Kougar
09-21-2006, 07:27 AM
Interesting development, and I agree a pretty bold statement from MSI. I have to wonder if they have already acquired some of these cards Woot sold, it would be extremely easy to trace them and know for sure. :???:
NVIDIA 7900GS cards with a green PCB may be plundered goods
Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, has recently posted an alert on its website (http://www.msicomputer.com/msiforms2/stolen.asp) calling attention to a truckload of stolen NVIDIA 7900GS cards.
The stolen GeForce 7900GS cards appear to closely resemble the NVIDIA reference board, with a green PCB, white DVI outputs, and a heatsink covering only the GPU core itself. In contrast, the retail 7900GS has a red PCB, yellow DVI outputs, and a larger heatsink that covers the onboard RAM chips and bears the MSI logo.
In a rather bold accusation, MSI is specifically mentioning the hot-deals website Woot.com, known for its one-day-only web deals. MSI 7900GS cards were sold by Woot.com on August 23, 2006 (http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=1420), with the description "This isn’t the full retail package that will hit stores sometime in the near future, nor is it just one piece of an entire PC system; it’s a raw hunk of standalone OEM hardware in a plain white wrapper..."
MSI is requesting that buyers who purchased these cards contact them with information regarding where they were purchased, and also notes that stolen cards do not carry a warranty.
Source Article: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4251 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4251)
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2540_large_msi7900.jpg
NVIDIA 7900GS cards with a green PCB may be plundered goods
Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, has recently posted an alert on its website (http://www.msicomputer.com/msiforms2/stolen.asp) calling attention to a truckload of stolen NVIDIA 7900GS cards.
The stolen GeForce 7900GS cards appear to closely resemble the NVIDIA reference board, with a green PCB, white DVI outputs, and a heatsink covering only the GPU core itself. In contrast, the retail 7900GS has a red PCB, yellow DVI outputs, and a larger heatsink that covers the onboard RAM chips and bears the MSI logo.
In a rather bold accusation, MSI is specifically mentioning the hot-deals website Woot.com, known for its one-day-only web deals. MSI 7900GS cards were sold by Woot.com on August 23, 2006 (http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=1420), with the description "This isn’t the full retail package that will hit stores sometime in the near future, nor is it just one piece of an entire PC system; it’s a raw hunk of standalone OEM hardware in a plain white wrapper..."
MSI is requesting that buyers who purchased these cards contact them with information regarding where they were purchased, and also notes that stolen cards do not carry a warranty.
Source Article: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4251 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4251)
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2540_large_msi7900.jpg