AMD offering a deal on their cards if you return your 970!

[KamiKatze]

What is the username of the guy that commented, can't find it.

 

searching for evga would've done the trick. his name's kawifcknsaki

[harrynowl]

?????

Where did i say AMD didnt lie?

Their eight cores are glorified HT quadcores with IPC from the stone age.

I think you didnt understand what i meant.

nononoon don't call cmt ht, it isn't.

[zappian]

nononoon don't call cmt ht, it isn't.

 

What i meant is that they are crap.

 

Its a little more complex than HT but the result doesnt produce a tru eight core.

 

They share a 256 bit FPU and are divided by modules AFAIK.

[Brainless906]

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I do however think that the message has been sent. The only thing that I and a some others are taking issue with is the cognitive dissonance on the forum about the whole issue.

 

With companies and resellers opening doors for returns and even having small sales on other cards when returning I think the message has been sent pretty clearly. I would like to see the message sent to the point where nvidia themselves actually acts instead of just saying "lel sorry" but we'll see how that goes.

[zappian]

With companies and resellers opening doors for returns and even having small sales on other cards when returning I think the message has been sent pretty clearly. I would like to see the message sent to the point where nvidia themselves actually acts instead of just saying "lel sorry" but we'll see how that goes.

 

I would like a post on the nvidia front page apologizing instead of some comment in the forums if possible

If people dont hurt them after this they will do it again and MUCH worse.

And then not even the fanboys will defend them IMHO.

[Guest Kloaked]

With companies and resellers opening doors for returns and even having small sales on other cards when returning I think the message has been sent pretty clearly. I would like to see the message sent to the point where nvidia themselves actually acts instead of just saying "lel sorry" but we'll see how that goes.

 

They did say they're working on a driver for the card to help the issue, so yeah we'll see.

[zappian]

I hope its fixable by a driver patch.

It would be the easiest solution

Fingers crossed.

[zappian]

Please everyone that thinks AMD drivers are crap.

 

Have you tried Omega drivers.

 

Its a thing of beauty.

[Syntaxvgm]

Please everyone that thinks AMD drivers are crap.

 

Have you tried Omega drivers.

 

Its a thing of beauty.

doesn't fix their non-gpu drivers I think

[zappian]

doesn't fix their non-gpu drivers I think

 

Its much better than their old drivers.

 

But yeah the layout is the same , the installer still sucks and the GUI is the same.

 

But its not horrible lol.

 

I have been using AMD cards for 5 years with minimal issues.

[Brainless906]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/82497-your-experience-with-gpu-drivers/

 

 

I've had no issues with AMD drivers since 2009....

 

This is a really cool thread, i just really wish there was a way to force the entire user base to complete it...just for more numbers.

[Dabombinable]

So.... I could return my GTX 970 (if I could find the receipt) For a card that performs the same if not worse? Yeah....No.

[zappian]

I've had no issues with AMD drivers since 2009....

 

This is a really cool thread, i just really wish there was a way to force the entire user base to complete it...just for more numbers.

 

Same since i bought my 5850 no issues.

[zappian]

So.... I could return my GTX 970 (if I could find the receipt) For a card that performs the same if not worse? Yeah....No.

 

Depends if i told you your card was made trought child labor and that baby seals were sacrificied to satan in order to make it?

Would you still use it?

Its a moral issue for most people i guess.

[Guest]

Prepare for sadness.

Some people here would let Nvidia take their house and their parents and would say thank you to Nvidia to boot.

With your low watt cards and stuck up attitudes....

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

AMD didn't lie? 8350 was advertised as an octocore, it's a quad core. AMD should offer who ever bought a 8350 their 16 core Opterons (which are trutly octocores) for free. I don't see anyone supporting Nvidia's lie here, but I see ALL of you supporting the living shit out of AMD lies. Get real instead of hiding behind a freaking lie.

shh.. or he will say you are harassing them 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/298855-official-nvidia-flat-out-lied-about-gtx-970-specs-has-56-rops-and-less-cache-than-adevrtised/page-47#entry4079637

[Scionyde]

Depends if i told you your card was made trought child labor and that baby seals were sacrificied to satan in order to make it?

Would you still use it?

Its a moral issue for most people i guess.

 

I'd like to think you're being facetious, but based on the posts you usually make... I'm not certain.

[Dabombinable]

Depends if i told you your card was made trought child labor and that baby seals were sacrificied to satan in order to make it?

Would you still use it?

Its a moral issue for most people i guess.

I honestly don't care about all of this, fair enough Nvidia didn't mention the true specifications, but I've always known that it wasn't capable of being what was stated. And I'm getting tired of people treating the GTX 970 as if it only has 3.5GB of vRAM total, when it was the ROPS and L2 cache that was missleading. AMD isn't helping with that either, they themselves are misleading people now.

[zappian]

shh.. or he will say you are harassing them 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/298855-official-nvidia-flat-out-lied-about-gtx-970-specs-has-56-rops-and-less-cache-than-adevrtised/page-47#entry4079637

 

?????

Where did i say AMD didnt lie?

Their eight cores are glorified HT quadcores with IPC from the stone age.

I think you didnt understand what i meant.

[Brainless906]

Depends if i told you your card was made trought child labor and that baby seals were sacrificied to satan in order to make it?

Would you still use it?

Its a moral issue for most people i guess.

 

Its basically purely a morel issue at this point. From a hardware and performance standpoint there is no difference the card is still a very very solid card for that pricepoint.

 

You return it if you want to speak with your wallet and let them know that this shit aint gonna fly

Or you keep it because you're ok with supporting a product that was marketed on lies because you either dont care or you like the performance more than any moral standing

[zappian]

I'd like to think you're being facetious, but based on the posts you usually make... I'm not certain.

 

 

It was a stupid example.

 

Sue me.

 

I needed to use hyperbole to express my point.

[ICantThinkOfAnyGoodName]

Depends if i told you your card was made trought child labor and that baby seals were sacrificied to satan in order to make it?

Would you still use it?

Its a moral issue for most people i guess.

I'd definitely still use it. Otherwise the hard work of the children and the deaths of the baby seals would be meaningless.

[zappian]

Okay guys bonus question.

If nvidia made a partnership with anita sarkesian would you still support them

[Brainless906]

I honestly don't care about all of this, fair enough Nvidia didn't mention the true specifications, but I've always known that it wasn't capable of being what was stated. And I'm getting tired of people treating the GTX 970 as if it only has 3.5GB of vRAM total, when it was the ROPS and L2 cache that was missleading. AMD isn't helping with that either, they themselves are misleading people now.

 

 

They've done nothing to mislead anyone. They've basically just said the R9 290x has 4 gigs of VRAM, which is indeed, a fact.

Does it imply that another card may not? pretty much.

Does its say any other card doesnt? no.

 

Its marketing.

[NateGSR117]

Well I'm just glad I didn't get a 970 and got a 980 instead