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EVGA are doing that if you have a EVGA card...

 

WHAT?! Nice move EVGA, i sadly have a Strix. Do you have a link for that? :D

who cares...

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I love your sig.

 

Thanks :D

Enjoy it while i am around because people are actively trying to ban me.

 

2 points is one warning  ;) and that wont be hard with over 15 senior members reporting every slight coc breach you make. believe me, every troll either got sense beaten into him, or was banned. take your pick

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Yes, they can be equally bad for being dicks about it. One person's bad actions does not justify the bad behaviour of the other. And what AMD is doing now is uninspired and juvinile. I mean, the guy who posted the "4GB means 4GB" is even using memes. I mean really? You have a high position in a company and you use memes? 

 

If someone hits you in the face, and you stab him you will still go to jail.

 

Actually, no, you won't go to jail. Whomever makes the first physical assault is automatically in the wrong and anything you do in retaliation is deemed self defense for as long as you believe there to be an active threat. Guy with the knife will get off scott free, and the idiot who threw the first punch will land his ass in jail once he's out of the hospital.

 

And marketing isn't simple domestic violence, its war. You know the saying, "All's fair in love and war". Don't act as if AMD did something shocking and the all mighty Nvidia would never stoop to this level, the two of them are like a couple children flailing their arms and going for any cheap shot they find. This is what happens when a market is completely dominated by two parties for a prolonged period of time, the aggressiveness of their attacks escalates because there is no 3rd party to hold them accountable. I guarantee you this: for as long as these two companies exist, they will perpetually smack each other around. They always have and they always will.

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lol
i had a talk in with the marketing head if AMD today morning , this is what happened 

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I would also pick a 970 personally, I love my current 770 and .5 gb of ram wouldn't matter to me and anyways they working on fixing it.

You wouldn't mind having a 1.5GB card?

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I got NVIDIA and never had a problem either, :P

 

The only GPU i've ever had die on me is my 9600GT  2 years after purchase :(

 

Its 100% random and almost pure luck as to which side dies and which lives.  My crossfire 6870s are still running hard!

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The only GPU i've ever had die on me is my 9600GT  2 years after purchase :(

 

Its 100% random and almost pure luck as to which side dies and which lives.  My crossfire 6870s are still running hard!

 

Yeah I know. I might get a AMD card next if it equals price of 970 and better than it.

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3.5Gb with slow process on the last .5 . No I would not mind.

 

That would kill my 270x.

 

I woundlt be able to run my games if that was the case.

 

i would just throw it in the nearest garbage bin.

Or sell it at alow price.

 

If i had 1.5 GB + 0.5 GB

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WHAT?! Nice move EVGA, i sadly have a Strix. Do you have a link for that? :D

 

I don't remember where I found it but it'snot official, you have to contact them, I will try to find it for you, was on PCMR Reddit I believe.

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That would kill my 270x.

 

I woundlt be able to run my games if that was the case.

 

i would just throw it in the nearest garbage bin.

Or sell it at alow price.

 

If i had 1.5 GB + 0.5 GB

 

What?

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I actually love when companies do this sort of advertising. It provides much needed comedy to events. You know since companies will always push their biggest features and at times compare themselves to the competition often to promote their own product. So when the competition makes a cock-up you can bet money that rivals will jump on it, often with comedic results since its not an official ad campaign for the product but rather a troll campaign to poke fun at the rivals.

 

Its like way back when Xbox One would not allow game trade-ins and Sony just came out and said trade-ins allowed. They even made a video just for the purpose of trolling Microsoft and it was hilarious.

 

 

lol, that was hilarious. the xbot reactions were priceless.

 

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What?

 

If my 270x had the same problem as the 970.

I would not be able to run modern games,.

 

Imagine that my 270x had 1.5 GB of vram plus 0.5 GB of slow VRAM:

 

I would sell it and buy another card.

Probably a gtx 960 or 280.

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Does anyone not remember AMD from 20 years ago when they actually were better than intel to a point? They took jabs everytime Intel messed up but don't now because intel just crushes them, not so with Nvidia since AMD has rivaling cards.

The point is, AMD has always been an asshole.

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3.5Gb with slow process on the last .5 . No I would not mind.

You said you're happy with your 770 and wouldn't mind having .5GB less.

This is your build right?

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/244p4j/build_complete_1900_without_tax_build_with/

So unless I'm mistaken you have a 2GB version of the GTX 770 and said you wouldn't be bothered having 1.5GB of VRAM.

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If my 270x had the same problem as the 970.

I would not be able to run modern games,.

 

Imagine that my 270x had 1.5 GB of vram plus 0.5 GB of slow VRAM:

 

I would sell it and buy another card.

Probably a gtx 960 or 280.

 

Well a 270x is less powerful than a 970, so it's kind off obvious.

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You said you're happy with your 770 and wouldn't mind having .5GB less.

This is your build right?

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/244p4j/build_complete_1900_without_tax_build_with/

So unless I'm mistaken you have a 2GB version of the GTX 770 and said you wouldn't be bothered having .5GB less VRAM.

 

Yes that's my build. Wouldn't mind on a 4gb card. Sorry didn't really mention that.

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I don't remember where I found it but it'snot official, you have to contact them, I will try to find it for you, was on PCMR Reddit I believe.

 

Hm, what chances do i have if i ask Asus for an upgrade? :D They'll probably tell me to move on and get working if i want two 980s. :D

who cares...

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Has NVIDIA ever fired shots against AMD like this?

Lol, is that sarcastic?

 

 

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Sure but still that memory issue would kill my card that otherwise performs great at my resolution.

Do you understand?

 

Oh I understand what you mean. Sorry, didn't mention I wouldn't mind only a 4 gb card :P

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Hm, what chances do i have if i ask Asus for an upgrade? :D They'll probably tell me to move on and get working if i want two 980s. :D

 

Ha ha ha, yeah. Next GPU, if I go NVIDIA, probably be an EVGA. Did not had a chance to deal with ASUS Canada support yet, nor any but I hear so much good stuff about EVGA.

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Eh, kinda dirty trick from AMD, don't like nvidia for what they did but still:

 

Advertise your product based on how good it is, not based on how bad the rest are.

You dont have to be the best, just better than everyone else

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