Man explains Nvidia FX5900/Ultra 256 auction

Dom · May 28, 2003, 12:08 PM

HI, MY NAME IS David Potts and I am running the auction for the Geforce FX 5900 Ultra on EBay. I would like to thank you for covering this auction, I've been getting hundreds (if not thousands) of views every hour, I'm sure that most of them are coming from your site.

I wanted to give you a little background on where this card came from, several people have accused me of selling a fake or that I stole the card, or that this is an engineering sample of some sort. It is not, it is legal, legit. I won this card at E3 playing America's Army. America's Army and nVidia teamed up to have a competition where four civilians would take on four army personnel. The civilian with the highest score would get the FX5900, all others would get a different card. Well, during the competition there were some problems and things didn't go smoothly. In the end we were unsure of who actually won. That is where nVidia stepped in, they offered all of us FX5900 Ultras. We, of course, were thrilled. That was very nice of nVidia, they didn't need to do that, that is a sign of a great company.

We did not get the cards at the show, nVidia had to mail them to us. During the time that I won the card and I actually got the card, some bills added up and I realized I need money more then I need the video card. Thus, the day that I got it from nVidia, was the day that I put it on EBay. I did set the reserve a bit high, $1000, but if I'm able to get that much for it, I can then pay off all of my bills (that just accumulated). People have accused me of being greedy, and I guess they are within their rights, but I need to think of my family first, and try to get the most for the card as I can. I've been unemployed for almost a year - I design ASIC's, semiconductor chips, for a living, right now the industry is in a huge slump and there is no signs of it improving.

I guess that is how I got the card, and why I am selling it. I appreciate your site covering it, I'm sure that it is helping the auction a lot.

Thanks again,

Dave Potts

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kalx · May 28, 2003, 12:18 PM

expensive for a engineering example.

Erroneus · May 28, 2003, 01:08 PM

kalx read the article....

May 28, 2003, 12:08 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Man explains Nvidia FX5900/Ultra 256 auction HI, MY NAME IS David Potts and I am running the auction for the Geforce FX 5900 Ultra on EBay. I would like to thank you for covering this auction, I've been getting hundreds (if not thousands) of views every hour, I'm sure that most of them are coming from your site. I wanted to give you a little background on where this card came from, several people have accused me of selling a fake or that I stole the card, or that this is an engineering sample of some sort. It is not, it is legal, legit. I won this card at E3 playing America's Army. America's Army and nVidia teamed up to have a competition where four civilians would take on four army personnel. The civilian with the highest score would get the FX5900, all others would get a different card. Well, during the competition there were some problems and things didn't go smoothly. In the end we were unsure of who actually won. That is where nVidia stepped in, they offered all of us FX5900 Ultras. We, of course, were thrilled. That was very nice of nVidia, they didn't need to do that, that is a sign of a great company. We did not get the cards at the show, nVidia had to mail them to us. During the time that I won the card and I actually got the card, some bills added up and I realized I need money more then I need the video card. Thus, the day that I got it from nVidia, was the day that I put it on EBay. I did set the reserve a bit high, $1000, but if I'm able to get that much for it, I can then pay off all of my bills (that just accumulated). People have accused me of being greedy, and I guess they are within their rights, but I need to think of my family first, and try to get the most for the card as I can. I've been unemployed for almost a year - I design ASIC's, semiconductor chips, for a living, right now the industry is in a huge slump and there is no signs of it improving. I guess that is how I got the card, and why I am selling it. I appreciate your site covering it, I'm sure that it is helping the auction a lot. Thanks again, Dave Potts ___________________ Source: TheInquirer

May 28, 2003, 12:18 PM	#2
kalx DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Evil Mountain Lair Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	expensive for a engineering example. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------> AMD FX51 / 2x OCZ 400 mhz 512MB DDR /ATi Radeon X800pro /19 inch DVI - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------->

May 28, 2003, 01:08 PM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,343 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	sigh kalx read the article.... __________________