Oh man, I wish I was more knowledgeable in computers like you guys. I had my close buddy of mine build my computer for me, and it involved this graphics card unfortunately.
Edit:
Talking to newegg, there only giving me 10% back. >_>
[QUOTE=Wootmang;47193581]Oh man, I wish I was more knowledgeable in computers like you guys. I had my close buddy of mine build my computer for me, and it involved this graphics card unfortunately.[/QUOTE]
My 2 cents?
Your buddy picked well. The 970 is a great card with a terrific price to value ratio and it can pump out the frame rates at high settings. He went top end without wasting extra monies.
[QUOTE=H8Entitlement;47193681]My 2 cents?
Your buddy picked well. The 970 is a great card with a terrific price to value ratio and it can pump out the frame rates at high settings. He went top end without wasting extra monies.[/QUOTE]
I seriously have to wonder how many people ever saw the misrepresented specs when buying the card and legitimately feel misled, versus how many are perfectly happy with the card as-is and got exactly what they thought they were but are jumping at the opportunity for free money.
[QUOTE=nagachief;47193331]By default, v2.71 only lets CUDA and CPU compute, if there is a way to fix that, that would be awesome.[/QUOTE]
Its beta, you have to set some variable somewhere and it will give you the option.
[url]https://anteru.net/2014/08/24/2500/[/url]
A friend of mine rendered on his AMD card, but i guess he doesn't use the default rendering engine.
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;47187101]I just want a partial refund.
I based my purchase on benchmarks, and having less ram doesn't retroactively change benchmarks.
But that lying pisses me off.
[editline]21st February 2015[/editline]
Don't want to lose money? Don't lie about your cards.
If they jack up their prices, I bet AMD is going to have a good time between that and the PR shitstorm.[/QUOTE]
I got a partial refund from Amazon when I called in. I paid 330$ and I believe they refunded 25%.
Cyberpower Computers will only do full refund, basically said "buzz off, it's not our fault, the card doesn't suck anyways"
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[quote]The video card design has nothing to do with CyberPowerPC. There is nothing technically wrong with the video card as it functions perfectly fine as designed. It is a physical design of the video card that the last .5GBs of VRAM is slower and there is nothing CyberPowerPC can do about it. So with that said we are not giving any compensation as this is not a mistake or fault of CyberPowerPC. The performance of the video card is the same and honestly people are reading into the issue far too much and not understanding what is really going on. If you would like to refund the video card we will allow that, but we will not be able to sell you another video card and you will need to buy your own by other means.[/quote]
For fuck's sake,
for everyone arguing against suing Nvidia, [b] this is the only way to ensure consumer protection[/b], at least under a laissez-faire system. In a perfectish world, they'd get hit with fines from the Feds, but that ain't happening.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;47195807]For fuck's sake,
for everyone arguing against suing Nvidia, [b] this is the only way to ensure consumer protection[/b], at least under a laissez-faire system. In a perfectish world, they'd get hit with fines from the Feds, but that ain't happening.[/QUOTE]
Remember that story about a lawyer insisting a Chinese retaurant pay him damages for mis-advertising their prices by a dollar? Is that a good lawsuit and necessary for ensuring consumer protection too? I think most people accept that a lawsuit can be excessive and frivolous, it is not necessary in every case simply for the sake of consumer protection.
Consumer protection is needed when companies deliberately mislead their customers and refuse to make amends, it doesn't need to be invoked like a talisman over every mistake if the company is acting in good faith. If a company admits fault and is helping customers who feel cheated to get refunds, over a mistake that most end users would have never noticed, I'd call that good faith.
In a perfectish world we'd resolve honest mistakes like adults, not resort to lawsuits as a default course of action.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;47195807]For fuck's sake,
for everyone arguing against suing Nvidia, [b] this is the only way to ensure consumer protection[/b], at least under a laissez-faire system. In a perfectish world, they'd get hit with fines from the Feds, but that ain't happening.[/QUOTE]
seeing the legal world in black and white will not fix anything
[QUOTE=.Lain;47196977]seeing the legal world in black and white will not fix anything[/QUOTE]
That's how the legal system tends to operate, even if it shouldn't.
This way it'll be ensured to still work in the consumers favor.
working in the customer's favor in the short term isn't really all that great. a balance between the situations would be optimal, and very possible.
[QUOTE=Van-man;47197027]This way it'll be ensured to still work in the consumers favor.[/QUOTE]
Except that by going to court any informal remediation, like refunds, are off the table. If the court turns down the suit because the mislabeled components weren't advertised to end consumers, then it will be up to nVidia's pure goodwill to see if they offer refunds. Many companies are willing to work with disgruntled consumers specifically to avoid a costly legal battle, but if they have to go through a legal battle and end up winning, good luck getting any kind of compensation afterwards. Even if the plaintiff wins, legal fees are likely to reduce a settlement to a negligible value.
By taking the matter to law you're asking the court to declare one side as wrong and the other as right, rather than allowing mutual remediation, and at significant expense for both parties. Legal action is supposed to be a last resort because even when you win, you still lose. If nVidia wins then people who bought the 970 will get nothing. If the plaintiff wins then people who bought the 970 will probably get barely enough money to buy a hamburger, and it could delay new nVidia products due to legal impact. What's the best-case scenario here?
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;47195695]Cyberpower Computers will only do full refund, basically said "buzz off, it's not our fault, the card doesn't suck anyways"
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When i first heard about this, i was kinda surprised a "partial refund" is even a thing.
Sure vendors around here can give you a refund if you give them the card back. But nobody is ever gonna give a partial refund and let you keep the card.
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;47187101]I just want a partial refund.
I based my purchase on benchmarks, and having less ram doesn't retroactively change benchmarks.
But that lying pisses me off.
[editline]21st February 2015[/editline]
Don't want to lose money? Don't lie about your cards.
If they jack up their prices, I bet AMD is going to have a good time between that and the PR shitstorm.[/QUOTE]
Remember when AMD brought out their 5xxx cards? Dayum....imagine something like but with this PR thundershitstorm
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