wow evga screwed up

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King_Weaver

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So after a load of bullshit I finally got my new system up and running. I installed rivatuner 2.06 to start overclocking my video card. When I brought up the system tweaks menu it shows my core clock at 650mhz, shader 1625mhz, and memory at 950mhz. Im confused because I bought the vanilla 8800gt which should be at 600mhz core, 1500mhz shader, and 900mhz ram. Did they accidently put a superclock in a vanilla box?
 
Also can someone tell me what the default fan settings are? Im sort of confused on this... To what percentage does the default settings ramp the fan to under extreme load.
 
There have been lots of reports of this.

My guess is that the demand for the vanilla 8800GTs was so high that they took a bunch of cards that were certified as Superclocked, shoved the plain sticker on them, and shipped them out without bothering to reflash them.

I don't think they screwed up... but, if they did make a mistake, it was certainly in your favor. Congratulations.


Castell said:
I'm missing the part as of how you got screwed over..:confused:
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"they screwed up" != "they screwed me over"
 
Castell said:
I'm missing the part as of how you got screwed over..:confused:
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Sometimes if they don't have the same card in stock they will ship it the next highest product. Check the part number on the back of the card, then look it up on their website.
 
Guys, "screwed up" and "screwed over" are two different things.

eVGA can "screw up" without negatively affecting the customer. In this case they screwed up to the benefit of the customer.

Just like a cashier screws up when they give you too much change. They didn't screw you over, they just screwed up
 
PEOPLE PEOPLE...read my post I never said I got screwed over...im not complaining...jesus you guys jump to conclusions.:rolleyes:
 
In the rush, some stock boxes were sold with overclocked BIOS'. These are stress tested just like all the other cards are so there is no reason to worry. You just got a free OC.
 
My bad I misread what your thread title said...I didn't need 10 people to correct me ahah.

But yeah, you did get lucky!!
 
Well, usually when hardware companies screw up it means they did something bad. Thats why i rushed into this thread to see what was wrong. I think that they should fix the title to give it a better connotation since it does seem a bit bad when nothing bad happened.
 
Nice, sounds like they goofed and you reap the reward. Good for you!
 
King_Weaver said:
PEOPLE PEOPLE...read my post I never said I got screwed over...im not complaining...jesus you guys jump to conclusions.:rolleyes:
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Welcome to the world of internet forums... expect to see at least 30 posts about how you are complaining about evga "screwing you over" from idiots who haven't read past post #1, 8 posts from idiots whining about how they didn't get screwed over too, and at least 5 posts of people saying that it doesn't matter anyway because their Radeon 9700 Pro will beat your new 8800GT because .... 9700 has to be better than 8800....

:p :D

Anyway, what's the part number on the back of your card? It should be on a sticker... I'm curious if you got a card that was SKU'ed as a superclocked card, or wether your card was meant to be a vanilla in the first place...

Anyway it matters not, just enjoy your card and look at it as another awesome bonus from the folks at EVGA. :)
 
Blue Falcon said:
Welcome to the world of internet forums... expect to see at least 30 posts about how you are complaining about evga "screwing you over" from idiots who haven't read past post #1, 8 posts from idiots whining about how they didn't get screwed over too, and at least 5 posts of people saying that it doesn't matter anyway because their Radeon 9700 Pro will beat your new 8800GT because .... 9700 has to be better than 8800....

:p :D

Anyway, what's the part number on the back of your card? It should be on a sticker... I'm curious if you got a card that was SKU'ed as a superclocked card, or wether your card was meant to be a vanilla in the first place...

Anyway it matters not, just enjoy your card and look at it as another awesome bonus from the folks at EVGA. :)
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it says P3-N801-FR
 
You got your from Frys. I had the same thing happen with the two I bought the day they came out. I panicked at first but realized what evga did. As long as they run fine at those speeds everything is ok.
 
Minus the FR at the end, that's the non-overclocked part number EVGA lists on their site.
As you point out though, it's not the speeds they list for the stocker.
 
If you can read it says "screwed up" as in made a mistake!!!

You got a good deal, congrats. (evga is a good company,regardless.)
 
Just out of curiosity, I wonder what you'd get in return if you had to RMA that card. I read through the posts pretty fast and wasn't quite sure what the #'s on the card meant.
 
EVGA is making themselves a lot of lifetime customers recently. More companies should look to them as an example of how to run a business right.
 
KamelRed said:
EVGA is making themselves a lot of lifetime customers recently. More companies should look to them as an example of how to run a business right.
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bah ... 50 / 50 will make you alot of money because youv'e already sold a 100 .
 
this thread would have better been titled "eVGA hooked me up" since it's unlikely they actually screwed up (which has negative connotations for eVGA). :)
 
Ask for 2 more for mental anguish!!

Slimeballs... ;)

Have then send me one too just for reading about it...
 
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