Instead of saying things like "the reason why these review sites are showing less stutter on nvidia hardware is because of interesting technology like..." Instead we get, "Nvidia is smoother because they didn't cheat in drivers like AMD to win benchmarks." "AMD didn't have microstutter until their 12.11 drivers because they cheated to win the performance crown." I know those aren't his exact words, but they equate to what he has said in the two threads regarding this topic. Nvidia could do much better in a representative if you ask me. I would go as far as saying I don't see myself buying nvidia hardware as long as a blatant troll is on their payroll mucking up the only tech forum I frequent.
This is exactly what I have been trying to say, but you said it better.
You can do that if you want to VD. I don't mind at all. Here, take a look at this:
"Member of Nvidia Focus Group
NVIDIA Focus Group Members receive free software and/or hardware from NVIDIA from time to time
to facilitate the evaluation of NVIDIA products. However, the opinions expressed are solely those of the Members."
Notice anything special about the wording? Also, do you see anything that says I represent Nvidia? No, I don't think you can.
Yea we notice. As with most disclaimers, they end up meaning the exact opposite, and/or are there so the company can distance themselves from anything they don't deem appropriate. You represent Nvidia, doesn't matter what the tag line in your sig says. People know you get free hardware and in exchange you pimp Nvidia hardware and talk down about the competition at every opportunity. Do you really expect people to believe that Nvidia gives you free hardware, and you are free to say whatever you want? What if all you did was promote AMD graphics, how long do you think Nvidia would keep you in the loop. So let's not pretend that what you post here is ONLY your opinion, that is laughable at best.
So, from this point on, anyone going after me personally for being in the Nvidia focus group gets reported. All I'm saying.
People are going to continue to attack your positions if they think they are incorrect, and especially if you are spreading FUD, which is exactly what you are doing. There are consequences of what you post here, if you can't handle that then you are best not to make inflammatory threads. Take responsibility for your actions.
My stance has always been that my experience with AMD and Nvidia is identical in smoothness, though the HD 7970 is generally faster. This is based on having used both GTX 680 and HD 7970 in single GPU configurations.
This is exactly my experience, except I have a 670 so my 7970 distances itself a bit more. But overall, it is not that easy to tell which card is doing the rendering, both are extremely fast and capable pieces of hardware.
Do you really think every single one of the AMD owners in this thread are part of a big conspiracy to hide the fact that their cards stutter and run like crap?
There is a certain group of people who think exactly that, and outright state as such. Supposedly this form is "infested" with AMD shills that hide their affiliations, in fact it goes all the way up to the moderators and admins.
I don't know if there is any discussion until Ryan gets the tools he needs to accurately test smoothness between both camps. So I guess this thread can die until then?
Exactly.