Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 701 Graphics card scandal breaks out, causing a sensation on the entire internet!
"It's okay, everything is under control." Wang Yi smiled faintly.

Let the bullets fly for a while longer!
Sure enough, on November 11, RTX 2 sales continued to decline, with only 970 cards sold.

The daily sales volume of GTX 970 reached 970 units, setting a sales record for GTX !
But Wang Yi was still not in a hurry.

By November 11, when the sales of RTX 5 dropped to 970 units, Yu Longxing could no longer sit still and approached Wang Yi again: "Chairman..."

Wang Yi waved his hand, interrupting the other party and asked first:

“Have brands like Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. added orders?”

Yu Longxing nodded and said, "We have increased our orders. Seeing that the sales of GTX 970 have been so strong in the past few days, they not only accepted the first batch of OEM graphics card orders, but also increased their orders for the second batch. The quantity is much larger than the first batch, and most of them are twice the first batch. Lenovo and Apple in particular have increased their orders by three times. This sales volume is the volume of next year! And Asus has also increased its order for the third time, another 30 units!"

"Very good. Lenovo is finished, HP is finished, Dell is finished, Apple is finished! Asus is even more finished!"

Wang Yi was in a good mood: "Nvidia has also placed additional GPU chip orders with TSMC, right?"

"Yes, Chairman, this is inside information. On the first day, before the major brands placed orders, NVIDIA placed a third batch of GPU chip orders with TSMC, with a quantity of 2 million, and they are currently in production. After the major brands placed orders, NVIDIA placed a fourth batch of GPU chip orders yesterday, with another 2 million!"

"Okay, very good, hahaha." Wang Yi laughed.

In August, before the release of GTX 970, NVIDIA placed an order for the first batch of 150 million GPU chips with TSMC.

In October, after the release of GTX 970, the retail non-official version was in serious shortage, so NVIDIA once again added a second batch of 150 million units.

On November 11, seeing that the retail version of GTX 1 was selling like crazy and beating the RTX 970 to a pulp, Huang, full of confidence, placed a third batch of GPU orders for two million units.

A few days ago, after major OEM brands and graphics card manufacturers placed orders again, Huang was optimistic about the future of GTX 970 and added an order for 200 million GPU chips.

So far, Huang has placed orders for a total of 700 million GTX 970 GPU chips.

According to Huang's estimate, non-public retail manufacturers will purchase 500 million pieces, public version graphics cards will consume 70 pieces, and OEM graphics cards will consume 130 million pieces, so a total of 700 million pieces will not be a problem.

They may be used up in about half a year, and we will have to place an order for another 500 million pieces next year.

Of the seven million GPU chip orders, three million have already been delivered, and most have been sold to graphics card manufacturers, OEM manufacturers, and consumers.

There are two million more in production and two million waiting to be delivered.

And they are all GPU chips with design flaws!

Once the memory gate is exposed, even if Nvidia breaks the contract and cancels the fourth batch of 200 million GPU chip orders, it will not be able to cancel the third batch of 200 million GPU chip orders that are already in production.

This means that at least 400 million of Nvidia's GTX 970 GPU chips are defective and have problems.

This is enough to make Nvidia suffer.

Even if Nvidia repairs the GTX 970 GPU chip architecture and fixes the memory controller defect, it still has to sell these 400 million problematic GPUs or graphics cards first!

This is fun.

Wang Yi felt relieved and was just waiting for this opportunity.

It’s just that major manufacturers are placing orders!

Nvidia just added the order!
It’s TSMC’s mass production!
The time is ripe!

"It's time to take action. Execute the blasting plan!"

"Chairman, shall we execute it now?" Yu Longxing was delighted. It was finally coming.

"Of course, our competitors have all fallen into the trap. If we don't execute it now, when will we execute it?" Wang Yi said with a smile.

"I understand. Hahahaha, I understand!"

Yu Longxing was extremely excited and completely understood Wang Yi's plan:

"Chairman, you are not only targeting NVIDIA, but also graphics card manufacturers such as Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, and Galaxy, as well as computer manufacturers such as Lenovo, Dell, HP, and Acer!"

"If we want to bury them all at once, we should not be in a hurry and take our time."

"Haha. Just do it." Wang Yi smiled faintly.

Since no one is purchasing graphics cards from Xingyi Technology, forget about selling your graphics cards and computers.

It's all over!

Right under the memory gate of NVIDIA GTX 970!

Soon, the blasting operation that Xingyi Technology had prepared long ago began to be carried out.

