Question about the GeCube competition

EcPercy · Feb 25, 2005, 02:37 PM

I was looking at the competition and I see this exceprt:

" As a dedicated partner with 15 years experience, GeCube brings many new innovations to the ATI product range. Their intelligent fan technology adjusts instantly to bring the perfect level of airflow to the VPU. At peak efficiency, noise output drops below 20 decibels - which is less than the noise level of a breeze blowing through leaves on a tree. This quietness is achieved by using a combination of high-quality fan and GeCube's own 'Ultimate Heat Pipe System'. The X800XL is a single slot design - perfect for small chassis. Although it is compact - its performance is massive and [color=Yellow]in Driverheaven's recent tests it outperformed all of the nVidia cards [/color]- including the 6800 Ultra in some tests. Pretty impressive given that the 6800 Ultra is significantly more expensive."

I am looking around on the net and DH for the test so that I can verify my last answer.

Does anyone have a clue where I can find this information???

YAYitsAndrew · Feb 25, 2005, 02:47 PM

For me it's all in how picky you want to get about the wording. The question asks you which card the gecube x800xl outperforms in SOME tests. If you read the sentence you highlighted, "all of the nvidia cards" is, well, all of the nvidia cards. That means it consistently outperforms the 6600gt sli since it's one(two?) of nvidia's cards. The highlighted sentence has a clause though, saying it does not apply to the 6800 which the card can only beat on some tests. It's obvious what the correct answer is, but since there's some ambiguity there and the answer could technically change based on what review you read, I hope there are two acceptable answers.

If you want a review to show this, do a forum search for gecube; you'll find the tweaktown x800xl review. Only problem is, the 6600gt sli isn't in there. The question is downright dirty.

Zardon · Feb 25, 2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

The question is downright dirty.

Actually you guys have a point, I unfortunately didnt write the questions, those came from gecube. Anyway in the interests of fairplay ill accept any of the three answers for that question. Everyone cool with that?

YAYitsAndrew · Feb 25, 2005, 03:13 PM

Well other than doubling the contest entries, I'm cool with it :P

pr0digal jenius · Feb 25, 2005, 05:30 PM

I would call that sentence fair game for anyone who speaks english as their vernacular, but for our foreign readers, yea, that is kinda confusing.

EcPercy · Feb 25, 2005, 05:58 PM

YaYitsAndrew: After you put it that way I see the correct answer. I was just looking for the DH test results the excerpt mentioned. I will leave my answer as it is since Zardon is giving us a freebie.

Z, are you over on the ogaming guildwars forum? I saw an avatar that looks like yours over there.

Ev!L-aLphA · Mar 5, 2005, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Actually you guys have a point, I unfortunately didnt write the questions, those came from gecube. Anyway in the interests of fairplay ill accept any of the three answers for that question. Everyone cool with that?

ur awesome zardon

haha yea that question confused me ... tricky tricky :P

thanks man!

drakesteakn · Mar 8, 2005, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Actually you guys have a point, I unfortunately didnt write the questions, those came from gecube. Anyway in the interests of fairplay ill accept any of the three answers for that question. Everyone cool with that?

umm, i'm alright with that Z

Feb 25, 2005, 02:37 PM	#1
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Question about the GeCube competition I was looking at the competition and I see this exceprt: " As a dedicated partner with 15 years experience, GeCube brings many new innovations to the ATI product range. Their intelligent fan technology adjusts instantly to bring the perfect level of airflow to the VPU. At peak efficiency, noise output drops below 20 decibels - which is less than the noise level of a breeze blowing through leaves on a tree. This quietness is achieved by using a combination of high-quality fan and GeCube's own 'Ultimate Heat Pipe System'. The X800XL is a single slot design - perfect for small chassis. Although it is compact - its performance is massive and [color=Yellow]in Driverheaven's recent tests it outperformed all of the nVidia cards [/color]- including the 6800 Ultra in some tests. Pretty impressive given that the 6800 Ultra is significantly more expensive." I am looking around on the net and DH for the test so that I can verify my last answer. Does anyone have a clue where I can find this information???

Feb 25, 2005, 02:47 PM	#2
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	For me it's all in how picky you want to get about the wording. The question asks you which card the gecube x800xl outperforms in SOME tests. If you read the sentence you highlighted, "all of the nvidia cards" is, well, all of the nvidia cards. That means it consistently outperforms the 6600gt sli since it's one(two?) of nvidia's cards. The highlighted sentence has a clause though, saying it does not apply to the 6800 which the card can only beat on some tests. It's obvious what the correct answer is, but since there's some ambiguity there and the answer could technically change based on what review you read, I hope there are two acceptable answers. If you want a review to show this, do a forum search for gecube; you'll find the tweaktown x800xl review. Only problem is, the 6600gt sli isn't in there. The question is downright dirty. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Feb 25, 2005, 03:13 PM	#4
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	Well other than doubling the contest entries, I'm cool with it :P __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Feb 25, 2005, 05:30 PM	#5
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I would call that sentence fair game for anyone who speaks english as their vernacular, but for our foreign readers, yea, that is kinda confusing.

Feb 25, 2005, 05:58 PM	Thread Starter #6
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	YaYitsAndrew: After you put it that way I see the correct answer. I was just looking for the DH test results the excerpt mentioned. I will leave my answer as it is since Zardon is giving us a freebie. Z, are you over on the ogaming guildwars forum? I saw an avatar that looks like yours over there.