Thursday, November 24th 2016

Point of View, Historic AIB Partner, Declared Bankrupt by Court

Point of View, the Netherlands-based technology company established in 2000, has officially been declared bankrupt by the court in Oost-Brabant. The company's majority of sales were in Europe, where it served more than 30 European countries. The company also included Point of View Taiwan, Point of View China, Point of View Hong Kong, Point of View France and Point of View United States as additional branches.

The first NVIDIA graphics cards from the company harken back to the FX 5000 series days, with the company being particularly prolific on the 8000 series, with no less than 19 graphics cards ranging from the 8400GS through the legendary 8800GT. The company's products have definitely been on the downside, however, having been relatively popular in the GTX 500 and 600 series' days. Historically an NVIDIA-exclusive AIB partner, the company branched out into other consumer products, such as tablets, laptops and computer accessories. If you need a nostalgia-inducing shot, or simply want to see what kind of products Point of View delivered, feel free to read TPU's review on the Point of View TGT GTX 680 Ultra Charged LLS 4 GB, coined by our very own W1zzard.
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15 Comments on Point of View, Historic AIB Partner, Declared Bankrupt by Court

#1
Dj-ElectriC
RIP.
May this be a lesson to other companies who have decided not try and make their companies unique (e.g BFGtech).

I remember POV mostly through FX 5000 and geforce 6000 lines of graphics cards.

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#2
Fluffmeister
Shame, I ran Tri-SLI'ed PoV GTX 280's some years ago now, fond times.
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#3
Raevenlord
News Editor
Dj-ElectriC said:
RIP.
May this be a lesson to other companies who have decided not try and make their companies unique (e.g BFGtech).

I remember POV mostly through FX 5000 and geforce 6000 lines of graphics cards.


Updated the story based on your post, to give more of a legacy feel for the company. Thanks =)
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#4
Folterknecht
Had one of these




together with a GB GTX 460 running together in SLI
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#5
Raevenlord
News Editor
They definitely differentiated themselves through their box designs.
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#6
RejZoR
Wasn't POV highly praised in the past for higher quality PCB? I remember catching something about that years ago...
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#7
ZoneDymo
RejZoR said:
Wasn't POV highly praised in the past for higher quality PCB? I remember catching something about that years ago...
Hell maybe that is what did them in, expensive quality production, like Saab
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#9
P4-630
chaosmassive said:
best momento from POV
GTX 550 Ti 4GB DDR3
"This card is great for CUDA developers dealing with stochastic mechanisms or sparse linear algebra.
Normal cards have 1.5GB, the top have 3GB, and without splashing out 12x more for 6GB on a Tesla/Quadro,
you can now have 4 GB for just over 100 euros
"
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#10
bug
If they started with FX5000 series, this only a befitting end.
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#11
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Ah another great bites the dust.
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#12
lZKoce
I always thought they were Danish for some reason... I haven't really owned a card from these guys though. Perhaps the competition became too stiff.
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#13
jabbadap
I always thought they were palit's subsidiary. Pity, they did some of their cards were gems, but overall not that special brand.
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#14
AsRock
TPU addict
ZoneDymo said:
Hell maybe that is what did them in, expensive quality production, like Saab
Yes but saab are fake.
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#15
CounterZeus
AsRock said:
Yes but saab are fake.
you better give me a good reason for that, because I drive one
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