Re:It's the reviewers' fault (Score 1)

The interesting thing about Futuremark is that it is being used as a best guess about how a particular graphics card will run a future, non-existent game. The current controversy involves DirectX version 9 games of which none curently exist. Reviewers have all done us a terrible disservice in using this benchmark. It is not that there is anything particularly wrong with the benchmark, but rather it is a waste of effort. Serious gamers should be interested in how the hardware/software works with the games that they play now or in the very near future. Since no DirectX version 9 game now exist, and since it will be probably more than a year until more than a few such game exist, then any wise investor would wait until such games, that they are interested in playing, exist befor purchasing. By the time the game is available, the current cards will be considered yesterday's technology with lower prices and more stable drivers. The fastest thing will then be newer hardware that you can not reasonable purchase today. Dump Futuremark, who cares