Nvidia apologise for GTX 970 memory debacle; "we won't let this happen again"

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=lew06;47224520]First off, I'd just like to say that I own an MSI 970, and it's an awesome piece of tech that will run literally anything I run at it, no questions asked. It's a beast. However...

The only thing that annoys me about all of this is the fact that because of the architecture and the way they can deactivate ROP's and L2 cache, the only reason they have done this is to essentially gimp the 970 and make you pay an extortionate amount more for them to be activated in the 980 (Almost twice the price).

It's like making you buy a car with the back seats missing and then saying "Oh, you wanted those? That's another £6,000" even though the capability for them to be there already exists. There's something about it that just feels really cheap.[/QUOTE]
dude if ur gonna make a car analogy you should have used advertised horsepower god

[Alice]

[QUOTE=lew06;47224520]The only thing that annoys me about all of this is the fact that because of the architecture and the way they can deactivate ROP's and L2 cache, the only reason they have done this is to essentially gimp the 970 and make you pay an extortionate amount more for them to be activated in the 980 (Almost twice the price).[/QUOTE]
You apparently have exactly no clue what you're talking about. Deactivating the ROPs and such is a requirement to avoid utilizing the bad portions of memory. What they would normally do is deactivate the entire block of memory or discard the entire thing and make a new one. This allows more performance for a cheaper price. (Both on the production and consumer side for the price as well. That's why the 970 is so low in price.)

[TheTalon]

Only because they got caught. Had they not they'd just keep doing it

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=TheTalon;47225858]Only because they got caught. Had they not they'd just keep doing it[/QUOTE]

you really think nvidia assume nobody would realise something like this

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=.Lain;47223421]it wasn't advertised as such on any buyers page, an incorrect spec sheet was sent to reviewers. those are significantly different things[/QUOTE]

I meant the specs sheet that nvidia provides via their website, not what was sent to reviewers, but I get that neither were advertised.