bit-tech.net — As many of you know, NVIDIA is launching its next-generation GeForce 8-series products later this week. However, there has been a manufacturing problem with a batch of the GeForce 8800 GTX cards. Clearly someone has made a mistake during the manufacturing process and NVIDIA is going to have to pull out all of the stops to meet its launch date.
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corneliusmNov 6, 2006
Hardware isn't getting worse by any means. It's just getting complex, and it's harder to test all components.If you've RTFA, you'd see that the problem isn't with the GPU itself, but rather a resistor on the board. And it only affects some boards. I don't know if that's really nvidia's fault, since they don't make the cards.And nvidia doesn't need the free publicity. There's enough positive hype surrounding the G80 as it is. And there's enough leaked info out there to show that it kicks ass. If anything, this publicity is quite negative as it'll probably mean that the GTX will be in very limited supply over the next couple of weeks- not to mention that recalls can be pretty expensive. If I was a shareholder, I'd be pretty upset by this.
ahhellNov 6, 2006
What exactly is inaccurate? The summary clear says 8800GTX.
slovenian6474Nov 6, 2006
@Gutspiller"I'd rather have a company that botches only while prototype phase myself and not actually manufacture botched cards to begin with."Welcome to an imperfect world where mistakes happen.
Closed AccountNov 6, 2006
wow this thread show how much misunderstand people have about the whole process.Did you now that even with the neat technology we have not every cpu(or any complex chip) ends up in a computer. A lot of them are thrown out as flawed.
bigzNov 6, 2006
DUGG DOWN for being a retard. RTF Summary (note where it says "there has been a manufacturing problem with a batch of the GeForce 8800 GTX cards"), and then RTFA.
christoscamaroNov 7, 2006
*bluescreen*nv4_disp.dll0x00000000Had to say it. Not many people will know what I'm talking about. Many many others with faulty Nvidia cards will.(I have also had a faulty ATI card)