I like to use prolly myself, but then again I'm not a company representative.
Whoa. Just got the ClubIT newsletter and they're featuring Palit cards.
Palit is well aware that we are both unknown in the US and are typically viewed as the inexpensive guy.
Well, we just started in the US in November so that's to be expected.
But we are FAR more than just cheap. The cooler, the three phase power, OC from the factory etc. We also want to go beyond what we are doing now. Our ultimate goal is to provide people with what they really want as well as driving what they want to new heights.
So they decided the best way to get this message out was to find someone that understands overclocking and gaming and LAN parties and the whole scene but ALSO understands the business side of things.
Apparently that person is me. Believe me, I was as shocked to find this out as anyone. I've been preaching to the manufacturing community to get with the program since 1998. So now that they've given me the chance I see no reason to throw everything I believe in out the window.
You can find me online EVERY night playing QW:ET as Pa[LIT]. I OC the crap out of everything I can get my hands on. I go to LAN parties as much as possible. I post in forums and I visit
www.rlslog.net frequently.
So I'm just a normal enthusiast that is also a marketing guy at Palit. The coolest thing about Palit is the great things they do with hardware. But the second coolest thing they do is let me run amuck telling the truth. I'm one of the very few marketing guys you can believe.
Let's try this. The 8500 sucks for gaming. Will it game? Yes. Do you REALLY want to inflict that on yourself? Prolly not. Now if that's all you can afford and you have to choose between using it and not gaming, well, it starts to suck a lot less.
The 8800Ultra rocks. How many people can afford one? Not many. Do we all want one? Everyone but the ATI fanbois but they secretly use one in the closet. The price of the 8800Ultra sucks. But what can you do? It costs a ton of money to make.
So, IMO, Palit will succeed partly because I'm out here like a normal freak listening to what everyone wants and then taking that message back to the factory. But that should go both ways as well. The enthusiast community deserves a truthful explanation about what's going on if someone doesn't understand. I simply don't believe there is any reason for Palit and the people who buy video cards can't communicate with one another and make all our lives a little easier.
The funny thing is this is called marketing. I call it asking people what they want, filtering out the n00bs and then providing it.