Review for user Spineshank from IvanAndreevich

• IvanAndreevich (383)

  Radeon 9500 256-bit which was specified as softmodded.

  IvanAndreevich was the Seller on August 7, 2004 AnandTech

  The card was tested as a Radeon 9500 and worked flawlessly as such. However, once it was softmodded to a 9700, it was giving artifacts in many games/apps (3DMark2001, Doom III, DeusX, etc). I contacted Nate and he gave me some sound advice, such as trying to use any other drivers/tweaks/etc. However, nothing helped. For about a week he denied he was at fault and then there was a long communication lapse during which he ignored me with this issue completely. However, I got my friend to talk to him, contacted the mods and asked the community for advice here:
  
  http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1390408&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
  
  As as a result, I was able to get back in touch with Nate and we were able to resolve the issue - he offered me a fair partial refund of the difference between a non-softmodding and a softmodding card. However, it took a few weeks and a lot of time and nerves to work things out, so the transaction was less than smooth. In the above thread, most of the traders agreed with my judgement on this - hence the neutral sign on this eval.
  
  Keep in mind that this isn't a negative, and in the end ALL WAS SETTLED FAIRLY on BOTH ENDS. In my opinion, this isn't the sort of thing that should keep you from trading with Nate.

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  August 7, 2004