Misleading Graphic Card Label & Sales

Anyone else realize PC companies are selling you products that are named the same as the "retail version" but are OEM spec'ed and clearly inferior but are not priced to reflect their often crippled nature?

Example

nVidia 560Ti v. nVidia 560Ti OEM

Improperly, the card is not labeled or listed as an OEM version on the websites or invoices (for example Dell or Alienware) and you don't know what your getting until you Gpu-Z and see what you get.

To their credit (or their liability attorney's credit) nVidia clearly lists the difference on their website. I hope the Federal Trade Commission looks into this debacle.

GeForce GTX 560 Ti (OEM) - Specifications - GeForce

We are not getting what we think we ordered and paid for bottom line!

 

This discussion belongs on Desktop Review.

 

Well it happens to notebooks too. Like the 560m in the Asus G53SX.

 

I gave but one example but this is not limited to desktops as the above poster sited.

Since nVidia deems it necessary to label the card spec's differently as regular and OEM then so should the computer (notebook and desktop sellers!

 

well just look that the 555m gt its a total mess of a card with all its different versions and less tech savy consumers will no if there getting a gimped one or not they will just buy it

 

Yep. http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...b-2gb-3gb-ddr3-gddr5-someone-can-help-me.html

So far 7 variations of 555m

 

On the flip side, when I paid for my 6950s, AMD sold me 6970s!

But yes, I bet most people see a laptop with a "GTX 560," google a few benchmarks for the desktop version, and then wonder why their new laptop doesn't stack up.

 

Yeah, that is a bit much.

They really should have a number or naming scheme that is distinctive, however, it is very much to the manufacturer's advantage to keep it convoluted.


Buyer Beware.

 

I would say that everything is business for those companies now so the most they can do to be profitable they will do and unfortunately for us we are fully concerned

 

I am not so quick to give them a pass for misleading and false advertisement in the name of profits.

It's like buying Chevrolet, expecting ( and paying for) a Corvette model, but getting a Malibu.

Seems nVidia and AMD and Intel manuf. are clearly listing specs on their websites and retail packaging but the computer manuf. are doing a classic bait and switch strategy which is highly unethical and illegal.

No doubt there will be class action law suits in the future. The manuf. will get a pass without admitting any wrongdoing, the attorneys will get millions in fees and you will get a $10 coupon settlement.

I will build my own computers in the future using retail parts or use the smaller boutique companies.