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As reviewers across the globe add extra security to their networks to prevent AMD spies breaking in and discovering performance data, special launch information and street pricing – it takes just one site to undo all that good work.
News and reviews sites across the world have just been alerted to the presence of a GTX 465 card putting its head above the canopy on a pilot shop.
It is unusual to find such a story in the public domain, given how much time and effort companies like nVidia spend protecting their products from unquthorised/prying eyes
Including part of the NDA message with the story was very interesting as was the companies claim to offer “valuable inside knowledge”. No argument from us there.
We have no idea why they are selling Point of View graphic cards, maybe they know something about Fermi's Flight Sim performance that we don't. Can Point of View be blamed? Probably not. KitGuru put POV into a lot of search engines early today, and none of them gave us any indication of bad intention [Many results did not seem to have anything to do with graphics, which was confusing – Ed].
KitGuru says: We’re not saying another word on the subject. Our review and opinion will remain firmly under wraps until the agreed release date. Despite the fact that this company has destroyed a large chunk of the NDA with a nasty case of friendly fire.
they are all over NewEgg.com
Yeah but its hard to judge retail prices in UK going on USA prices. We get ripped off over here.
That is a lot of cash for a lower end board. Hope its decent.
£265? fuck me, thats not cheap. I thought it would be £200 here when it came out to target the bollocks HD5830 mess.
Thats more than some HD5850’s in the UK. interesting!
Remember: It’s possible that other brands/UK stores will have different pricing. Last time I checked, Pilots-R-Us was not the largest retail store in the UK 🙂
From Proviation-
We sell these cards as part of a flight sim package, which is sold to flying schools and aviation enthusiasts, so we’re able to sell cards individually also.
You’re right, we’re not a retail store specialising in cards, however we do have specialist knowledge, having members of the team with over 10 years involvement in NVidia cards
There was no information disclosed on this item prior to the release date- the price indication was given from our supplier, allowing us to advertise the card from June 1st onwards.
It seems your community sat with bated breath waiting for information regarding this product, and you jumped on Proviation as the first retailer to advertise the product. How this made news, we’re not sure? We were deliberately over-priced, err-ing on the side of caution price-wise. The item also showed ‘pre order only’ and availablity 2+ weeks.
The only reason the card was listed was to form part of a new package we’re offering customers. It wasn’t intended to be broadcast across the web so soon; that’s the effectiveness of Google shops for you.
Sorry, we weren’t aware of all the hush-hush and hype around this card. We’re in the aviation business, so don’t have our ear to the ground in respect of computer parts. We observed all aspects of the NDA, including price, and set our own price as previously stated.
Thank you for the somewhat unwanted publicity- although we have now sold out of this card, and will no longer be stocking it.
Kind regards
Hi SkyTech,
It was good that you did list it – it was a great source of traffic – thanks :~)
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Everyone at KitGuru