HP extends warranties for Nvidia flaw - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 15th Oct 2008, 13:25

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...-nvidia-flaw/1

HP is the latest company to offer free warranty extensions for PCs affected by Nvidia's GPU manufacturing glitch, alongside Dell and Apple.

proxess · 15th Oct 2008, 14:34

this is really going to kill Nvidia credability.

Sebbo · 15th Oct 2008, 17:56

i really wish nvidia's spin would stop getting thrown around. its quite obviously well beyond being not just a "bad batch" or "manufacturing glitch". to put it bluntly, its a major f**k up on nvidia's behalf. Charlie Demerjian from The INQ (though he may seem heavily biased against nvidia) reckons he's been told by several sources that (and this is simplifying it alot, but gives you the general idea) nvidia's been designing and spec'ing the chips power (and thus heat output) lower than they really are, eg. saying a 30W chip is only 20W, meaning that the chips aren't cooled anywhere near as well as they should be.
can read all about it here: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...hips-defective (three parts)

bubsterboo · 15th Oct 2008, 23:13

Apple is offering warenty extensions on their effected notebooks? I wasn't aware of this, and i do have a nvidia GPU in my MBP.

r4tch3t · 19th Oct 2008, 06:28

ATI fanboys laughing? I have a 8600GT and I am laughing at them, I have found the mobile Radeons to be underpowered compared to their nVidia counterparts. It may be defective, but it is still a good chip. I just hope nVidia will bring out a new line with the same power envelope so I can exchange the MXM module with a better chip if it dies.

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Sebbo Multimodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brissy, Australia Posts: 177	i really wish nvidia's spin would stop getting thrown around. its quite obviously well beyond being not just a "bad batch" or "manufacturing glitch". to put it bluntly, its a major f**k up on nvidia's behalf. Charlie Demerjian from The INQ (though he may seem heavily biased against nvidia) reckons he's been told by several sources that (and this is simplifying it alot, but gives you the general idea) nvidia's been designing and spec'ing the chips power (and thus heat output) lower than they really are, eg. saying a 30W chip is only 20W, meaning that the chips aren't cooled anywhere near as well as they should be. can read all about it here: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...hips-defective (three parts) __________________ If you and dead people know hex, how many people know hex? Obligitory PC spec's: Intel Core i7 920, ASUS P6T Deluxe, 12GB Corsair Dominator PC-12800, Sapphire HD5870, WD Velociraptor 300GB HLFS, Samsung Spinpoint 1TB, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro, Logitech G15 and G9, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers, Dell 2408WFP 24" monitor

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19th Oct 2008, 06:28	#5
r4tch3t hmmmm.... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	ATI fanboys laughing? I have a 8600GT and I am laughing at them, I have found the mobile Radeons to be underpowered compared to their nVidia counterparts. It may be defective, but it is still a good chip. I just hope nVidia will bring out a new line with the same power envelope so I can exchange the MXM module with a better chip if it dies. __________________ Fight my Brute The quantum limit of reality might be scaled up because we're all holograms. Obviously. Once more we see that sufficiently advanced physics is indistinguishable from getting really stoned. From here