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Updated Video Card Testing Methodology
Specifications and Setup
Although it causes me physical pain when someone skips something I wrote, if you're going to skip anything, skip this page (not this page of this article, but this page on actual reviews. I say cool shit on this page of this article). On a review, this page has the details of the computer that ran the benchmarks and links to other reviews that we've cribbed numbers from. Test Computer Specifications Most of the time, we will use the same hardware for all reviews, but know that for the exceptions, we'll use comparable hardware. Unless we're benchmarking killer hardware specifically, we stick with hardware that's on the border between mainstream and high-end. Right now, we're sticking with fast dual-core Intel processors for video card reviews. We also use two gigs of RAM, because not every review gets the 64-bit treatment. While I do use 64-bit Vista primarily, there are occasions where it hits snags, particularly with new or pre-release hardware. Since 32-bit OSes can't truly use four gigs of memory, it could affect the results and make them less universal. And even though it's cheap, four gigs of RAM has questionable value. For motherboards we'll use 3-4x Intel chipsets. Outside of processor overclocking, the performance of the chipsets is pretty interchangeable, and they're easily the most popular chipsets on the market. Video Card Specifications This part: seriously boring. It's gotta be there, though. I guess. Expect a big list of specs copy-pasted from the manufacturer's website.
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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