

I'm not saying I would buy a machine for myself this way , but just to get an overview , it would be nice.
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But it's impossible to get a top 10 list when firstly using the Geforce 3 for an example they are all so close in performance that you can't base it on that and secondly if they used performance features for instance video in to rank higher that may mean NOTHING to the person to whom price and LACK of features is more important. It can't be done because we all have different criteria by which we rank things.
 

cysol

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well you might be right , could base a list on benchmarks though, then leave it up to the person using that list to choose if a feature or lack of should have any influence of his/her purchase. a pure benchmark list would make it possible in my head.

 

RobsTV

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With the cards benchmarking within a few percent of each other, that would be the last way I would want to see the cards rated. Unless you are refering to how well they can be overclocked and by how much.

Prices on the other hand can vary by 30% or more. Spend $300 or $400? Are the cheapest cards crap? Any rebate's or trade in deals that make one card cheaper than another? OEM or Retail? Investigate that aspect. Also, are all TV outputs equal, or does one do it better? What about other extra's like warranty or upgrade policy similar to what evga had going? Lot's of things can be different between the cards except performance.
 

cysol

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seems like I have all odds against me , ok then what geforce3 card should I get ?, I've been looking at the asus 8200d , seems like a nice card (do you know if the goggles actually work ?)
 

Julle

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<< No it would be useless. Different people have different parameters of what they are looking for in a piece of gear so a &quot;top 10&quot; list would be an impossibility. >>



No, I don't think it would be useless. Often you have a certain source of information that you trust, and having that source recommend something would be usefull. I have to agree with Cysol that a top 10 would be a nice feature.

For example: I don't know much about monitors, but I know that the AnandTech guys usually know what they are talking about when it comes to hardware, so a list of the top 10 monitors that they have reviewed would be a great resource for me. Since I trust the AnandTech editors I would probably also trust their top 10.
If I did not trust the editors I would simply not use the top 10, so in any case I would not be worse off having it available.

- Julle
 

EdipisReks

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if you don't have to have the glasses (which do work, but my friends set gives me a headache), i would get the gainward cardexpert.

--jacob