I will be leaving TPU!

cdawall · Mar 31, 2010

Ashen said to post this for you w1z figured it would cheer you up after someone decided to ban him....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upTLWRZTfw

dr emulator (madmax) · Mar 31, 2010

what

you can't, if you go i shall switch of this retched internet for good
it's a good job i don't have the banstick to hand or i'd be going through that thread like a fire through a forest,all i'm going to say is the people responsible are jerks that is all i'm saying before

comes out

:shadedshu

1Kurgan1 · Mar 31, 2010

I'm not sure what happened here, but it's very shocking and disappointing that your going, I'm curious what people could have really said in a review thread that gave concrete info...

pentastar111 · Mar 31, 2010

You can't be serious.

TPU's reveiws are one of the main reasons for even showing up. There was nothing wrong with the fermi review. Just stay man.!!!!!!!

Tatty_Two · Mar 31, 2010

fastest growing thread I have ever seen, if this don't tell you to stay nothing will....... Stay!

Kreij · Mar 31, 2010

In the spirit of TPU, I think I will wait too see if the site changes hands and then what the real world benchmarks and performances level show.

kid41212003 · Mar 31, 2010

1Kurgan1 said:
I'm not sure what happened here, but it's very shocking and disappointing that your going, I'm curious what people could have really said in a review thread that gave concrete info...

Because of the ATI drivers.

People don't realize that Wizz already reviewed them like months ago, and of course it had to be older driver compare to now, but those noobs kept asking for 10.3 drivers. If they don't like the review read it somewhere else!

Vargtass · Mar 31, 2010

W1zzard, you will be missed.

All the luck on your future ventures.

Marineborn · Mar 31, 2010

stupid trolls, they should just stay under there bridge. man wizz honeslty your reviews are the only ones i trust cause i know your not biased, hope you stay around brah, or you will be missed

Mattgal · Mar 31, 2010

techpowerup IS my homepage because it has all the great news and trust worthy reviews. hey! i suggest what vgas to buy according to your reviews!

i can only hope it will stay like that.

Solaris17 · Mar 31, 2010

I guess they were right when they said dumbledore dies :/

DaJMasta · Mar 31, 2010

I don't agree that you leaving is for the best even in the long run for TPU, but if it's best for you then it should be done. I don't know what drama surrounded the review, it also doesn't seem to be out of line with leaked slides, pre-release performance info, or other reviews.

You'll be missed.

W1zzard · Mar 31, 2010

95Viper said:
Did this have anything to with W1zzard's decision? Just asking.

Quoted From Legit Reviews:

We gave the build the good old college try, but we were still sitting around 86C in GPU-Z when we tried it out today. We gave our feedback to NVIDIA and several hours later they got back to us with this:

""Upon low-level examination of the GPU-Z application, we have determined that it is not using our NVAPI for all temperature/fan control calls, but is instead banging registers directly. This is interfering with our fan control and causing boards to crash when GPU-Z is run in the background. We need GPU-Z to use NVAPI to avoid these conflicts..."- NVIDIA

We have had random crashes with the GeForce GTX 480 graphics card while running GPU-Z in the background, so it's great that the issue has been identified and solved. We expect a new version of GPU-Z to be available soon that should address all issues. NVIDIA also thought that GPU-Z might be the root cause of the fan anomalies, but when we fired up the system from a cold boot and opened just MSI AfterBurner, we found the GPU to be idling at around 84C, which is again a tad too hot for our tastes."

nope that's unrelated. nvidia contacted me this morning describing the problem, fix is pretty much complete, just needs some testing, then it gets released

tostator · Mar 31, 2010

are you kidding?
I'm spanish... We have a fools day but it is in December, the 28th....

Don't quit

v12dock · Mar 31, 2010

So April fools in Germany...

Nick89 · Mar 31, 2010

April FOOLS.

OH W1zzard you b@stard you actually had me for a second.

Marineborn · Mar 31, 2010

if im correct it would have been april fools in germany on the states 31, for the reason that were a day ahead over here by i beleave 12 or 16 hrs

CDdude55 · Mar 31, 2010

W1zz is an icon in my book.

The best damn tech site out there and I'm glad as hell to be part in it all. He's built a great community, and seeing him gone is really a shame. :cry:

Thank You W1zz for this site. :toast:

WarEagleAU · Mar 31, 2010

Well said Alex.

LAN_deRf_HA · Mar 31, 2010

Hey W1zz, if you stay I'll tell you where me pot'o gold is.

shevanel · Mar 31, 2010

W1zzard said:
nope that's unrelated. nvidia contacted me this morning describing the problem, fix is pretty much complete, just needs some testing, then it gets released

msi afterburner was reading the temps no differently than gpuz afaik.

80% of the time im online Im at tpu... selfishly I hope it doesnt change but unselfishly I hope you know what you started has given alot of people a place to meet and exchange thoughts.. we've benched together, gamed together, sold our pc shit to each other and have learned alot from the knowledge of others here.

I'm glad I was able to experience this site the way it is and i hope it always stays this way because of the people who belong to it.

thanks for the good times. :rockout:

pentastar111 · Mar 31, 2010

CDdude55 said:
W1zz is an icon in my book.

The best damn tech site out there and I'm glad as hell to be part in it all. He's built a great community, and seeing him gone is really a shame.

Thank You W1zz for this site.

Yes

jellyrole · Mar 31, 2010

The only thing I ask of you is that you put the site into good hands, someone who knows what they're doing and keeps everything the same.

DaMulta · Mar 31, 2010

So W1zzard will everyone see you around doing other things? Is this it? The last time we ever see you around on the internet? I guess I'm asking if we should expect to see you around being a normal user?

AphexDreamer · Mar 31, 2010

Hope life gives you what you want and things go your way in the future. Thanks for giving us the Tech Site of the Internet and all the goodies inside. Take Care. :toast:

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I will be leaving TPU!

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

dr emulator (madmax)

1Kurgan1

The Knife in your Back

pentastar111

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator

kid41212003

Vargtass

Marineborn

Mattgal

New Member

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

DaJMasta

W1zzard

Administrator

tostator

v12dock

Block Caption of Rainey Street

Nick89

Marineborn

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

WarEagleAU

Bird of Prey

LAN_deRf_HA

shevanel

New Member

pentastar111

jellyrole

DaMulta

My stars went supernova

AphexDreamer

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