Talk about NewEgg EXAGGERATING the 7950GX2

g0dM@n · Jun 13, 2006

Look at this here:
http://promotions.newegg.com/NVIDIA/7950GX2/index.html

And here is the image taken from within the link above:

DOES ANYONE NOTICE HOW 0.0-0.8 IS CUT OFF? Haha... it makes it look like the 7950 is like 400% better, lol... I see how they're showing the 7900gtx as 1.0 (which translates to 100%), and the 7950 being whatever amount better percentage-wise. (for example: Doom3, 7900gtx 1.0, 7950gx2 1.4; thus, 40% better)

I know... some people are smart enough to notice the BS within this, but it's ridiculous how annoying marketing can truly be.

I'm sure this has taken over many kids with rich parents...

krag · Jun 13, 2006

LOL! Thats funny! the bottom increaments are definately misleading.

XvDarkyvX · Jun 13, 2006

haha the graph is skewed/biased... pretty funny. i was looking at it first kinda weird. then i read the text. haha.

openwheelracing · Jun 13, 2006

It's just marketing. Technically they are not bias casue the graph is clearly labed. This kind of graph is widely used in marketing. Done by Intel, AMD, ATI, Nvidia....... you name it, they've done it.

There are folks who are easily persuaded by advertising, but there are those who can gauge for themselves. If you are the latter, you wouldn't be complaining about this graph cause it's an old trick.

Mr.Guvernment · Jun 13, 2006

lets sue them for false advertisment

g0dM@n · Jun 13, 2006

Mr.Guvernment said:
lets sue them for false advertisment

how much do we get out of it?

IWasHungry · Jun 13, 2006

g0dM@n said:
how much do we get out of it?

Pride.

Gabkicks · Jun 13, 2006

wow... thats pretty messed up

tom k&e · Jun 14, 2006

If I had a dollar for every time I'd seen marketing departments pull this sort of BS...

Sjaak · Jun 14, 2006

g0dM@n said:
how much do we get out of it?

Nothing, it isn't false advertisement. As long as they do not claim it to be 400% better ''cause the bar is 4x longer'' there's nothing you can do. This is just marketing at it's best, showing what people want to see. Every corportion is guilty of it.

Captain Helghas · Jun 14, 2006

That is just awesome. Thank God for my college education that looked at the graph and said, "WTH? Oh, I see what they did." I hope it works for them, 'cause daddy needs a cheaper gpu in the future.

chevro1et · Jun 14, 2006

Never did care for those Management/ Business types at university.... always seemed a little on the shady side. Being a science major, I always examine the axis of any graph, but whatevs, lotsa 14 yr olds will be screaming, 'But dad, its like, 3 times better!!' LOl.

g0dM@n · Jun 14, 2006

Sjaak said:
Nothing, it isn't false advertisement. As long as they do not claim it to be 400% better ''cause the bar is 4x longer'' there's nothing you can do. This is just marketing at it's best, showing what people want to see. Every corportion is guilty of it.

i was joking... i'm sure you already knew, but saying that JUST IN CASE you think i'm an idiot...

so how much did you say we'd get out of it?

Richie P · Jun 14, 2006

First thing i look at is the scale...you have the be seriously naiive to trust any sort of graphs straight out of the marketing department.

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