# Video card review sites

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-review-sites/35227>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-review-sites/35227 "2003-11-11T20:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![overclocker23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@overclocker23](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/overclocker23)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-review-sites/35227/1 "2003-11-11T20:01:03Z")

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I was just wondering when tech sites review video cards, why do they have diff. resolutions and diff. AF and AA settings for every benchmark they run. How do they know which one to choose? Do they just use default values? Let me know, I never understand that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-review-sites/35227/2 "2003-11-11T21:09:54Z")

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One of the better sites is [http://www.anandtech.com](http://www.anandtech.com) Another good site would be [http://www.tomshardware.com](http://www.tomshardware.com) . There are many more, but those are the two more popular sites that deal with all kinds of hardware reviews and benchmarks 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-review-sites/35227/3 "2003-11-11T22:54:33Z")

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I know the sites but what I was trying to ask was how do they figure out what to test their video cards on like 4XAA/8XAF or  
No AA/No AF 2XAA/4XAA.

There are tons of settings like that so how do they know which resolution to run their cards on and how to figure out the Direct3D settings.

Do they just pick the settings that most people will play on or what?