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970's having performance issues using 4GB Vram - Nvidia investigating
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Classic Nvidia rickrolling if you ask me!
On a serious note welcome to the forum rik, and good luck.
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Nvidia sold a 4GB card. The card has 4GB of VRAM. Yes, not all of it accessible at the maximum speed, and it's split into 3.5GB and 0.5GB, but it's still 4GB. Unless it is advertised as being accessible at maximum speed, there isn't actually any false advertising going on.
It was obviously an architectural decision, for whatever reason. We will probably never know the answer as to why it was done.
I am going with it was more misscommunication of information, or a mix up somewhere, rather than deliberate lying. Maybe this teaches us a lesson to buy EVGA
It was obviously an architectural decision, for whatever reason. We will probably never know the answer as to why it was done.
I am going with it was more misscommunication of information, or a mix up somewhere, rather than deliberate lying. Maybe this teaches us a lesson to buy EVGA
that would also depend on if people buying these cards know of this thread. i have had my card since Christmas and only found this thread yesterday and also had the issues of games stuttering and low FPS since i have had the card but as it was brought in November for black Friday i was well out of my 14 days to return it so only option i have had it to lower the settings\ress
You can take advantage of the full 4gb, so if that's your basis for choosing the 970 nothing has changed.
The credit card comments were in general.
I'm sure when Rik re-appears he will answer you, although you are in a forum where everyone discusses almost everything that is said, you might be wise to remember that or if you want a one to one discussion with Rik and no-one else to respond then trust him.
Yeah I must say I feel terrible for the companies making a mint out of selling these. The poor dears!
Back in reality they won't lose a bean, Nvidia will have to foot the bill just like when Intel released a broken chipset.
You are responding to one of the top three pro-nvidia posters on the board, so you're never going to convince him, change his mind or have a balanced discussion with him. He has a personal grudge against AMD so strong that he'd be on the boards telling everyone how many fps his nVidia magic beans get in Crysis 3 at 4k after being conned into paying £1400 to run two beans in SLI.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LambChop View Post
Everything you said is hearsay.
Imo, no-one is getting their money back, no-one is getting a step up but 970 owners will get a driver update to resolve issues with memory and performance.
But, end of day, nobody really cares about your opinion.
It's just pity we can't stop you sharing it.
Originally Posted by LambChop View Post
Everything you said is hearsay.
Imo, no-one is getting their money back, no-one is getting a step up but 970 owners will get a driver update to resolve issues with memory and performance.
But, end of day, nobody really cares about your opinion.
It's just pity we can't stop you sharing it.
when its a direct reply via a forum thread , I don't expect you to try dissect my question . ask your own questions
if my perception on how this card may not be suitable for me annoys you so badly then ill happyily block you now
ive tried being polite in this thread so many times , but the smart arses just keep rolling in .
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I actually feel sorry for Rick (if he really exists, rather than a random identiy that Nvidia created). Nvidia basically send him to the front line as a foot-soldier and order him to reclaim lost ground, while not providing him with any weapon and ammunition and no air support whatsoeverClassic Nvidia rickrolling if you ask me!
Nvidia wouldn't even arm him with the authority to even talk about any possible compensation...
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Nvidia sold a 4GB card. The card has 4GB of VRAM. Yes, not all of it accessible at the maximum speed, and it's split into 3.5GB and 0.5GB, but it's still 4GB. Unless it is advertised as being accessible at maximum speed, there isn't actually any false advertising going on.
It was obviously an architectural decision, for whatever reason. We will probably never know the answer as to why it was done.
I am going with it was more misscommunication of information, or a mix up somewhere, rather than deliberate lying. Maybe this teaches us a lesson to buy EVGA
There are two issues for nvidia:
1. false advertising
2. leaving out important information
Even if they've not done 1 (because you think that 3.5+0.5 = 4), they've definitely done 2 (because they didn't tell us that 4 = 3.5+0.5).
It doesn't matter if it was intentional or not and as such the consumer will be entitled to a refund if they're upset about this or worried about the performance of their card in future games that they anticipate will require 4gb of ram
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Ricks hiding in the stationary cupboard. I saw him check in on facebook.
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