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DanTheMathlete (235)    Apr 18, 2008 - 01:28 pm

Don't you mean GTS buyers looking spend a little more? "I JUST bought an MSI overclocked 8800 GTS (g92) for $199 after rebate on newegg" Check it out, after rebates MSI 8800 GTS $215. 8800 GT Akimbo $250. » Login to reply to this

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froggz (643)    Apr 15, 2008 - 02:55 pm

No I'm not suggesting the readers should ignore the award, but use it as a good starting point when making a well informed decision prior to purchasing a product. Editors choice awards are opinions, well informed opinions based on facts and through testing, but they are opinions nonetheless. Personally I would use the group method versus the one man method in basing my decision to purchase a product, so I would go to other websites and see what other reviewers have to say. » Login to reply to this  DanTheMathlete (235)   Apr 16, 2008 - 06:16 am | Edited on Apr 18, 2008 - 01:20 pm Are you suggesting that I should begin my decision with a recommendation to purchase a product which is slower, more expensive and larger in size. This is a bad recommendation and it is further degraded by the fact that the author knew that this was the case. The only thing I don't understand is why you don't see a problem with this situation. Regarding the status of opinion; if it isn't a scientific analysis, something which review sites (including this one) do not engage in, then its an opinion and in this case it is a poor one. » Login to reply to this

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GX-Brandon (369)   Apr 14, 2008 - 10:32 am

It's Editors Choice in comparison to other 8800 GT-class cards. I'm working on the 8800 GTS 512MB roundup now and make the exactly same argument in the opening of the article. » Login to reply to this  DanTheMathlete (235)   Apr 14, 2008 - 01:54 pm I understand that it is the fastest 8800 GT but how can a less powerful more expensive card be the editors choice? Thats like saying a Toyota which is slower and more expensive than a Honda, in the same racing class, is the editors choice because its the best Toyota. It doesn't make sense, it confused me as a reader (at first I thought this was a good article) and it affected my perspective of your credibility when I found out, after the fact, that this was the case (and you knew it!). I went from, "Wow, editors choice!", to "Ignore this moniker in the future as it is meaningless." » Login to reply to this  froggz (643)    Apr 14, 2008 - 05:25 pm Agreed. Nothing in the review jumped out at me and made me say wow! this a great card. But it is the Editor's choice, not the readers choice award so there's no point in complaining, it's the man's opinion. » Login to reply to this

MooseMuffin (191)   Apr 14, 2008 - 10:06 am

Agreed. If you want your GT to be faster, dual slot and willing to pay a few dollars more, you want a GTS. evga already sells a gts with higher clocks than this for less money. And you get the extra stream processors. » Login to reply to this

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