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*GIVEAWAY CLOSED*
 
Hello!
 
We're working with the great people over at Feenix Collections again to giveaway some gaming gear! To celebrate the launch of their Vitesse mouse, we'll be giving away 5 of them to you awesome people.
 
Also, one lucky winner will get an entire gaming suite of products from Feenix. This will include their Vitesse mouse, Aria headset, Dimora mouse-pad, and an Autore mechanical keyboard.
 
 
Vitesse Standard Mouse: http://bit.ly/1WqbkDx 
Nascita Large Mouse: http://bit.ly/1oUIopw
Aria Headset: http://bit.ly/23s8UcL
Dimora Mousepad: http://bit.ly/1Vmpqa3
Autore Keyboard: http://bit.ly/1S4ng8o
 
  To enter the giveaway:
 
1. Comment below, tell us about your current peripheral setup (Max one entry per person)
 
2. Follow Feenix on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Feenix
 
 
*Giveaway will run for approximately 14 days, entries close on August 9th, 2016*
 
*WINNERS*
Vitesse: Skylordpenguin
Vitesse: lightlysalted
Vitesse: deltaphile
Vitesse: Adizu
Vitesse: itrr14
 
Gaming Bundle: Mefoga
 
 
The winner will be announced randomly via Random.org, and you'll see their names edited into the OP here. I will also DM the winners, and they'll have 72 hours from there to respond. 
 
 
Thanks for participating everyone!!  
 

Vitesse Standard Mouse: http://bit.ly/1WqbkDx  ^^

Autore Keyboard: http://bit.ly/1S4ng8o  ^^

Aria Headset: http://bit.ly/23s8UcL  ^^

Dimora Mousepad: http://bit.ly/1Vmpqa3  ^^

If you could convince Vessel to get their collective shits together and support 4K playback then I would sign up in an instant.

If you could convince Vessel to get their collective shits together and support 4K playback then I would sign up in an instant.

HTPC builds
Either slim or full size.

I second this idea. Please review the BlackBerry Passport or BlackBerry Classic. Both very solid phones, also its a great sign of respect to the great Canadian company based in Waterloo.
 
They are great phones, perhaps you guys may get a tour of the office. (**Hint Hint** **Would love to see a video for that** Would share the heck out of it**) Or even get to see to yet to be openly unveiled BlackBerry Slider phone
 
Please Linus ?    

Blackberry Passport or Blackberry Classic, sick of seeing all these touch screen phones, at least someone out there is trying something different and it deserves to be reviewed against the current market. 

Label Maker
NCIX: http://bit.ly/1ATn4UC
Amazon: http://geni.us/1pGm
 
The Gatekeeper
NCIX: http://bit.ly/17MWqBj
Amazon: http://geni.us/40cL
 
PC Headset Adapter
NCIX: http://bit.ly/1wGfRrp
Amazon: http://geni.us/1E18
 
What could Linus have in his bag of less than $100 technology today? Watch to find out!
 

Man, I leave for a few hours, and now I'm 150 notifications behind.
 
::sadface::
 
Nice to see a poll now though!

I think they should man up and publicly say "We fucked up and we want to make it up to the consumers" just like what Ubisoft did with FC4 and ACU. Ubisoft offered free expansions when they realized the games were horribly unoptimized for non-beta usage.  
 
Nvidia should offer the same thing by sending users that can prove they purchased a GTX 970 with a $50 prepaid VISA card in addition to $50 in game credit for either Steam or any other game distribution platform of the users choosing.
 
When a company drops the ball they should be held liable, this is not the dotcom boom where no one knew exactly where things will go. Failures during the dotcom boom is somewhat acceptable since almost everything was a shot in the dark. Its far different now, Nvidia knew very clearly that they messed up, but chose to reveal the mistake after they made back a significant amount of money from uninformed consumers.
 
tl.dr
 
Nvidia fucked up and should compensate.

Calling them back, changing the firmware and maybe the PCB and sending it to the customer again is way to crazy. I'd like to see them offer refunds and if the customer decides to keep it since it doesn't affect him in his kind of usage they should give him a free game like FC4, ACU or what ever else is reasonable. That would be fair for all parties imho

They didn't lie - they weren't aware of the issue.
 
Honestly they have two choices - do nothing or spent a boatload of money recalling them and shipping with new firmware. Hopefully they do the latter.

I think they should send refund GTX 970 owners with a rebate type of system. Enter your cards serial number or something for a $50 Visa/Mastercard thing just like mail in rebates. Owners should also get a free game of some sort. 

Yes Nvidia should be liable to provide a payout of a flat $50 and also offer a code for game remdeption.
The card does not perform as accurately as their spec sheets state. This is inaccurate marketing that was reviewed after a significant number of units have been sold to consumers.
This is the same as the pentium debacle causing inaccurate calculations that affected all users depending on the hardware.

The explanation seems reasonable given the results that we are seeing. If I knew of the differences I may have gone for an AMD card.
Nvidia and their integrity issues conceptually and literally. Sigh

Yup, it would be a good idea. I don't have the money or even the age to sue them (i'm 17, living in the dirty Mexico wearing a sombrero and drinking tequila everyday)But i'm pretty sure that in this case the customer would win. It's interesting anyways.
I would like that Luke & Linus talk about this on the WAN show, they know the industry and they have experience so their opinion would be pretty interesting...

That's some shady business practices that Nvidia chooses to do.
I am really pissed off since I paid over 400 for my G1 edition and now we find out that it was kneecapped before it left the factory.

That's some shady business practices that Nvidia chooses to do.
I am really pissed off since I paid over 400 for my G1 edition and now we find out that it was kneecapped before it left the factory.

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1KMjek9 Amazon: http://geni.us/4Az8  
Did Linus actually brick an ASUS Rampage V Extreme by trying to paint it blue? Find out in this video...
 

Its nice of them to offer a sponsorship. However their product feels not very trustworthy to me. Since their marketing techniques are to basically bait and hook you on to their subscription service like the 14 day trials of McAfee found on many brand new computers.
I can see the value of using an application like this but there are others that are more up front and direct with their intentions.
So my opinion is to turn them down, you are the one with the power of choice not them.

Noooo....these guys are known for installing spams and backdoors to your computer if you downloaded their antivirus. Quite notorious in Taiwan and China.

I've sent this post to them asking for explanations for why they might need some of these things.
 
Appreciate the community stepping up to help here
 
In general as long as it doesn't do anything harmful, I have it installed right now and I can definitely see the value of having some of these "handy dandy" things that it does all in one place versus being scattered across sub-menus on the device or multiple apps... ESPECIALLY for less experienced users who don't want to research how to do all this stuff.

Holy moly, today is your lucky day. Asus Z97 Pro for $119 CAN only 4 left in stock, regular price is like over $200
Has wifi AC and BT 4.0
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($368.32 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($169.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($228.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($398.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($99.98 @ DirectCanada)
Other: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 ($99.99)
Total: $1735.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-13 23:58 EST-0500
 
Z97-Pro for $119

Huh?
Maximus?

Someone that has done it a few times...about 20 minutes.  First time, about an hour...with a little instruction.  Doing it yourself, you get the experience in.  So doing anything related to that machine down the road becomes easier.  It becomes YOUR build.