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Examining Benchmarking

Posted by michael on from the no-benches-involved dept.

VL writes "Benchmarks exist to determine how a particular piece of hardware performs in relation to itself, and to others. Question is, are readers getting the information they really need?"

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  1. Re:The best benchmark is the app you're using by rebeka+thomas · · Score: 1, Troll

    Your argument makes no sense. If you're using a chip that can theoretically hit X GB/sec in bandwidth and comparing it to a chip than can theoretically hit X+1 GB/sec bandwidth, but photoshop (and you should be using The GIMP anyway) runs better on the X GB system, then you're obviously using a flawed analogy.

    Wouldn't it be better to then analyse what is making it run worse on the machine which should be capable of X+1 GB/sec and then improve the software to suit.

    Just going with the best working solution is really selling yourself short here.

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