MSI And ASUS Manipulating Graphics Card Review Samples

[RolloTheGreat]

EVGA has taken advantage of the controversy: http://www.techpowerup.com/223552/evga-c...mple-anger

Gosh, in the comments some guys are taking the opportunity to wage war on the GTX970 3.5GB situation, wonder who those guys are????

Like I said, what Asus and MSI did, I could give a rats ass. For one thing the running slightly OCd adds to the heat and noise, so it's not just to their benefit. For another, it's still a warranted factory setting available to all buyers.

What AMD does all day every day is an affront to the tech forums and valid information on an epic scale.

Even if it's a 1% difference, lying to us (or the reviewers) is still outright, blatant lying.  It's like 1% tax evasion - you'd still go to prison for it, if you don't pay the remaining 1% of the taxes.
 

I disagree, because the settings are out of box, included. It would be like sending two checks to the IRS, one for 1% less, and one for the right amount and telling the IRS the smaller check is your tax payment and one check should be destroyed.

Misleading yes, but technically you've paid your taxes.

AMD is like the guy who gives his 1980s CRT tv to Goodwill, and claim a $2000 deduction.