Whose reviews do you respect the most?

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:37 pm

Not BS sites that have no technical background, but good sites that do comprehensive reviews that you can trust...

I like Anandtech, DansData, [H]ardOCP, and a few others.
I will add some more later, but let's hear some of your favs...

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:51 pm

Hardocp is great, Tomshardware.com is really cool but my bro Amro insists that he is paid off by intel

http://www.zdnet.com/reviews/ -- gives some really cool reviews.

also there is http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ which is cool.

theres so many out there but thats just a few bro.

--Docsta

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:56 pm

I only have read stuff from [H]ard OCP. Never checked out any of the ones you mentioned Ken, but I may.

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:57 pm

Anandtech, [H]ardOCP,

http://www.motherboards.org/
Has everything - http://www.Icrontic.com

I also like http://www.ipkonfig.com/ , http://www.mikhailtech.com/

Ok site - http://www.reviewmakers.com/

mmm ramreviews

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:25 pm

http://www.hardocp.com

http://www.anandtech.com

http://www.tech-report.com

http://www.rage3d.com

http://www.beyond3d.com

and anything else linked from those sites in the news...

those are the ones I trust 100%

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jul 24, 2002 9:02 pm

http://www.3dgameman.com/

I like Rodney's video reviews.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 5:09 pm

http://www.Anandtech.com

http://www.GamePC.com

http://www.Tweak3d.net

MikeyMan · Post by **MikeyMan** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 8:34 pm

Anand Tech
[H]ardOP
Mikhail Tech

Tom's is an idiot...

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 8:56 pm

http://www.overclockers.com

the rest have been said already

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 4:10 am

Originally posted by Docsta
Hardocp is great, Tomshardware.com is really cool but my bro Amro insists that he is paid off by intel

--Docsta

if the AMD seminar I whent to is any indication...the companies send them TONS of crap to review, depending on who sends the more expensive stuff, that's who gets the better review...

lansens · Post by **lansens** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 6:31 pm

CPU (Computer Power User)http://www.computerpoweruser.com/offer/ ... source=334
I found this magizine a few months ago and I love it. Lots of great info. Anand and Kyle Bennett are just of few of the writers in the mag monthy. You have to take a look!

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 10:56 pm

i was gonna say i respect my reviews the best r00fle

i only trust me

haha

nah.... there are lots more better sites out there, i read B3D, SG, [H] and Anandtech, those are my daily sites I visit....

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 2:49 pm

[H], OCWorkbench, HotHardware, Hexus, Anand, but definitely not Rodney Reynolds over at 3DGameMan. Nothing personal, but spending 7 minutes of an 8-minute review going over what comes in the box isn't my idea of a quality review.

v0id · Post by **v0id** » Thu Aug 08, 2002 4:41 pm

mikhailtech

Virtual Hideout

Bit-Tech

ReviewNation - My site, i respect our reviews....

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 10:35 pm

Originally posted by Recondite
[H], OCWorkbench, HotHardware, Anand, but definitely not Rodney Reynolds over at 3DGameMan. Nothing personal, but spending 7 minutes of an 8-minute review going over what comes in the box isn't my idea of a quality review.

hear hear!

I LOVE the idea, the idea is wonderfull, but he's too brief and doesn't go into detail and show the stuff hardcore people want to see at all.

Of course longer more detailed ones would of course take more bandwidth and size, but still, even in 8 minutes he could do more rather then just drag on about what the features are, what we wanna see in a video review is it WORKING and doing overclocking and stuff straight up in our face

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Wed Aug 14, 2002 1:02 pm

what brent said, and tom is in bed with inhell (altho right now if i built a system it'd be a 1.8A nwood @ 2.4...drool) heheheh

Amro

methodtim · Post by **methodtim** » Thu Aug 15, 2002 7:32 pm

I disagree about Tom being Intel-biased. I remember that when the Athlons first came out, he was one of their biggest cheerleaders, and still is to this very day. I think Tom rubs a lot of AMD people the wrong way because that he's completely unforgiving of the Taiwanese chipset and mobo makers; i.e. MSI, VIA, SiS, etc. AMD chipsets can turn the simplest upgrade project into..... an adventure

.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Tom. I think the glut of hardware sites and the half-baked "reviews" that are produced nowadays have made people forget that he was one of pionners and inventors of the whole Internet hardware review industry. For a few years in the early/mid 1990's, he was pretty much the ONLY source for reviews and news on non-manufactured computer components. Don't forget that he practically invented the whole overclocking and PC tweaking culture. These days, he just does cushy reviews of monitors and PDA's, but hell, that just means he's retired and working for fun, so more power to him. I learned a hell of a lot from his reviews and articles, so I give it up to Mr. Pabst.

Oh my, that was quite a rant... soz. Um.. so to close it up, www.2cpu.com, www.aceshardware.com, www.storagereview.com, and www.microsoft.com/technet are good. Phew.

dsessom · Post by **dsessom** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 3:00 pm

I guess my site is one of the BS sites that Ken referred to, but still, I do my best and tell it like it is like my MSI 845 Ultra-ARU review.
How is that for comprehensive? I learned WAY more than I wanted to know about that board.

But anyway...
Some of my favorites are:
http://www.overclockers.com
http://www.2cpu.com
http://www.gideontech.com
http://www.nvnews.net
http://www.hardocp.com

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 1:07 am

Tweak 3D

[H]ard|OCP

Andrzej · Post by **Andrzej** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:21 am

routers reviews links
There are a few posts from SGForums

1. LINKS reviews Hardware Router Product Guide
https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... post871520

2. Mentioned & recomended by PROFESSIONALISTS
How to compare mentioned on SGForum thread routers??
links focused on:
>Wired
>WAN Interface type One 10baseT RJ45 jack
>Number of LAN ports 4
>Switched LAN Port Speed 10/100
https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... post881976

above not perfect reviews??? but may be useful

PS as a lamer in the above prof.Thread
I'm in love with new splendid idea ... router for a one year ... :2cool:

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:21 pm

I love hardocp

carage · Post by **carage** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 12:38 am

I still have a lot of respect for Dr. Thomas Pabst, though I think his site is a bit slow in producing reviews (and the news portion has been contracted to The Register) and he does not write many things personally anymore.
His commentaries are definitely a pleasure to read. I wish he could write Second Hand Smoke type articles more often.

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 1:52 am

Originally posted by carage
I still have a lot of respect for Dr. Thomas Pabst, though I think his site is a bit slow in producing reviews (and the news portion has been contracted to The Register) and he does not write many things personally anymore.
His commentaries are definitely a pleasure to read. I wish he could write Second Hand Smoke type articles more often.

What are you talking about?

carage · Post by **carage** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 3:38 am

Originally posted by UnitedWeStand
What are you talking about?

Tom's Hardware? Still don't get it???

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:24 pm

http://www.tomshardware.com 100%. Flame all you want, your all WRONG

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