Please delete this thread
Could I please get this thread deleted by a moderator? The Admins at Rage3d have remedied the situation to my satisfaction. I no longer have a just reason to accuse them.
I never thought I'd say this, but Rage3D has turned down a dark and deceptive road, denying their readers accurate information about ATi's competing products.
Here's what happened:
While reading Rage "General ATi Radeon Discussion" forum this morning, I found the following thread:
3870 hitting $219 at newegg... - Rage3D Discussion Area
User "cvearl" (in general a good guy and valuable poster) had made an error with his statement:
Quote:
This is good but needs to settle into $199 to answer recent price cuts on the 8800GT which has settled into the $239 price point.
I thought, "That's not right", looked on the vendor he referenced (newegg) and saw there are three 512MB 8800GTs available for between $209.99 and $219.99 AMIR, and that all the prices began before cvearl made his posts. (as evidenced by the rebate dates)
So I posted this, prices only, no comment as to which card was better, only the corrected pricing.
Here's where it gets interesting.
Apparently Rage3D staff do not want their readers to know 8800GTs are available for the same price as HD3870s, they deleted my post as "Off Topic".
Think about that a moment. In a post that directly compares the lowest prices of HD3870s to the middle range prices of 8800GTs, Rage3D does not want you to know there are 8800GTs priced the same.
I can understand why if you're ATi, but not Rage3d.
Furthermore, I asked them their reasoning for this decision hours ago, and received no reply.
When a forum staff actively cultivates disinformation, the community as a whiole suffers. A Rage3D member might as well make AMD.com the target of their Rage3d shortcut if this is their new direction.
I was shocked and saddened, and regret having to bring this information to the online community.:(