Self-inflicted AMD PR Drama [Nano Fury Edition]

I see it more as enabling reviewers to post reviews on the day of the product release.

Similarly, movie reviewers get early showings so they can write up reviews to be read on the day of the public release.

Likewise, that's why it's such a red flag when video games move the review embargo past the release of the actual game, even by a few hours.

 

Dont forget that most card are not supplied by AMD, but by their partner, Asus, Gigabyte, Sapphire etc,.

 

If it means anything, I haven't gotten a Fury Nano yet.

 

Me too... i want one lol

Sorry bad joke ( come back to his corner )

 

Is it me or all the major sites (by site hits) aren't getting this card to review, well sample card?

 

Anandtech isn't getting one either?

Well, anyway, it's not as if most of us have the money to spend on a middle-ish performing luxury item like this anyway, so it doesn't really matter if sites review it or not, right?

 

Muropaketti is getting one, too

 

In the first sentence it's called a paper launch.

I guess we know who won't be getting a Fury Pico review next time.

 

What's wrong with a paper launch as long as their is a real product with a real price.
The photo's seem to be convincing.

Still waiting on an affordable Skylake with AVX-512 BTW, or was this a vapor launch ?

 

Nobody official promised one.

 

Pretty sure there were slides from Intel informing us about it. *shrug*

 

There were slides informing that server class really expensive Xeons will have AVX-512.

 

A paper launch would give a date to procure a barely existent product for an effectively meaningless price.
There's nothing particularly wrong, but it's not a positive. A non-positive is a negative and if you say negative things AMD might find it to be unfair.
AMD doesn't give samples if they think you're being unfair.

All the disclosures and press coverage for Skylake put that feature in later non-consumer parts.

 

I just ordered a skylake 6700k system from HP for my niece, ship date is mid this month.

And skylake 6700k's are available at newegg right now.

now for the other part they are only on xeon versions, I don't think they launched those yet right?

There is nothing inherently wrong with a paper launch it drums up interest, but if there isn't enough stock after the official launch, all that hype backfires if there are alternatives to product.

 

It looks like AMD denied Nanos to many prominent sites because they weren't fairly reviewing AMD products.

http://techreport.com/news/29011/amd-vp-explains-nano-exclusion-tr-reviews-arent-fair

 

that is just ugly

 

Roy Taylor was responsible for similar moves from nvidia, and it worked for them.

 

not like this, stupid to post stuff on tweeter like this. And then we have H and the other two sites publicly bashing AMD for it, that's just bad for AMD and ugly. (on all sides involved)

 

Its not like H writes good reviews. They change goal posts as it suits them. I haven't trusted them since the Geforce FX days

 

Can you say that about TR or TPU? That twitter feed was directed at both of them too.