Benchmarking the Benchmarks

apoppin writes "HardOCP put video card benchmarking on trial and comes back with some pretty incredible verdicts. They show one video returning benchmark scores much better than another compared to what you get when you actually play the game. Lies, damn lies, and benchmarks."

Re:back in my day...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not the benchmark-scores that count. Sure, you need a specific minimum to enjoy the game, but it's the actual gameplay that makes the game fun, no matter the hardware.

I'm pretty sure these benchmarks are invented by men.

Re:back in my day...

[billcopc]

It's funny that you mention Crysis... people are freaking out over Crysis the same way they freaked out over Aero Glass a year ago. The reality is, Crysis runs fine on midrange gaming systems. It won't run in 1920x1200 with DX10 eyecandy on that crusty old Geforce 6200, but it certainly does not require a $2500 powerhouse to be enjoyable.

In the end, benchmarks can be useful as long as you don't accept their results as the gospel truth. Some benchmarks favor ATI, some favor NVidia, and I'm sure there's gotta be one benchmark that favors Intel Extreme Graphics :P... the important thing is to find parallels that relate to your own needs and wants so you can put those numbers into perspective.