X1600XT

[Foehammer2003]

He wasn't lured by OcUk though, he was lured by the same people who deliberately added an extra 256mb (or even 384mb if you stack it up to a vanilla 6800) to a crap card to make it sell better.

We live in a world dominated by some fairly uncaring and cynical people and I am proud to see my preferred retailer (and a successful one besides), even with reluctance, help the victim out. Cos lets face it, it's not his fault he fell for a cold hard marketing exercise; if it was then we'd have to accept all levels of con-artistry as ultimately the fault of the victim.

I would have to agree with you there, and its also a fair point to say that companies have to take the rough with the smooth, as they also BENEFIT from the cold hard marketing, on products that do live up to and beyond what their specs are, with no sales pitch needed from themselves!

 

[man_from_uncle]

Nice to see that a little bit of 'ethics of economics' philosophy can go down well on a hardware board. Now, if only there was a job for an over educated philosopher of ethics.

 

[Foehammer2003]

Depends on what the pay is like.... oh and i still love my X1600Xt although that could probably be likened to taking in a stray dog it seems!