Which Nvidia GPUs are not defective?

Hi, I read in the NYT that Nvidia has certain GPUs in the market that are defective.

http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C4006938808825747A007A1944.html?ref=technology

Which Nvidia GPUs in Asus systems are not affected and a 'safe bet'?

Thanks!

 

Unfortunately Nvidia has not admitted that it's a major defect and only released very little information regarding the product lineup. Most of the 9xxx series are mostly unaffected.

 

D3X, do you know whether the nVidia 9300 M G is affected? Since it seems to be on the same 80nm technology as the 8400, I'm a bit worried.

 

More information on the main page, More Defective NVIDIA Graphics Chipsets. It doesn't look good at all..

 

Originally, it was just said that all the G84 and G86 chips are bad, which included the 8400M and 8600M models (and I think their desktop counterparts). A recent article here is now claiming that all G92s and G94s are affected as well, which include the 8800 series, 9800 series and some 9600's. This new bit of info is unconfirmed, but Dell/HP has mostly officially confirmed the problems on their 8400M and 8600M laptops. nVidia is not saying anything, so I've personally been going ATI all the way for both my laptop and my desktop until this is resolved.

 

It seems that the G92 and G94s are affected: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/nvidia-g92-and-g94-gpus-failing-too/

Which chipsets have the G92 and G94 cores?

 

I found this list:

Code designation Suffix GPU re-branding name
NB9E GTX G92 GeForce 9800M GTX
GT G94 GeForce 9800M GTS
GT G94 GeForce 9800M GS
GS G94 GeForce 9700M GTS
GE G96 GeForce 9700M GT
GE G96 GeForce 9700M GS
NB9P GT G96 GeForce 9650M GT
GS G96 GeForce 9600M GT
GE2 G96 GeForce 9600M GS
GV G96 GeForce 9500M G
NB9M GS G98 GeForce 9400M G
GS G98 GeForce 9300M GS
GE G98 GeForce 9200M GS

source: http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-4797-view-GeForce-9M-Series-Gpu-list.html

ps. How do you tabulate stuff in a post? The list above came out in a mess!

 

Thanks for the list veemexx, wow there are some very recent graphic cards there. Looks like the only safe ones for now are the G96+

 

I'm not so sure. Nvidia hasn't been very forthcoming with information. It's hard to be sure whether the same process problem affects the newer ones and we won't know till they've been out for 9-12 months. To be on the safe side, I'll be buying ATI for my next purchase.

 

No problem D3X!

 

9 series affected also?

oo they're in deep ****

 

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