Customer Reviews

PNY Technologies NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Graphics Processing Unit (256 MB, DDR3)

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This card was not intially slated for release, but because of ATi's X800 Pro Nvidia had to respond with a $400 card of its own. To put it simply this card owns. The diffrence between this and the Ultra is marginal at best. I reclocked this card to Ultra speeds and fell only 300 3DMark03 points behind an ultra.

This card comes with 16 pipelines active, 4 more than the X800 Pro. A 350Mhz Core clock and i believe either 450 or 500Mhz memory, both of which can be reclocked using coolbits (serach google if you don't know what that is).

It also contains the DirectX 9.0c spec which i currently use with Need For Speed Underground 2. And this card performs AMAZING absolutely 0 frame lag @ 1600x1200 and max detail, its that fast.

Point blank: if you don't want to speedn $550+ for an ultra this is your only choice, the 6800GT. Even if your considering an Ultra do you want to pay $150 for 5 more FPS? There is that little diffrence between the 2 :P

Check out www.tomshardware.com and search 6800GT for an apples to apple comparison of 6800GT and 6800 Ultra.

I bought a PNY graphics card that recently died. The card has a lifetime replacement warranty, so I thought "no problem, I'm covered." Sounds simple. HOW WRONG I WAS. I bought the card in December 2002, so the thing is not yet 3 years old. It turns out that PNY considers the life of a video card to be 1 year (or so, they're not very specific) and refuses to service my card under the lifetime replacement warranty.

I don't know about all you, but I consider my computer equipment to have a lifetime of more than 1 year, and even 4-5 years as I pass my old machine on to the kids.

Bottom line: PNY doesn't have the ethics of a company I'm willing to deal with. I'd look somewhere else if I were you.

This is a great card for the price. There is no beating it. PNY is a very good company. I dont know why people dont like this card. It has served me very well for a year now and I cant say one bad thing about it. Great for a gamer on a budget.

I bought this card now about 5 months ago and it still amazes me. I have it hooked up to a 3.2 gig P4 with a Samsung SyncMaster 213T. I had no idea what I was missing before I had this set up. Doom 3 and especially Half Life 2 are amazing at full resolution , 1600x1200. The card's digital connection is the way to go. This grapichs card is well worth the money I think. Plus it has a lifetime guarantee. I guess that's fine but with technology advancing the way it does, I can't imagine that would be a reason to buy this, it did however make me feel comfortable that for the next couple of years I don't have to worry about it frying. I have a clear case and the blue cool cathode light on the fans look awesome as well. No crashes or issues that I have noticed since installed.

Here's the situation:

I purchased a GeForce 5500 128MB DDR AGP video card. I found out that I needed to get another piece of hardware and needed to return the video card. I went to the store to return it.

Here starts the fun.

I found out that the cashier typed the number in the computer instead of scanning the barcode as she was supposed to. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Looking at the box, it says I had a 128MB video card. When I put the card into my computer, it recognized it as a 128MB video card. Everything about it said it was a 128MB video card. Except the sticker on the video card. I didn't pay attention at the time and upon returning the item, I found that the sticker said it was a 256MB video card. The store's policy was that since it was an opened item and since my receipt stated that I had a 128MB card, but that the sticker said 256MB, that they couldn't take it back and I had to deal with the manufacturer. This was because the return desk actually scanned the barcode on the sticker that was on the card instead of being lazy and typing in the number that was on the box.

Now I turn to the manufacturer, PNY. PNY might be backwards for You're Not sPecial. I talked with customer service (or lack thereof). The first guy told me that he couldn't take back my card and refund my money. He said he didn't have the authority to do so. He then pointed me to a voice mail of his supervisor. I left a message. Two days later (after no call-back) I called the main HQ in New Jersey. I told the operator that I wanted to talk to a supervisor since I had left a message and received no call back. I finally got to someone.

He explained the reason for the mismatch as this: We sell our products to resellers in bulk. Sometimes in order to meet delivery requirements and deadlines, we go ahead and upgrade the product for free.

I explained that this card really is a 128MB card and that it's just mislabeled-labeled and his quality control missed it. He went on to say that if the card was defective, that I could return it for a replacement, but that they don't do refunds. So I asked him specifically, I'm screwed and stuck with this card because his company has no process or policy to deal with their quality control missing things and he said no. NO! He even went on further to "advise" me that I could sell it on E-Bay or to a friend. Yeah! like I'm going to get what I paid for it! He also went on about how someone could have a shrink wrap machine in their car and blah blah blah. Come on, I'm not asking for the world here. If I really did have a 256MB card, then wouldn't my machine have recognized it as that? And why would I have paid for a 256MB card, then tried to return it in a 128MB box for a refund of the price of a 128MB card, all while keeping the 128MB card? That's about as dumb as someone going out, buying a HumVee, then buying a Civic, putting the Civic engine in the HumVee and then returning the Civic with the HumVee engine while keeping the HumVee with the Civic engine. I offered to send it in so they could see that when put in a machine it is a 128MB card and that the stickers that are wrong are the original stickers. He said that I could, but that I would only get a replacement. Again, I said, "So I'm just out of luck since the store won't take it back and you won't take it back and that your company will not do anything to help a customer?" He again said no. So much for customer service.

So, bottom line is this, I personally will NEVER again purchase ANYTHING from PNY. If you find yourself so compelled to do so, then make sure when you purchase their products that before you open the box with the shrink wrap that you match the numbers on the outside of the box and the sticker on the card. Do a search on Google before unwrapping it. If you purchase it from a retail store, make sure the cashier scans the barcode located on the card that is peeking out through the little window of the box. Make sure that before you leave, your receipt states what you purchased and that you have matched the numbers on the barcode that is on the sticker that is on the card. PNY doesn't care about what happens to anyone. Straight from a supervisor at "customer service", they make sure they meet delivery dates and deadlines to their resellers.