Read toms little article. While his argument for a TNT (cheaper, almost as fast, higher resolution support, single card) vs. V2 SLI may hold water, I think his review of the Banshee was, perhaps, less than it should have been. The Banshee actually beat the TNT on several benchmarks (despite early drivers), and scored well across the board. Tom's favorite part (the Quake 2 benchmark) had the Banshee running 1024x768 max (Not true, have mine running at 1600x1200). His driver also didn't use 3dnow for the AMD benchmark. When testing the TNT, he went out of his way to tweak the game (he did no such thing for the Banshee test).
I admire Tom's guide a fair bit, and I don't consider the review unfair. I do however feel that there's a certain bias in his comparison. I'm not claiming the Banshee is better than the TNT (which, based on specs, it should not be, despite being faster on many benchmarks). I'm merely saying that tom didn't give the Banshee a fair evaluation. |
