06-24-2016, 08:55 AM
So....the more I find out about this, the more it really seems like a tpu publicity stunt.
Of course I was instantly against this and thought it was shitty. But the more tpu has tried to get attention from it, the more they keep posting info, the less and less bad it sounds. Also, I can't believe this is being portrayed as some huge revelation that tpu just stumbled on.
So....
MSI says they list clear on their products the different clock speeds for the different modes. The website and box, there modes and their different clock speeds...they are not hidden.
This is the shocking part. Those modes are not only available and defined, they also ship their cards with a disc, the software has all modes available chosen by a click.
Many people who buy computer parts use the install disk to install the software. For the power users that dont, it seems a clock speed discrepancy wouldn't be a huge mystery since the product having different modes is listed on the box as well as their website.
MSI,
Reviews list clock speeds and if there are different modes then they should be listed. But if they install the software, wouldn't they see the different modes? If they aren't installing the disk software, well that's a shortcut...an interesting one.
It's hard to imagine that reviewers had no clue these cards had different modes. Since the clock speeds and modes are defined for the models, it just seems like these reviewers are pretty lazy and careless. Perhaps MSI has a point and reviewers don't pay attention and do half as jobs, so they have the cards in the high mode all ready to go.
I think that that there should be some note to the reviewer but it seems that this could end up a mess when some half ass reviewer says that they were sent cards that are over clocked higher that retail cards out of the box...the mess that that could make. Really, it seems that the mess truly could be due to the fact that reviewers don't install the software. If any did, there is no way they wouldn't or couldn't know about the different modes.
I just have issue now with the fact that these modes are listed for these products. They put them on the box, website, and software that comes with the gpu. It's hard to see how someone would see their card was running at a lower speed than the review online and just not be able to figure it out.
Also I have seen things that might suggest that these software modes grew from the cards that had physical bios switches. That this is an evolution from those. Well, reviewers were getting cards with the switch already on turbo for some time. It is not new at all. This is ancient news. I actually think that a software select mode that comes on the disk with the gpu is much better than a switch on the card. Because this software select mode is would be accessible and noticeable to so many more people, not just to advance users. People aren't afraid when there is a software select mode where very few would turn a dip switch on the pcb.
The irony is that no one would have ever made a stink if the modes where selected by dual bios toggle switches. When this much more accessible and superior solution which many more people could use had been turned around on them. It's ironic
Of course I was instantly against this and thought it was shitty. But the more tpu has tried to get attention from it, the more they keep posting info, the less and less bad it sounds. Also, I can't believe this is being portrayed as some huge revelation that tpu just stumbled on.
So....
MSI says they list clear on their products the different clock speeds for the different modes. The website and box, there modes and their different clock speeds...they are not hidden.
This is the shocking part. Those modes are not only available and defined, they also ship their cards with a disc, the software has all modes available chosen by a click.
Many people who buy computer parts use the install disk to install the software. For the power users that dont, it seems a clock speed discrepancy wouldn't be a huge mystery since the product having different modes is listed on the box as well as their website.
MSI,
Quote: The MSI Gaming App allows you to apply one of three performance profiles with a single click, instantly giving you the desired performance.
Reviews list clock speeds and if there are different modes then they should be listed. But if they install the software, wouldn't they see the different modes? If they aren't installing the disk software, well that's a shortcut...an interesting one.
It's hard to imagine that reviewers had no clue these cards had different modes. Since the clock speeds and modes are defined for the models, it just seems like these reviewers are pretty lazy and careless. Perhaps MSI has a point and reviewers don't pay attention and do half as jobs, so they have the cards in the high mode all ready to go.
I think that that there should be some note to the reviewer but it seems that this could end up a mess when some half ass reviewer says that they were sent cards that are over clocked higher that retail cards out of the box...the mess that that could make. Really, it seems that the mess truly could be due to the fact that reviewers don't install the software. If any did, there is no way they wouldn't or couldn't know about the different modes.
I just have issue now with the fact that these modes are listed for these products. They put them on the box, website, and software that comes with the gpu. It's hard to see how someone would see their card was running at a lower speed than the review online and just not be able to figure it out.
Also I have seen things that might suggest that these software modes grew from the cards that had physical bios switches. That this is an evolution from those. Well, reviewers were getting cards with the switch already on turbo for some time. It is not new at all. This is ancient news. I actually think that a software select mode that comes on the disk with the gpu is much better than a switch on the card. Because this software select mode is would be accessible and noticeable to so many more people, not just to advance users. People aren't afraid when there is a software select mode where very few would turn a dip switch on the pcb.
The irony is that no one would have ever made a stink if the modes where selected by dual bios toggle switches. When this much more accessible and superior solution which many more people could use had been turned around on them. It's ironic