notty22
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I hope Anand/Ryan are getting the real scoop on this. Im surprised we havent seen anything from Anandtech yet on this. The hardocp was an opinion piece more than anything. Really want to know the full truth on this..... a good Anand behind the scenes scoop would really hit the spot
Depends... You can get lucky sometimes.
They were running a pretty good sale on Visiontek cards the week that AMD launched the 4-series early, so a brand new Visiontek HD 4850 ended going for $149.99 (MSRP was $199.99).
Best Buy attempted to get into the DIY market by selling a full tower Lian Li built case re-branded as a Rocketfish that didn't end up selling all that great to the average Best Buy customer. So, they sold off the remaining stock for dirt cheap. I had to drive about 65 miles out of the way, but I picked one up for $47. It's top notch Lian Li quality and would be a good deal at $85-100, but it's a total steal for $47. The Lian Li casters and optical drive bezels I added to it cost me more than the case itself.
I used to be a big Nvidia customer... but this is a deal breaker for me... I'm sure the people at the India Call Center are good people - but in terms of customer service it is terrible... They go by a script when they talk to you (Funny Credit Card Commercials)... Obviously Nvidia's strategy is to increase their bottom line- wether they can execute we will see in the future... when companies start sacrificing service for profits that is when they will start hurting...
Sprint/Nextel
AT&T Wireless
Cisco/Linksys
Are some of the examples that uses tech support in India Call Centers... and I have bad experience with all of them... and Sprint Customer Service was rated worst in of USA Companies two years in a row until they started re-routing some of their calls back to US Based support.
How could you have been a big Nvidia customer if this is the first time they sold self branded video cards. Unless you meant you bought cards from Nvidia's board partners, in which case what does it matter to you if Nvidia's call center for their self branded cards is in India? Your board maker of choice's call center isn't affected by Nvidia's call center.
On the surface this may not be a big deal - it may in fact not be a big deal at all if it's strictly limited to just the gts450 and only at Best Buy stores. But if Nvidia were to expand on this and sell an entire lineup of Geforce cards across several different retailers, they would be entering into direct competition with their own AIB partners. And they'll have an unfair advantage by skipping the third party manufacturer.
I used to be a big Nvidia customer... but this is a deal breaker for me... I'm sure the people at the India Call Center are good people - but in terms of customer service it is terrible... They go by a script when they talk to you (Funny Credit Card Commercials)... Obviously Nvidia's strategy is to increase their bottom line- wether they can execute we will see in the future... when companies start sacrificing service for profits that is when they will start hurting...
$300 for a GTX460!?
Is it stock OC'ed to 1.4GHz and equipped with 3GB ram?
nVidia branded cards are manufactured by foxconn... but yes, they are screwing the heck out of their AIB partners
I would totally get NVIDIA branded if it were cheaper than a partner brand, usually I buy point of view, and other cheaper brands, never had a problem with'em!![]()
In stocks we'd refer to this as a "value trap", I'm sure there is a comparable vernacular employed to describe its equivalence in marketing where one creates the perception of a good value and good pricing by merely positioning it against a ridiculously over-priced equivalent product.
At the prices being listed here I don't see how this poses any thread to an AIB partner unless that partner was seeking to list their product at equally absurd retail pricing.
If anything I'd argue it gives AIB customers the opportunity to feel that they are "saving money" by going with the equivalent performing but lower-priced AIB product sitting next to the Nvidia one on the shelf.
In stocks we'd refer to this as a "value trap", I'm sure there is a comparable vernacular employed to describe its equivalence in marketing where one creates the perception of a good value and good pricing by merely positioning it against a ridiculously over-priced equivalent product.
Generic pharmaceuticals comes to mind. Why do we have the impression that generics represent "good value", its not because we have assessed the value of the drug but because we are told it is inexpensive compared to buying the brand label equivalent. Value trap.
So you think NV did this to make the other models look cheap?
And you expect the partners to think this is good for the long term relationsship, and now they are safe?
Is this a win or lose strategy?
http://trustrelations.dk/win-or-lose-strategy/
So you think NV did this to make the other models look cheap?
And you expect the partners to think this is good for the long term relationsship, and now they are safe?
Is this a win or lose strategy?
http://trustrelations.dk/win-or-lose-strategy/
