GTX 280 vs 8800 GTX - 18 Months of Innovation

YAY! *reading*

Here is specific feedback I am looking for:

How do the graphs look? Do you like the colors I used and the green stone background?

Is anything unclear? Did you have to read any paragraphs twice?

I like the review, and especially the info links of the games and information (makes it convenient for people who are interested).

The graphs are great (looks 3d), coupled with the green background made it easier to see.

Nvidia really made a great product, but because of the price (and the expected price of the ATI cards), people just went on to bash Nvidia and dismissing the technology.
(This reminds me of people complaining of Nvidia rebranding 8800s into 9000s while people overlooks Ati's actions in renaming the 2900s into 3800s [a "new" generation])

It does seem that the article was written to justify your purchase of the GTX280 (well, I would do that if I got that card too =D ).

Alright, I read it.

Couple of points:

I don't like the charts. I mean, the 3D bars and background, that's all very nice, but I prefer the simple, white-backed flat 2D bars that I can glance at and not get distracted by colors and such.

The review was easy to understand, although I did notice you went on a tiny bit about the games in the test. Most people already know this information, and they're here for the cards, probably because they want to play these games in the first place.

There are some grammatical things that could be done to smooth out the review, but otherwise it was worded well and ran generally smoothly. I'm impressed.

(I would say you could give me the reviews to proofread, as I'm a writer, but that would seem pretentious, I think?)

The graphs were fine. I'm colorblind, so disregarding aesthetics, I liked the bright colors. The paragraphs were clear and informal.

I've read several review sites and the are all fairly scientific. Of them all, [H]ardOCP is the best because I feel like I will get the same results.

And that is where your strong point lies. You did this review in your living room - not in a sterile lab. You have the feel of a normal guy comparing his old system against his new upgrade and sharing his experiences and results. There's something trustworthy about that - I feel like I could do the same thing and have the same success, even if my numbers end up being slightly different (horrors!). If I want hard stats I'll go to Tom's or Anand (or the comparison page), but what I want to read is how it works for another guy like me. That's exactly what you did. You may want to include even a few more subjective statements about what you liked and didn't like, how the game looked, etc. to emphasize the 'real' nature of your review.

You've got something here. I'd look forward to more!

They are simple and easy to understand, but as WhistleHeat says, I don't think they have undergo all the quality control steps and results. For this type of information you are presenting you would have to standarize a system and keep using it for all your future tests, so that the results hold some value and work as an indicator, but not be conclusive. For that, a higher level of testing and the six sense of a gamer apresiation must be in the equation.
But I think the site its getting better, also the graphs appear to be giving the finger to the reader... or its just me?

@evil...

Did i forget to brush my teeth? oh no did i show up in court without my pants on again?

relax, its good!

I think you should cram a little more into your conclusion, touch on all the data you've collected so far (all be it, you need more cards, but thats $$$), answer the question who should buy it and who shouldn't. Get in any outstanding frustrations as well as any oustanding positives! Longer conclusion would be better.

I agree with MrWizard. More conclusion, that's what I meant by "subjective statements," although, you could also sprinkle a few of those throughout.

OMG YOUR LIKE THE ONLY ONE TO ADD A SECTION FOR OVERCLOCKING :):):):)!!!!!!!
Ya I'm obviously excited about that part, becuase I overclock EVERYTHING, thats a great review, to bad you can't do 2 or 3 way SLI, but I totally understand, GTX280 = 2nd morgage, lol. Awseom man, just awsome.

Here's my suggestion: Why not have a part in this site, which have all the reviews made by you, or maybe us (I made a Radeon HD3850 review and I know it's awful).

yeah I'm thinkin in the new gpu review you should have a section for user reviews. I (like, i suspect, a large portion of this site) wouldn't mind running my own review site. Having gpureview as a place where I can post my stuff to see what you guys think before going seriously public would be awsome.

Bring on the user review section!

Hmm, user review section...interesting.

You put up a user review section, I can provide at least... (looking through records) 3 reviews. 4 if I can possibly get one of my 3870s' fans to cooperate. And, assuming I'm not being lazy, I can actually write quality reviews.

You could add two sections to the Review Finder tab: Official GPUReviews and User reviews. That way you could turn that into a nice central review part of the site.

Yeah, or you can Outsource reviews, like Nvidia and AMD with their GPU's if you don't have thet much time or resourses. Of course the supllier have to get something, maybe an advertizing in your site.

158 degrees Celsius under load O_O ? Or Farenheit ?
But anyways , nice review .

yay! Mike, did you write this review? I'm happy to see it! I was really wondering about this sort of sciency 'living room' test, as I've never gotten the performance people seem to get in a lab setting.