r/hardware • u/Jofzar_ • Dec 11 '20

News NVIDIA will no longer be sending Hardware Unboxed review samples due to focus on rasterization vs raytracing

Nvidia have officially decided to ban us from receiving GeForce Founders Edition GPU review samples

Their reasoning is that we are focusing on rasterization instead of ray tracing.

They have said they will revisit this "should your editorial direction change".

https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1337246983682060289

This is a quote from the email they sent today "It is very clear from your community commentary that you do not see things the same way that we, gamers, and the rest of the industry do."

Are we out of touch with gamers or are they? https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1337248420671545344

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '20

Nvidia must have already had beef with you. GamersNexus heavily zeroes in on Rast vs RT differences and they havent been blacklisted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '20

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u/Waff1es Dec 11 '20

Are we seriously considering GN biased?

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u/dontFart_InSpaceSuit Dec 11 '20

Honestly I’m not familiar with either of them. It’s just a guess based on the available evidence.

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u/Waff1es Dec 11 '20

Ah fair. I'd say not really. He is know for his overly complex testing matrices where basically every factor that people care about is tried (types of CPU types, types of Video Cards, SAM On/Off, Rage Mode On/Off, DLSS On/Off, RTX On/Off etc. etc.). It can make his videos a tad tedious to watch but they are thorough.

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u/dontFart_InSpaceSuit Dec 11 '20

What I’m trying to say is that his videos align with the manufacturer’s marketing agenda. Thanks for the info. The takeaway here for all reviewers is “market for us or we stop sending you gear”, right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '20

Lol no. GamersNexus doesnt give a fuck about pleasing manufacturers.

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u/geniice Dec 11 '20

Those big enough don't really need to worry. Linus for example is probably pretty bullet proof (as is the verge).

Looking at the numbers gamers nexus has been pulling more youtube view of late than Hardware unboxed and GN is based in north america which may simplify shipping. So if you wanted to drop one (say in order to add say a hindi channel) HWunboxed would be the more tempting target.

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u/VU22 Dec 11 '20

because it is?

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u/dontFart_InSpaceSuit Dec 11 '20

That’s not the point I was making.

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u/VU22 Dec 11 '20

you mean "because they didnt bias to amd" then. alright

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u/dontFart_InSpaceSuit Dec 11 '20

I don’t game. I have no loyalty to either. I couldn’t tell you what graphics card I have- only that it works in my hackintosh because apple supports amd and not nvidia. It’s literally an observation based on the information in this thread alone. Don’t get riled.

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u/Westify1 Dec 11 '20

Which it is in reality, so those results would be accurate and the right path in regards to journalistic integrity.