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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 07:47 AM
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For all of you computer nerds, I thought I'd rant somewhere. I bought a $300 GeForce 4400 Video Card from PNY and it quit working. I sent it off for a "free" replacement and after a 45 minute wait on the phone, I finally got an RMA number. That was 3 weeks ago and after several emails and phone calls, I haven't heard back.

You spend all that money and you get crappy service. I hate you PNY, may you get cancer.
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 07:50 AM
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As the old Arab saying goes:

"May the fleas from a thousand camels invade your armpits."

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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 10:57 AM
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We used to use PNY a long time ago. They did suck!
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 02:14 PM
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MSI, LeadTek and (Formerly) VisionTek (RIP) are all the best card manufacturers that I've run across... I currently have an MSI GF4Ti42000 128 MB DDR and it works like silk, not a single bobble
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 02:31 PM
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I'm about to go buy a Radeon, because I figure it will be 6 months until I get it back. I need to play Counter Strike badly.
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 02:34 PM
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WHile the card itself is good, I've heard numerous horror stories about the Drivers for Radeons... then again, I'm NVidia loyal
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 02:36 PM
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I've read about a lockup in XP with GeForce.... I dunno, it's either NVidia or Radeon... grrrr.....
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 02:49 PM
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Unless you're going for the Radeon 9700 Pro, I personally would go the NVidia route... but then again, that's just my personal opinion
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 03:49 PM
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I bought a Radeon 8500 LE, it was only 150 and I needed something to play counter strike with. All the retail stores only had Radeon or PNY.
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Old Aug 26, 2002 | 09:26 PM
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That sucks...
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