Quote Originally Posted by highoctane View Post
Hey he modified the card after it failed which caused even more damage to something that didn't belong to him.

Not trying to say he should be responsible for a failed review sample but he definitely caused secondary damage after bypassing the resistor/fuse that had blown for whatever reason.

When it failed it should have been boxed up and given back to Asus or whoever to begin with.
He had a review to do, which included overclocking. If every tech site refused to overclock nVidia cards it would be a disaster for nVidia. You have to take the rough with the smooth and I don't see this as a suicide run.

Going on what you've seen today, would you overclock a 590 aggressively? No you wouldn't. Can you imagine how pissed you'd be if you did, and killed it with what isn't exactly suicidal volts?

Just like the 6990 has an acoustic weakness that has been overstated to death this past week, the 590 has an overclocking weakness and that has been shown quite clearly. Neither of these cards is perfect and the more information the consumer has, the better.