Why does Linus always use founder's edition graphics cards?

[Computernaut]

In almost every video in which he needs a graphics card, regardless of what card he needs, Linus uses a founder's edition one. Why?

[Lurick]

To give a solid and consistent baseline for comparison.

[Enderman]

For consistency?

That's the first GPU that gets released on launch day, and they often get prerelease samples, so it makes a good baseline for all future tests.

 

Otherwise people will always be like "that's unfair!!! linus is comparing amd cards to a 1080ti kingpin!!11!! waaah!"

[Auror]

It's also very likely just because he's given them initially by Nvidia. They don't really review AIB GPUs often.

[Computernaut]

I'm kind of surprised he doesn't get/use Zotac cards since Zotac is a sponsor.

[Bajantechnician]

1 minute ago, Computernaut said:

I'm kind of surprised he doesn't get/use Zotac cards since Zotac is a sponsor.

but that would be biased statistics. he would be using a zotac gpu as the consistent variable

[LinusTech]

They're pretty, they are compatible with aftermarket accessories like waterblocks, and they ensure that whenever we report performance numbers we are at a "consistent baseline".

 

Anyone who buys a config they see us build will get the same performance or better out of their GPU.

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

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Jesus from all the people in this forum to answer this, it didn't have to be yourself

 

Yes the reason I own a FE is simply because that is to me the prettier card.

[Mick Naughty]

Good base line but isn’t the worst option out but it’s the same card regardless of region. Unlike every other card 

[Cyro14]

They have good baseline benchmarks since it's the first that they can really get their hands on. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Founder's Editions provide the baseline for which you can compare against everything else. Everything else is either going to be as good or better, i.e., you are practically guaranteed the performance of a Founder's Edition card regardless of which AIB and model you go with.

 

It's like why when people review CPUs, they run most of their tests on stock settings. Overclocking is not a guaranteed thing so it doesn't present a fair baseline.