EVGA GTX 285 Hydro Copper - Is this a joke or what?

[Alien Grey]

In all honesty, he did get exactly the card and block he ordered. MPL shows the part number as "01G-P3-1290-ER", this is the Euro version of the product. . .NOT the American version(01G-P3-1290-AR), as shown on their site (clearly marked too I might add). I chalk this up to lack of research on the OP's part. Proper research would have revealed this difference long before the card was ever ordered. It is unrealistic to think that a vendor is not going to work with regional partners in different parts of the world, which is what eVGA has done here. It's one of the ways to help keep costs down and in a global and competitive market such as WC'ing, every little bit helps. If I were the wholesaler or eVGA, I'd probably be saying, "tough luck, that's what you ordered" too.

What are you going to do when they don't give you what you could see in the PDF and Part Number. They also give themselves the right to give you something that doesn't look like what you could see in the picture.

Whatever they give you it's always the right thing according to all their rules.

I see this different it isn't what it should be and it should be replaced because what they gave me doesn't come near to what it should be. I call this bad research from the manufacturer.

[Waterlogged]

In the US, what A Grey got is called bait and switch.

Actually, this may be more of a bait & switch than what eVGA did.

Galaxy GTS250 @ BestBuy (note the model number and product description)

then compare to Manu's site

Galaxy GTS250 (same part # as BB lists)

Galxay GTS 250 (as described @ BB)

I'll be heading to BestBuy a little bit later today for that very card, if it's not the 1GB version, I'm tossing a fit right in the store.

What are you going to do when they don't give you what you could see in the PDF and Part Number. They also give themselves the right to give you something that doesn't look like what you could see in the picture.

Whatever they give you it's always the right thing according to all their rules.

I see this different it isn't what it should be and it should be replaced because what they gave me doesn't come near to what it should be. I call this bad research from the manufacturer.

. . .but it's NOT the same part number as the one in the pdf you've linked to, that's what I've been trying tell you all along. MPL clearly lists it as an ER and you ordered it expecting an AR and are now saying everyone else at fault because you got an ER.

[Alien Grey]

. . .but it's NOT the same part number as the one in the pdf you've linked to, that's what I've been trying tell you all along. MPL clearly lists it as an ER and you ordered it expecting an AR and are now saying everyone else at fault because you got an ER.

Did you actually look at the picture from MPL?

This is a picture of the EVGA GTX 285 Hydro Copper as it is advertised on the website from EVGA.

The part number is for the European model (if we can call it that).

You can ask why they still didn't change it. It's very simple no told them that this product isn't exactly the same as what you can see on the picture. EVGA should have done that 6 months before they sold the first graphics card with a different cooler.

Like I said officially there is no different EVGA GTX 285 Hydro Copper and if there was nothing wrong with the one that I've got from them they should have said that from day one and I shouldn't have to write all these posts and mails on the forum, to MPL, to the distributor and to EVGA.

Do you honestly think that someone from EVGA America is going to bother the upper manager from EVGA when there's nothing wrong?