First, a technology and digital blogger with millions of fans, Performance Jun, started a live broadcast:
"Now when people buy graphics cards, they must be confused about whether to buy Xingyi Technology's domestic graphics card RTX 970 or Nvidia's retail non-official version GTX 970."

"The former is 2499, with good performance, excellent heat dissipation and a reasonable price."

"The latter is 2699-2999, with different performances, excellent heat dissipation, and most importantly, an overclocked version."

"As for the GTX 970 and RTX 970 of different brands, which one is stronger and which one is weaker, and which one has the best cost performance?"

"Let's conduct a live broadcast test today."

"First, let me introduce our contestants. The top three are high-end overclocked versions, namely ASUS STRIX 970, MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G, and GIGABYTE GTX 970 G1 GAMING. High-end overclocking has powerful performance, but it's expensive and painful."

"The last three are the GALAX GTX 970 Black General, NVIDIA GTX 970 Public Edition, and the last one is the RTX 970 graphics card from Xingyi Technology!"

"There are six contestants in total. We will conduct a series of tests and assign scores according to the same set of standards."

"For the sake of comparison, we use the performance of Nvidia's GTX 970 reference version as the standard and assign a score of . The other five graphics cards are as powerful as the reference version."

"My assistant and I operated the entire test process and live-streamed it on TikTok. Thank you for your attention."

In an instant, the popularity of the live broadcast room soared rapidly, and the number of online followers increased dramatically.

"Now let's start the test. The first game is Far Cry 4!"

"The official version of GTX 970 performed OK, with an average of 52 frames and a standard score of 100, ranking sixth."

"The configuration of the Galaxy BlackJack is similar to the public version, and the performance is similar, also 52 FPS, but the temperature is a little lower, 100.5 points, ranking fifth."

“MSI GAMING 4G, 55 FPS, 6% higher than the reference version, 106 points. Ranked fourth.”

"Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 performed unexpectedly well, even surpassing MSI GAMING 4G, with an average of 56 FPS, 8% higher than the public version, 108 points, and ranked third!"

"It's really unexpected. The price is 300 yuan lower, but the performance is better. Is it because MSI is not good enough? Or is the Xingyi graphics card too powerful?"

"I don't know about that, but MSI advertised that the MSI GAMING 4G graphics card is 970% ahead of the RTX 5. You should be feeling the pain in your face right now."

The comments went viral: "Fuck, MSI is such a loser, they said they were 970% ahead of RTX 5, but they were actually surpassed by RTX 970 by 2%!"

"It's three hundred dollars more expensive, but its performance is 2% weaker than the public version of GTX 970. This... this... is a bit difficult to deal with."

"It's really hard to deal with. I even want to return it."

“Return +1, not as powerful as RTX 970.”

Performance continues to test:
"One of my favorite players next is the ASUS ROG STRIX. As a graphics card manufacturer, ASUS knows whether it has a good performance once it launches a product. Its average frame rate is... uh... 56 frames?"

“Also 56 frames?”

"That's not right! No, let me test it again..."

After some operation: "Hmm... still 56 FPS. The performance of ASUS ROG STRIX is as good as RTX 970, also 56 FPS, but the temperature of ASUS is a little lower, one degree lower than RTX 970, with 108.9 points, ranking second!"

"Fuck! It's just one degree lower, and you added 0.9 points? The price is 400 more expensive, why don't you deduct 4 points? This is a shady deal!"

"Second place? It's four hundred dollars more expensive than the RTX 970, but the performance is the same, and it's second place? You have no shame."

"I bought this thing for 2899, and its performance is almost the same as the RTX 2499 which costs 970. Is there something wrong with my brain?"

"Asus is rubbish. You might as well buy an RTX 970. It has the same performance but is cheaper."

“The anchor must have received money from Asus!”

Mr. Performance continued to test: "The last one is the GIGABYTE G1 GAMING, which I am most optimistic about. It has strong heat dissipation and overclocking. It can run Far Cry 4 at an average of 58 FPS, which is 12% higher than the public version. It is awarded 112 points! It ranks first!"

“The first game test results are out.”

“It’s very different from what everyone imagines.”

"The RTX 970, which has the lowest price of 2499, ranks third, and even has the same frame rate as the second. It has an unbeatable price-performance ratio and is worth buying."

"Gigabyte G1 GAMING, 2999, is the most expensive, but has the best performance and is worth buying."

