TechPowerUp Selects PNY as Graphics Card Provider for Review Test Systems

[Dragokar]

PNY RTX 4070 Ti XLR8 OC - New worse BIOS/version?

PNY has been silent since the beginning of this case, I sent the question to them through all possible channels and... Silence. Anyone willing to send a question to PNY? The more tickets they get on this issue the sooner we know their explanation. Flash a new card and risk turning it into a...

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Nice and thanks, didn't saw that update. Still....they should avoid stuff like this in the future because the cards are usually great.

 

[R-T-B]

Let it be known that as a close observer of the space that I do not like this. While there's always been the possibility, if not overwhelming likelihood that a site like TPU could receive golden samples and the like, this just muddies that water even further.

Most review stock everywhere is manufacturer supplied. TPU is no different in that regard, it's rare we buy retail for reviews (though it does happen sometimes).

You are really complaining about something that if it's even a valid concern, has been par for the course for quite some time.

 

[Timbaloo]

W1zard can do what he wants, but I prefer him to be completely transparent and now I have to question that.

The f are you talking about? Announcing that PNY gifted these cards is exactly that: Transparency. If they just slided them over, with an extra gift for the man Wizzard himself, without announcing it, then you should be concerned. But obviously then you would not even know, would you...?

The sad thing is, your behaviour actually fosters intransparency, because your posts give an incentive to not be transparent, to not announce such gifts, to keep it "under the hood", to spare Wizzard and all the other guys from such - sorry - bullcrap you just posted.

 

[ir_cow]

That's it for me. Now all TPU reviews will be biased towards NV/PNY. This site has lost all of its credibility. I'll switch to a resource that has completely unquestioned work ethics: The Linus Media Group...

/s

This made me laugh hard. Those are some deep cuts.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That's it for me. Now all TPU reviews will be biased towards NV/PNY. This site has lost all of its credibility. I'll switch to a resource that has completely unquestioned work ethics: The Linus Media Group...

/s

The f are you talking about? Announcing that PNY gifted these cards is exactly that: Transparency. If they just slided them over, with an extra gift for the man Wizzard himself, without announcing it, then you should be concerned. But obviously then you would not even know, would you...?

The sad thing is, your behaviour actually fosters intransparency, because your posts give an incentive to not be transparent, to not announce such gifts, to keep it "under the hood", to spare Wizzard and all the other guys from such - sorry - bullcrap you just posted.

Good for you! Bye bye then! Don't let the door hit you on the way out..

This made me laugh hard. Those are some deep cuts.

Silly people will be silly. Best thing we can do is show them the door...

 

[the54thvoid]

Good for you! Bye bye then! Don't let the door hit you on the way out..


Silly people will be silly. Best thing we can do is show them the door...

Did you miss the /s tag?

Timbaloo is supporting w1zz, and referring to another member.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Did you miss the /s tag?

Timbaloo is supporting w1zz, and referring to another member.

No I saw it. Perhaps I'm missing the intended context due to the choice of vocabulary...

 

[W1zzard]

gifts

Legally these cards are loaner units, and I still have a house full of GPUs and I can still play just one game at a time, for which I usually don't have the time, because I am producing content for you

 

[OliverQueen]

Maybe you can tell them to release a VBIOS that actually allows Resizable BAR to be enabled & work on their 3080ti LHR cards instead of arrogant CSR's at PNY telling those that enquire about one that you have bought it & that's tough luck (even tell you same thing if you say that you want to replace the thermal pads & core paste with a decent material!). I don't particularly want to flash the VBIOS with a Palit or Gainward VBIOS in case of problems as card still under warranty.

 

[Delta6326]

Congrats TPU team! Got me over here drooling lol

 

[chrcoluk]

Its logical the same GPU will be used for all non GPU testing to have consistency of test bench.

However I can understand the points being made, that TPU felt the need to advertise the card they using as a partner as if PNY pushed this on them in return for supply the GPUs, and although the stance is there will be no bias, how would someone reviewing the next PNY card feel if they found a flaw, they would then be revealing the flaw from their card partner, I think that would enter the head when doing the review and potentially alter the released review.

 

[SoundsLucid]

Can i get a discount?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Can i get a discount?

No. You have to pay double for the privilege of having the TPU/PNY partnership..