Tuesday, November 27th 2007
AMD Receives Scathing Editorial From Hardware Review Site Tech Report
Scott Wasson is the proud owner of the hardware review site Tech Report. Much like techPowerUp!, the Tech Report seeks to review new hardware for informative purposes. However, he recently had some choice words to say about AMD, and how many product he's allowed to test from them: almost none. Wasson, in an editorial, chastises AMD for not letting review sites get their hands on new products before, or sometimes even after, a hardware launch. Wasson claims that when a company does this to a reviewer, it's "a classic and sure-fire indicator of a poor product." Wasson claimed that even Intel, who certainly had their fair share of not-so-hot products (namely, the Prescott series) was more than happy to provide a review sample of new products. Wasson concludes his editorial by saying AMD "would do well to handle its struggles with similar grace and class". Please follow the source link for the full editorial.
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Tech Report
39 Comments on AMD Receives Scathing Editorial From Hardware Review Site Tech Report
Can't really argue with that....after all, we as consumers tend to depend on these sorts of reviews, and it puts the onus on the company to develop good stuff.
Unless if those prices come down or ATI awes me with some form of hidden power I will have a Intel/AMD rig next.
AMD is struggling a bit, and maybe they simply have to make cuts here and there... it happens all the time. Maybe they can no longer afford to send thousands of "free" samples out for review. That is no reason to attack their products. AMD/ATI is trying to keep things competitive in the mid and low level markets, and I am very thankful for that.
and hey i'm still waiting for a hd38xx sample from amd :(
Whatever business model AMD isfollowing right now isn't working for them. I applaud the editorial in the hopes that it smacks some sense into those folks over there...
Even if their product is not a "Core 2 Killer", they should be trying to sow good will to the tech crowd. An attitude of "Here's our stuff. It may not be the winner but we aren't giving up." would go a long way in keeping people supportive of them.
We all know making a killer CPU (or GPU for that matter) is not easy.
(Just ask Intel while they were the underdogs)
since this product is a not-so-hot one shouldnt they be advertising or give up on the product because if there is no sales then whats the point?
What needed to be said had already been said in their Phenom review, though, I cringed a bit reading the introduction.
I do, however, enjoy the few that say "I don't own this but it ROCKS 'cuz I reads the internets!" :wtf: :D
I learnt the hard way never to trust reviews from clients of websites. It's usually just bollocks.
I buy a LOT of stuff from Newegg, and I like to read the reviews simply because they relate to people in my situation. I do not have a high end motherboard, CPU, video card, memory, or power supply... and thus, the "good" reviews on Newegg at least let me know what to expect with my setup. You can sometimes find out little things like whether a specific video card has a temperature sensor and fan control... or how far it will typically overclock. The reviews sometime point out possible errors in the product description as well.