quazEE
07-17-2006, 05:53 PM
It has been 5 days since I created a ticket (#: 59167) in the XFX Help desk system. It’s about my 7900 GTX card (not OCed), which suffers from the infamous problem of freezing and creating artifacts during 3Dmark06 tests and during and after playing a high-end 3D game (such as F.E.A.R.). I just checked the status of my ticket and it is still “With Technician”. Considering the magnitude of the problem (web is full with forums on this issue), it is understandable that the tech-support guys have their hands full, but as a customer who has paid $450 for a GPU, I think that I deserve at least some response from XFX when my 7900GTX throws in the towel because of a well know problem.
I know there are more than a few guys out there with XFX 7900GTXs who hard boot their system every time after 15 minutes in to a 3D game. At this point, according to my humble opinion, the wise thing for XFX to do about this issue would be:
1. To issue a press release (if possible by forcing nVidia to do it) to inform the annoyed customer base.
2. To come up with a response strategy, which quickly processes the existing tickets due to this problem.
Otherwise, It may sound harsh but, when the next upgrade cycle comes the industry is more than likely to see a shift towards ATI.
I know there are more than a few guys out there with XFX 7900GTXs who hard boot their system every time after 15 minutes in to a 3D game. At this point, according to my humble opinion, the wise thing for XFX to do about this issue would be:
1. To issue a press release (if possible by forcing nVidia to do it) to inform the annoyed customer base.
2. To come up with a response strategy, which quickly processes the existing tickets due to this problem.
Otherwise, It may sound harsh but, when the next upgrade cycle comes the industry is more than likely to see a shift towards ATI.