AMD Pulls Hysterical Cape Verde Marketing Stunt

[H82LUZ73]

Man or woman, young or old, Verdetrol is the solution for anyone looking to get an edge when the heat is on!

 

[Steevo]

I want to know what they are capable of clocking to.......

1Ghz out of the box and if 7970's are getting a 1.3ghz treatment by some AIB partners, who knows how much this can take.

 

[blugbox]

It even comes in a qty of 28... for the new 28nm process?

Lol talk about a collector's item! This is the spirit of marketing right here! It's funny, it even kinda pokes fun at themselves, and is friendly and competetive at the same time.

I love it.

 

[Completely Bonkers]

Wow, so cool! wicked! Amazing. Don't you love how clever it is! Pills... wooooaaahhh. Green troll...... snicker. 28 pills.... oh so cleva. Viagra...... whoooarrr.

Seriously, most of you sound like sex starved teenagers. I suggest you turn off your PC's, get out more and get laid. In the morning, tell your luvva about this cool AMD marketing stunt and how cool and clever you think it is... [/sarcasm] HAHAHAHA

 

[eidairaman1]

I find it hysterical how bad AMD's marketing team is year after year...

^^

Says the Troll.



You need to add to the Vote that this is Funny.

A Cable is a message.



AS in "Hey Nvidia! TROLLED!"



lulz.

The pills symbolize a day nVidia cards are not sold. Every day it's(AMD) going to eat at away @ nV sales, one day at a time.

I think AMD finally understands how much impact selling the first 1 GHz GPU is going to have on consumer mind share. 7770 is going to be the level of card that is stuffed into Dell/HP boxes more often than not, and nVidia doesn't have a card that competes....at least...not yet.

Im Pretty Stoked about the "Triple Seven 0H!"

While I was reading... "label directed them to insert the blue capsules inside it to the heat vents of the graphics card, when benchmarking".

My first thought was a "heat-melt capsules" (wax) that reviewer could use for both the AMD card, and any 1Ghz card Nvidia might come out with. Then run a game that is really stressing both (not like a Furmark) and see when/which melted it first along with which had better FPS.

That would've been a real engineering / marketing coup, and really made a statement to AMD’s prowess. Although as AMD and we have yet to really be sure what Kepler will be in terms of clock/power/performance it's too early to gamble that fiercely, as we're probably 3 months away from seeing GK106 offerings, a stunt like that would have been way to ball’sy.

My thinking exactly!

Look it at this Way, NV is late to the party and wont get the good Snatch! LOL

 

[DOM]

Wow, so cool! wicked! Amazing. Don't you love how clever it is! Pills... wooooaaahhh. Green troll...... snicker. 28 pills.... oh so cleva. Viagra...... whoooarrr.

Seriously, most of you sound like sex starved teenagers. I suggest you turn off your PC's, get out more and get laid. In the morning, tell your luvva about this cool AMD marketing stunt and how cool and clever you think it is... [/sarcasm] HAHAHAHA

im glad tpu is not as bad as ocn

 

[Delta6326]

Verdetrol, just insert a blue capsule inside through the heat vents of the graphics card 4 times a day to increase your E-Peen...

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

I want the red jelly bean

 

[dude12564]

^^

Says the Troll.



You need to add to the Vote that this is Funny.



Im Pretty Stoked about the "Triple Seven 0H!"



Look it at this Way, NV is late to the party and wont get the good Snatch! LOL

Early bird gets the worm.

 

[HTC]

This is both very funny and a very clever marketing stunt.

Personally, i think it's very cool.

 

[damric]

Did W1zzard eat the jellybeans? If so, I hope they are in the review for taste 1-10.

 

[HTC]

Did W1zzard eat the jellybeans? If so, I hope they are in the review for taste 1-10.

They're not for eating: they're for the GPU's fans.

I'm sure W1zzard will add it's result to either the positive or negative @ the review's conclusion ...

 

[v12dock]

epeen viagra

 

[radrok]

epeen viagra

Virtual bon-air?

 

[pr0n Inspector]

What in the f does this have anything to do with a video card?

Are they trying to tell you that you need the blue pill at the age of 30 because you just bought an AMD card?

 

[Imsochobo]

What in the f does this have anything to do with a video card?

Are they trying to tell you that you need the blue pill at the age of 30 because you just bought an AMD card?

Well, It doesnt matter if it does, it made you read about AMD.

Amd marketing worked, funny eh ?

 

[cadaveca]

What in the f does this have anything to do with a video card?

Are they trying to tell you that you need the blue pill at the age of 30 because you just bought an AMD card?

nVidia pulled a similar stunt a ways back(2007, i think), with green "pills". When I had dinner with the nV marketing team when they were here in town, I was told that they bought like 5 states out of green Jelly Belly cndy, and then had an issue crossing the border into Canada with a suitcase full of green "pills".


That's why i call this a troll against NV....

I also voted that this was a fail, because it's hardly original, considering nV did kinda the same thing, although I guess many do not remember.


Link:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-150415.html

 

[eidairaman1]

I find it funny where SLI lays at along with Physx when NV tried marketing both just for them to not be a long term effect, NV cant produce a Chipset for Intel at all...

 

[HTC]

nVidia pulled a similar stunt a ways back(2007, i think), with green "pills". When I had dinner with the nV marketing team when they were here in town, I was told that they bought like 5 states out of green Jelly Belly cndy, and then had an issue crossing the border into Canada with a suitcase full of green "pills".


That's why i call this a troll against NV....

I also voted that this was a fail, because it's hardly original, considering nV did kinda the same thing, although I guess many do not remember.


Link:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-150415.html

Wasn't aware of this but am unable to see the pics

In any case, i still think it's a good marketing stunt. Troll or not, i'm sure you must admit it's very funny.

Reminds me of that shreddies ad where they "revolutionized" their cereal by introducing diamond shaped shreddies as opposed to square ones and, to me anyway, that's a totally brilliant ad and shows the power of creative advertising.

You can see the ad i'm referring to in here, from 11:58 to roughly 15:00.

 

[cadaveca]

In any case, i still think it's a good marketing stunt. Troll or not, i'm sure you must admit it's very funny.

Yeah, I'm not saying at all that I didn't like it.

I'd rather this type of marketing than the usual.

Intel's "Secret Mission" 1155 campaign was pretty good too.

I complained about the 7970 not being a 1GHz GPU, considering the OCs. I think this card is a much better option, considering the price I expect. We'll see where that ends up soon though, i guess.

 

[HTC]

Yeah, I'm not saying at all that I didn't like it.

I'd rather this type of marketing than the usual.

Intel's "Secret Mission" 1155 campaign was pretty good too.

I complained about the 7970 not being a 1GHz GPU, considering the OCs. I think this card is a much better option, considering the price I expect. We'll see where that ends up soon though, i guess.

Agreed. If you haven't yet, suggest you check out the video in my previous post from 11:58 to almost 15:00, or the whole video: the particular video section i singled out really is hysterical.

 

[de.das.dude]

its Rx 1337-2010
lol leet!

 

[Ferrum Master]

If my memory is correct AMD also took first 1ghz CPU crown with t-bird? It was so long ago, I can't remember it...

 

[laszlo]

where is the BULDOTROL ?

eat 1 pill before start benching vs intel cpu so you won't notice any difference.
eat 2 pills "-"....and you will beat intel at all tests
eat 3 pills '-"....and you will smash with a hammer all intel's cpu's as yours is the best one