Yeah, this is pretty weak IMO. The first paragraph to me basically states that they weren't one of the chosen to review this new ATI release, so we are going to just do what we want and screw them.
It really seems that they have some kind of "pissing match" going on. It is pretty evident that they didn't do the benchmarking as they loosley talk about the hardware they supposedly used for the test beds.
I think at this point it would be to the benefit of everyone to wait for benchmarks from the "partners" that actually signed the NDA and will release their benches once the NDA has been lifted later this month.
IMO, of course.
DAVEW