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    8400M and 8600M troubles

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by spiken, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. spiken

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    ElKid Notebook Evangelist

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    Um yeah, the Inquirer isn't exactly the most reliable of sources. nVidia 8400's and 8600's are of a high quality, and any failures are due to poor heat management by the host laptop.

    10 bucks says your 8600M GT will remain just fine.
     
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    Lol, to say that, are you working for nvidia, an R&D expert in graphics card, or just a guy who want to hope ?
    So wait and see.
     
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    ElKid Notebook Evangelist

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    I am a notebook hardware expert, especially in graphics cards. I have used a few nVidias over the years, and I have experience with an 8600M GT. I am also in agreement on this matter with almost everyone else on this forum who knows a thing or two about nVidia.
     
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    I have HP Pavilion notebook with Go7600 and it has overheated and melted. Luckily HP replaced that whitout any hassle. Anyway I think it's HP fault rather than of nvidia.
     
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    Times like these make me glad I have a 9500M GS with surprisingly good cooling.
     
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    hmm, i would not bet that much on it. nvidia has gone to the public an few days ago and announced that for repair and swapping of the defective cards they will spent around 200 million dollars. and when a company raises that much money for defective components there is a problem.
     
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    That's a joke. Make it less powerful so it doesn't perform as well and just prolongs the inevitable. The only way they'll ever make this right is by issuing a recall and that they will never do.
     
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    You clearly didn't read the news nor listened enough in forums. Most people will never experience a problem with their 8M GPU.
     
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    "Notebook expert especially in graphics cards"     or not, I'm sorry but 8400M and 8600M seems to really have some big troubles. Dell also anounce some bios update to try to correct the problem :
    http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/07/25/nvidia-gpu-update-for-dell-laptop-owners.aspx
     
    spiken, Jul 28, 2008
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