All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad

[Lunch]

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You might want to check this out.

It seems Nvidia is in big trouble and so are users with g84 and g86 chips.

All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad - The INQUIRER

Here is the list of nvidia vc's with their respective chips

Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

we might see a lot of 8400's and 8600's go on sale dirt cheap in the buy and sell section.

[poldopunk]

wa pa nag release ang NVIDIA ug official statement and besides, INQUIRER? personal vendetta mani siguro nila sa NVIDIA, sauna pa.

[EntrePinoy]

hmm i dont have anyproblem with my 8600gt and is a cool card too..
i have an idle of
43 to 45
then browsing
46 to 48 and
in gaming
48 to 51 max
all of this without aircon.
i use zalman cooling tho.
but in stock fan it always start at 48 then 55 average and the 60+ for gaming

[silent-kill]

THE BURNING QUESTION on everyone's mind is what Nvidia parts are failing in the field? No GT200 jokes here, NV personnel are still quite sensitive about that, but our moles have told us about the bum GPUs.

based on the headline this is more likely not true... more like a chismis heehehe. that could also be libelous

[poldopunk]

hmm i dont have anyproblem with my 8600gt and is a cool card too..
i have an idle of
43 to 45
then browsing
46 to 48 and
in gaming
48 to 51 max
all of this without aircon.
i use zalman cooling tho.
but in stock fan it always start at 48 then 55 average and the 60+ for gaming

true, i have 8600GT myself with Inno3d's stock cooler. it runs at 55 average and 60 for gaming.

[Lunch]

wa pa nag release ang NVIDIA ug official statement and besides, INQUIRER? personal vendetta mani siguro nila sa NVIDIA, sauna pa.

based on the headline this is more likely not true... more like a chismis heehehe. that could also be libelous

It is true:

1) Nvidia is setting aside 200 million dollars to cover for this:

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2) Quote from Tomshardware:

The company posted sales of $893 million, down 23% from $1.15 billion the first quarter and down 5% from $936 million year over year. In a rare event, Nvidia Nvidia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia reported a hefty loss of $120.9 million, compared to a net income of $211.8 million in the first quarter.
Nvidia said that its GPU Graphics processing unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia replacement program had a price tag of $196 million. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said that while the failures affected a relatively small percentage of its total GPU output, repairing an entire notebook Laptop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "can be expensive". Huang also admitted that Nvidia underestimated the "price/performance" of AMD’s/ATI Ati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ’s most recent graphics chip, resulting in a wrong position of its products and forcing the company to adjust its pricing during the quarter.

3) They have officially admitted to the problem but are "silent" in saying which chips are affected.

Nvidia's Stock Bloodbath - Company Admits Faulty Chips - Tom's Hardware



4) I've called Dell because I had two laptops with an 8400m gs and an 8600m gt which have not showed any signs yet but they told me to bring it in so they can repair the two items.

Naughty, naughty nvidia.
How can you set aside 200 million dollars for repair if there is nothing to repair.
We don't even know if other chips aside from the g84 and g86 are affected. Maybe they've just computed that the other chips will die when the warranty ends.
Maybe the best thing to do now is to temporarily shift to ATI.

[Lunch]

double post.

[Visual C#]

The problem is most prominent with the laptop/notebook GPUs. Desktop users shouldn't really worry.

[grss1982]

It is true:

1) Nvidia is setting aside 200 million dollars to cover for this:

Login to DIGITIMES archive & research

2) Quote from Tomshardware:

The company posted sales of $893 million, down 23% from $1.15 billion the first quarter and down 5% from $936 million year over year. In a rare event, Nvidia Nvidia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia reported a hefty loss of $120.9 million, compared to a net income of $211.8 million in the first quarter.
Nvidia said that its GPU Graphics processing unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia replacement program had a price tag of $196 million. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said that while the failures affected a relatively small percentage of its total GPU output, repairing an entire notebook Laptop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "can be expensive". Huang also admitted that Nvidia underestimated the "price/performance" of AMD’s/ATI Ati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ’s most recent graphics chip, resulting in a wrong position of its products and forcing the company to adjust its pricing during the quarter.

3) They have officially admitted to the problem but are "silent" in saying which chips are affected.

Nvidia's Stock Bloodbath - Company Admits Faulty Chips - Tom's Hardware



4) I've called Dell because I had two laptops with an 8400m gs and an 8600m gt which have not showed any signs yet but they told me to bring it in so they can repair the two items.

Naughty, naughty nvidia.
How can you set aside 200 million dollars for repair if there is nothing to repair.
We don't even know if other chips aside from the g84 and g86 are affected. Maybe they've just computed that the other chips will die when the warranty ends.
Maybe the best thing to do now is to temporarily shift to ATI.

Interesting. I thought at first that since the news came from The Inquirer, I would take it with a grain of salt. But you make a compelling argument, Lunch. Thanks for the heads up.

Laptop users would deeply appreciated this info, seeing that most of the affcted chips seem to be those on lappies.

[Lunch]

here is dell's official announcement regarding dell laptops with these problems.

Latest on the NVIDIA GPU Issue for Dell Laptop Customers - Direct2Dell

The problem is most prominent with the laptop/notebook GPUs. Desktop users shouldn't really worry.

it is prominent in laptops but all G84 and g86's are defective; if you know you are going to get another video card after warranty then that's OK but if you are planning to have the vc for more than a year then you're throwing away your money. sooner or later it will conk out.

new evidence suggests that the g9x's are also affected.
naughty naughty nvidia, i have an 8600gt baya dah. . .