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Perfectly Functional GTX 970 Cards Being Returned Over Memory Controversy

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You guys cant be this silly right? Well you talk as if you know Nvidia did this false advertisement on purpose. No please share all the proof YOU have. You know how that makes you look? So ALL the card makers have no way of testing they just make the WHOLE card yet cant test this or ALL are in on this also since they never said a word. Then the review sites ALL left with "Nvidia said" so thats all we have for you guys we can only run the benchmarks not ONE new how to test for this?

So what am I saying? On purpose no one knows for sure and your just guessing and foolish if you do. If one does not join in with the lynch mob then YOUR ONE OF THEM! :) So if your guessing then NV was blind or just really stupid and the card makers are all in on this or they to are totally stupid. Then us that bought the card are the smart ones.

As for false advertisement.. really? Check all you buy to see if it is exactly like its written? Not all. They know were sheep and were stupid. Proof? Who here smokes. Pay taxes? Do you KNOW what is not written anywhere (law or the like) yet you and I still PAY lol. This rabbit whole is huge.. trust me you dont want to open your eyes.
 
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I am wary of all the less-than-5-post defenders of NV across various forums on this issue.
 
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Zeblade said:
You guys cant be this silly right? Well you talk as if you know Nvidia did this false advertisement on purpose. No please share all the proof YOU have. You know how that makes you look? So ALL the card makers have no way of testing they just make the WHOLE card yet cant test this or ALL are in on this also since they never said a word. Then the review sites ALL left with "Nvidia said" so thats all we have for you guys we can only run the benchmarks not ONE new how to test for this?

So what am I saying? On purpose no one knows for sure and your just guessing and foolish if you do. If one does not join in with the lynch mob then YOUR ONE OF THEM! :) So if your guessing then NV was blind or just really stupid and the card makers are all in on this or they to are totally stupid. Then us that bought the card are the smart ones.

As for false advertisement.. really? Check all you buy to see if it is exactly like its written? Not all. They know were sheep and were stupid. Proof? Who here smokes. Pay taxes? Do you KNOW what is not written anywhere (law or the like) yet you and I still PAY lol. This rabbit whole is huge.. trust me you dont want to open your eyes.
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I hope this is sarcasm or satire or some shit...... because I still have faith in mankind. Don't take that away from me.........Not for a GPU. not for a GPU.......
 
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This reminds me of the Leave Britney Nvidia Alone guy.



For those of you who forgot.
 
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It begs the reason why did nVidia come forward with a statement now instead of when the card first launched answer they were caught out, if nobody noticed and complained they wouldn't have said anything and they would have gotten away with it
 
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ShockG said:
NVIDIA doesn't pay tech sites, NVIDIA doesn't advertise on tech sites, their partners do.
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They dont? I guess you just check TPU for reviews then... ;)
How many SiteSkins they buy on a product launch? Im guessing thats not cheap ...
 
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Can someone explain why GPUz didn't pick up the actual number of ROPS etc?
 
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EarthDog said:
Can someone explain why GPUz didn't pick up the actual number of ROPS etc?
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I think W1zz explained last week. GPUz reads what the driver tells it.

Of course, that would mean someone intentionally put the wrong info in the driver...
 
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EarthDog said:
Can someone explain why GPUz didn't pick up the actual number of ROPS etc?
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iirc W1zzard said it reads the ROPS from the driver. In any case I think the GTX 970 has 64 ROPS it's just that it only uses 56 of them.

Edit: ninjad by rtwjunkie :)
 
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rtwjunkie said:
I think W1zz explained last week. GPUz reads what the driver tells it.

Of course, that would mean someone intentionally put the wrong info in the driver...
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Missed that as I haven't been here often lately...:)

And holy cow... its in the driver? That means that............ oh wow. Worse than I thought NVIDIA...
 
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xfia said:
hahaha what company does ngreedia think it is? fucking apple?
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My question is, who do you think you are? Gods gift to the computing world?
 
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MxPhenom 216 said:
My question is, who do you think you are? Gods gift to the computing world?
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Yup, we're the consumer gods holding the cash nv very much desires.
 
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