Sounds like Valve should just instrument the games to provide better data, like reporting min, max and mean FPS etc. as well as per-mod data like player numbers and anything else that's relevant, on every map change. That'd provide much more relevant data than the stress tests.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DT Sent: 20 February 2006 02:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Whining or true? Dustin Tuft wrote: > You guys can't truely belive that Valve bases all performance on a single > video test? > I know there are other factors. I'm not saying just one test. The "Video Test scores" could be from all kinds of hardware. This is just an example it don't mean it's what happened. Example: Valve's Data indicates "In average scores 100 FPS is the average". Then people e-mail in and say "I'm only getting 20 FPS" Valve looks at there data and confirms the "ATI X800, AMD 3500, 1 Gig ram equals 150 FPS" and in there minds they say "He's a whiner". Then Valve doesn't take the complaint seriously. The point that I was trying to make is that maybe the information Valve has collected on it's own might be different than what true users are experiencing. Plus, the input Valve is getting from us could be mis-interpreted. "Could it be a true issue or are these just whiners?" Thats why important not to whine but to be clear and if you see others having a problem that you've dealt with let Valve know you had the same thing.. Does this make sense now? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
