Monday, February 20th 2017

AMD vs. NVIDIA Flamewar Claims its First IRL Fatality

Feb 20th, 2017 05:02 Discuss (73 Comments)

A Russian man was convicted for murdering his friend over an argument they had over whose graphics card brand is better. Although this incident happened about a year ago, a court placed on official record that the fight that led to the murder was over graphics card brand loyalties. Aleksander Trofimov, hacked his friend Evgeny Lylin to death with a knife as things got heated way out of control between them. The two were under the influence of alcohol. Trofimov, got so offended by his friend's arguments over which GPU brand's cooling solution is better, that he stabbed him 11 times with a knife. Maybe keep your flame-wars on the Internet, where mods with bansticks can sort you out. We stab only your ego.

Source: FragHero

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73 Comments on AMD vs. NVIDIA Flamewar Claims its First IRL Fatality

#26

Nihilus

RIP
Humanity at its best once again.

#27

AvidTechUser

This is what the world has come to.

If we are not divided by nation, race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, political views or favourite sports team already, why not divide us by our preferential graphics card manufacturer?

#28

Ferrum Master

FluffmeisterOne down, many more to go.

Do you own a gun? :pimp:

#29

TheMailMan78

Big Member

AvidTechUserThis is what the world has come to.

If we are not divided by nation, race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, political views or favourite sports team already, why not divide us by our preferential graphics card manufacturer?

Sounds good to me!

#30

erixx

I "hope" (lacking another word) that the photos are real and the story too. Otherwise you can get your ass sued man!

#31

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

erixxI "hope" (lacking another word) that the photos are real and the story too. Otherwise you can get your ass sued man!

I think so. Did you notice @Xzibit had a lot more details of the murder?

#32

Hood

When the murderer arrives in Hell, his punishment will be that all the PCs in Hell are running AMD cards, and there's no Wraith coolers or water cooling...this also explains the high temps, lake of fire, screaming, gnashing of teeth, etc.

#33

Evo85

To take a life over something so trivial is a tragedy.

#34

TheMailMan78

Big Member

HoodWhen the murderer arrives in Hell, his punishment will be that all the PCs in Hell are running AMD cards, and there's no Wraith coolers or water cooling...this also explains the high temps, lake of fire, screaming, gnashing of teeth, etc.

Consoles running AMD.

#35

BiggieShady

the54thvoidFanboy doesn't quite cut it.

Fansassin?

#36

PowerPC

arterius2"Russians"

You mean Nvidia fanboys, right?

#37

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

TheMailMan78How boring the world would be if everyone was mentally stable. You wouldn't have me for instance.

I find it hard to dispute this logic.

#38

erixx

He killed the poor fukker because the server had "respawn=true"....

#39

ensabrenoir

........at least they both agreed and were probably using intel cpus.....

...........flame on!!!!

.....but seriously...... we must all re-learn to love our differences. Otherwise the world would be a boring place if....

#40

BiggieShady

ensabrenoirat least they both agreed and were probably using intel cpus

Oh, at least he wasn't killed over a cpu brand ... because that would be so much worse.
Maybe you meant he could have been killed twice over cpu then gpu?

#41

alucasa

Was vodka involved?

#42

Tsukiyomi91

seriously? == do u even need to kill your own friend over his choice? Geez.

#43

Cybrnook2002

just to respond to the poll. I voted no, the fact their are 2 key players does not, in itself, create the tension. it's the marketing and superiority complexes that generate the tension (and of course enthusiasts forums like this, where "opinions" are worth what you paid for them) .

each team has to set themselves apart from the other for a "market" to be created.

#44

Vayra86

Next thing you know they'll limit Ryzen processor performance because of the added risk to society.

Inb4 AMD statement on why performance is lagging a bit in real world tests.

#45

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

btarunrA Russian man was convicted for murdering his friend over an argument they had over whose graphics card brand is better. Although this incident happened about a year ago, a court placed on official record that the fight that led to the murder was over graphics card brand loyalties. Aleksander Trofimov, hacked his friend Evgeny Lylin to death with a knife as things got heated way out of control between them. The two were under the influence of alcohol. Trofimov, got so offended by his friend's arguments over which GPU brand's cooling solution is better, that he stabbed him 11 times with a knife. Maybe keep your flame-wars on the Internet, where mods with bansticks can sort you out. We stab only your ego.

Source: FragHero

One certainly isn't bright, no good use in society.

#46

the54thvoid

Super Intoxicated Moderator

BiggieShadyFansassin?

Graphicide?

Nvidicide, Radeocide?

#47

redeye

really? ... not over PCMR's vs Consoles?

#48

R-T-B

Vodka should be blamed more than GPUs... :p

#49

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK Right matey, I'll take NVIDIA, you take AMD - it's graphics cards at dawn! :eek: :laugh:

#50

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

qubit@CAPSLOCKSTUCK Right matey, I'll take NVIDIA, you take AMD - it's graphics cards at dawn! :eek: :laugh:

ummmmm.

you win.......:D

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