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View Poll Results: Should this kind of re-branding be allowed and is it taking advantage of Consumers?
This is common and should be allowed. 0 0%
This may be common but I disagree with the practice. 1 33.33%
They shouldn't be allowed to do this. 0 0%
They should be held responsible and they are taking advantage of consumers. 2 66.67%
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Old 08-24-2008, 10:24 AM
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Default Mobile 9800 GT is Really Re-Branded 8800 GTX

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Old 08-24-2008, 02:48 PM
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As a consumer myself who likes to get the best deal possible and at least get close to what I pay for. We buy these kinds of features because they're suppose to be faster and better. If performance between the two mobile graphics processors is the same while requiring a bigger premium, I would be one aggravated consumer after buying the laptop. In the end, it's pretty piss poor business. Someone ask Nvidia why this has happened at Nvision this week!
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Old 08-24-2008, 04:06 PM
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If performance between the two mobile graphics processors is the same while requiring a bigger premium, I would be one aggravated consumer after buying the laptop. In the end, it's pretty piss poor business.
I work for another Clevo reseller, whom I shall not mention, but it's important to realize that the "9800M GT" does NOT require a bigger premium. The price of the card dropped nearly $200 when nVIDIA rebranded it, which is a pretty significant price drop (nearly 1/3 of the original price). It's goofy business, and it's shady enough to have me a bit squeamish, but nVIDIA really wanted to move their old 8800M GTX stock, and this is actually a pretty smart way to do it, all things considered.
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Old 08-25-2008, 07:01 PM
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This mean 8800 gtx = 9800 gt.
Why did they changed the name ?
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