"Of course, I can also buy the Asus that I have always liked. Although it is four hundred more expensive than the RTX 970, the performance is the same as the RTX 970. It is still worth buying. After all, it is a big brand."

"It's a shady deal. They said they didn't top up their account. They must have taken a lot of money from Asus."

"Blogger, you don't even care about your face anymore."

"Look, even though it's four hundred dollars more expensive than the RTX 970, its performance is the same as the RTX 970, so it's still worth buying. I'll buy your head."

……

Looking at these comments, Mr. Performance doesn't care at all.

But the boss of ASUS, who was watching the live broadcast, looked very upset:
"Damn it, did we really top up this blogger? This is just giving me negative publicity!"

The marketing director was also stunned: "He always said good things about us, like he topped up our account. But what he did today was like a hater in reverse!"

“Is there a problem with the evaluation process?”

"It should be fine. Although we advertised that the ASUS ROG STRIX is 970%-5% more powerful than the Xingyi RTX 10, in fact, the performance is similar, and the temperature is only one or two degrees different." "That's a big problem. Now the ASUS ROG STRIX will be difficult to sell. The performance is similar to that of the RTX 970, but the price is 400 more expensive. Wouldn't everyone buy the RTX 970? Or the Gigabyte G1 GAMING, which is yuan more expensive than ours but has more powerful performance?"

"This damn blogger, after a test, our ASUS ROG STRIX became a victim!"

"It's okay, Chairman. The performance of Yingchi Black General is even worse, and it ranks last among us!"

"..." The boss of Asus was so angry that he laughed: "You have a really good attitude."

Mr. Performance continued: "As an old ASUS fan, I don't believe that the 2899 ASUS ROG STRIX has the same performance as the 2499 Xingyi RTX 970."

"I don't agree!"

"Zhao! Stop stressing about it!"

The boss of ASUS became even angrier. The more LaCrosse cleaned up ASUS, the angrier he became.

"It must be something about this game, not ASUS ROG STRIX."

“I can only say that the game Far Cry 4 is too bad and I can’t measure the difference.”

"Next, we switched to the more demanding "Watch Dogs" for testing and ran it again. This time, the ASUS ROG STRIX must be more powerful than the RTX 970!"

"In order to better test the performance gap, this time, we directly used 1080P ultra-high quality images and turned on all special effects. And we chose the most challenging scene, 'Downtown Chicago' streets + car chase'!"

The barrage is lively:
"Yes, yes, this will definitely show the difference."

"Chicago downtown streets + car chase, the scene selection is very good, I guess even the RTX 970 will be stuck."

"That's for sure. The RTX 970 can only compete with the GTX 3 in ordinary 970A games. When it comes to super-large games that require high configuration, it is definitely not powerful enough."

"It can be seen that the blogger really tried his best to whitewash ASUS ROG STRIX. He even found the streets of downtown Chicago and the car chase. It was not easy. Hahaha."

Seeing this scene, even the boss of ASUS breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that this blogger is really a fan of our ASUS, not bad, not bad."

The marketing director understood: "Next year, I will invite him to the launch event of the limited edition GTX 970 Poseidon and ask him to top up his account."

Soon the test started again:
"First, let's use the public version of the GTX 970. We just entered the streets of Chicago and the performance is acceptable. The frame rate is not high, but it is 42-45 frames. Let's test it for a while... It's a good time for the anchor to show off a car chase! Let the fans see that the anchor has been driving for ten years and the car will definitely not flip over... What the hell is going on?"

Just as he finished speaking, he felt a noticeable lag and was shocked:
"Brothers, what happened just now? Is it stuck? Let me check the frame rate data."

"From over 28 FPS, it went straight to FPS! It's fucking stuck."

"What's going on?"

"Something's wrong!"

Netizens were also shocked:

"It's really stuck. The frame rate dropped by one third at once. It's really laggy."

"Although it has recovered now, it was really stuck just now."

"Could it be an accident?"

Mr. Performance continued: "Maybe it was just an accident. Even if it's a public version of the GTX 970, it shouldn't lag even when playing the first chapter of Watch Dogs!"

"It's probably just an accident. Let's test it for a while."

"See, it's not stuck anymore, right? It was just an accident..."

But just as he finished speaking, he got stuck again: "Fuck, it's stuck again, it doesn't seem to be an accident."

"How could this be?"

"Continue testing."

Afterwards, several more tests were conducted, but each time there was a freeze.

Netizens were shocked:

"I tested it once and it stuck. Something is wrong with my GTX 970."

