Corsair has issued a public apology after it was discovered that a “member of staff” had called up the review section of their latest RTX 4090 graphics card last week. gamers nexus When Guru 3D— “absolute bullshit.”
The drama was released last week by a very popular hardware channel gamers nexus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Review (and Some Benchmarks) PostedIn that video, plugging in only 3 of the card’s 4 cables (for some reason the PSU only had room for 3 8-pin connections) locked in 100% performance and 4 Just plug everything in and you can overclock your card. Guru3D’s Reviews say much the same.
Shortly thereafter, a Discord comment left by a Corsair staff went viral.they called both gamers nexus When Guru3D’s is “absolutely bullshit” and “misinformation”, while also stating that both users and the “press” are “confused” about the card’s claims of power and overclocking.Full comment shared by gamers nexusread:
Q: Other than GamersNexus and Guru3D, has anyone else seen misinformation about sense pins and magical 600W unlocks? Or is it just those two sites? I’ll have to throw in some links that show…and the press…about their smart sense pins.
Total bullshit and they don’t realize it. yes. The adapter has he two sense wires. yes. This card works if only one of his sense wires is connected. Because it’s a 450W card. This is not because it has an “unlock” function that requires a second sense wire.
The card simply doesn’t know. Not smart in that sense. Find only one sense pin.
In the following video, gamers nexus Address these “bullshit” claims.
The staff’s comments weren’t exactly professional, but company reps talking shit about members of the media in private is, as we’re all betting, nothing new. , Corsair had to publicly retract this because …gamers nexus When Guru 3D I was right. In a way, their claims only apply to his Nvidia’s own 4090 cables, not those made by third parties like ASUS or Corsair.
Urging Corsair to seek an official apology on its social media. This goes as far as calling the staff comment an “outburst.”:
A member of staff at Corsair recently made inflammatory and inaccurate comments about Gamers Nexus.nd understanding the Nvidia RTX 4090 power connector in Guru3D.
These comments do not represent Corsair as a company and we regret both the form and content of the personal outbursts.
We have worked with both Gamers Nexus and Guru3D for many years and both have been highly regarded for their professional conduct and technical prowess.
We sincerely apologize for the inappropriate behavior of our employees. We also take steps internally to remind our teams that we hold ourselves to high standards when interacting with the media and end-users.
on their part, gamers nexus Accepting the apology and ready to ‘move on’:
in the meantime Guru3D’s EIC Hilbert Hagedorn To tell Folks, it’s the web. everyone has an opinion. He was wrong, I apologize for that, and for me, that’s the end of this story. “
These companies keep shooting gamers nexus When their videos continue to turn out to be perfectly accurateIn case you have a more technical mindset and want a more detailed explanation of the exact cause of all this, it’s really a small detail in the larger scheme of things.Here’s the best rundown I’ve found.