"Logically, even if the frame rate doesn't reach 50 frames, it won't be stuck like a PPT."

"Yeah, the performance of the public version shouldn't be that bad, what's going on?"

Mr. Performance sighed:
"Brothers, you can see that after many tests, the GTX 970 public version does have serious lag and frame drops when playing "Watch Dogs". After several tests, it crashed."

"I don't know what's going on, but I failed after testing it several times. If you have a public version graphics card, you can also test it."

"I personally think that this is a problem with the public version of GTX 970, not all GTX 970s. Next, I will use other brands of GTX 970 non-public graphics cards to reproduce the problem."

"Let's start with the GALAXY GTX 970 which is the closest to the public version!"

Mr. Performance said as he continued to run the game: "It's fine now. I can enter the street without any lag. The frame rate is around 43. It runs normally."

"It seems that the lag is only a problem with the public version architecture. Graphics cards from other brands seem to..."

Mr. Performance smiled and was about to say that the other graphics cards seemed to be fine, but then he found that it was stuck again.

"Damn, the Galaxy is stuck too. The frame rate has dropped from 43 to 29. The graphics card temperature has soared. It's stuck like a PPT."

"How could this be?"

"Continue testing."

The barrage exploded:

"The official GTX 970 card and the GALAX GTX 970 also got stuck, and they got stuck several times."

"GTX 970 is not good, why is it lagging even when playing Watch Dogs?"

"This is not normal. The theoretical performance of the GTX 970 is not enough to play Watch Dogs at ultra-high quality, but it won't be so laggy that it will look like a PPT!"

"But the problem is that both brands of GTX 970 are stuck. Could it be that there is a defect or vulnerability in GTX 970?"

"Fuck, that's not possible, is it? If so, we're in big trouble."

"Anchor, stop testing Galaxy, switch to MSI, ASUS, or Gigabyte!"

"We'll also have the RTX 970 to see if it performs well."

Mr. Performance looked at the comments and said, "Okay, let my assistant continue testing the GALAXY model, and I'll test the MSI model."

"MSI is good, the frame rate is about 45 frames, a little higher than the public version, it should not crash."

Just as the words fell, MSI also crashed: "Damn, MSI also had lags and dropped frames!"

"Give MSI another chance and continue testing."

"Shit, it's stuck again!"

"MSI GTX 970 also failed. Xiao Li, you continue testing while I test ASUS ROG STRIX. I don't believe ASUS ROG STRIX will also fail."

Three minutes later: "Asus ROG STRIX also dropped frames. It crashed. It dropped directly from 48 frames to 34 frames. It's too scary."

"Test again..."

"It flipped over again."

"Ah! My favorite Asus! Mask of Pain.jpg"

"Carry it away, carry it away."

Seeing this scene, netizens were shocked: "Even ASUS is stuck, what's going on? Is it a common problem of GTX 970?"

Even more shocked was the CEO of ASUS: "This... this... what's going on? Why did the ASUS ROG STRIX suddenly drop frames!"

The marketing director was also confused: "I don't know, it has never appeared before."

"Not even once? Could it be that Mr. Performance conducted a malicious review and deliberately discredited us?"

"It is very likely that I now seriously suspect that Mr. Performance is a shill for Xingyi Technology!"

The boss of ASUS turned pale: "Damn it, damn it. Immediately conduct a repro test to clarify everything and reverse public opinion. At the same time, prepare a lawyer's letter to sue Mr. Performance!"

"Yes!" The marketing director quickly arranged it.

Performance test continues:
"The official version, GALAXY, MSI, and ASUS have all failed!"

"It's terrible!"

"Next up is the Gigabyte G1 GAMING, the last hope for the GTX 970."

"I hope Gigabyte G1 GAMING can stand firm. If it fails again, it will be the end."

"The GIGABYTE G1 GAMING performs OK, stabilizing at around 48-50 FPS. It's the best performance and it looks like it won't fail again."

Three minutes later: "Damn, Gigabyte G1 GAMING also crashed, from 50 fps to 36 fps! But it lasted one minute longer than ASUS, but it also dropped frames and crashed."

"Oh, I don't want to say anything anymore."

"GTX 970 from five major brands, including the official version, GALAXY, MSI, ASUS, and GIGABYTE, all failed in the first chapter of Watch Dogs."

"This is only the first chapter, and that's the performance."

"It's rubbish. It's really rubbish. It's not even worthy of being a sub-flagship graphics card!"

(End of this chapter)