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    The Inquirer-Nvidia G92s and G94 reportedly failing

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by septigre, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. septigre

    septigre Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    Today, I read this article from "The Inquirer":

    http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/nvidia-g92s-g94-reportedly

    "...A little digging revealed what this, and more, is all about, and it's far uglier than just the 'notebook' version. It seems that four board partners are seeing G92 and G94 chips going bad in the field at high rates. If you know what failures look like statistically, they follow a Poisson distribution, aka a bell curve. The failures start out small, and ramp up quickly - very quickly. If you know what you are looking for, you can catch the signs early on. From the sound of the backchannel grumblings, the failures have been flagged already, and NV isn't playing nice with their partners.

    Why wouldn't they? Well, the G92 chip is used in the 8800GT, 8800GTS, 8800GS, several mobile flavours of 8800, most of the 9800 suffixes, and a few 9600 variants just to confuse buyers. The G94 is basically only the 9600GT. Basically we are told all G92 and G94 variants are susceptible to the same problem - basically they are all defective. Any guesses as to how much this is going to cost?

    From the look of it, all G8x variants other than the G80, and all G9x variants are defective, but we have only been able to get people to comment directly on the G84, G86, G92 and G94, and all variants thereof. Since Nvidia is not acknowledging the obvious G84 and G86 problems, don't look for much word on this new set either - if they can bury it, it will drop their costs..."

    Can somebody tell me if "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT" is on the bad list?

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Cheers,
    SG
     
    septigre, Aug 13, 2008
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  2. *Daystar*

    *Daystar* Seahawk Fan!

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    thanks..but this article has been circulating around here for a little while now.
    if you search for it there will be a few about this.
     
    *Daystar*, Aug 13, 2008
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  3. septigre

    septigre Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Daystar,

    Is from Tuesday, 12 August 2008...
    Can somebody tell me if "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT" is on the bad list?
    Thanks.
     
    septigre, Aug 13, 2008
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  4. Supercujo

    Supercujo Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought a laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce 9300M, would that be in any of these defective chips?
     
    Supercujo, Aug 13, 2008
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  5. Xellerated

    Xellerated Notebook Enthusiast

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    Please take anything you hear from "The Inquirer" with a grain of salt.
     
    Xellerated, Aug 13, 2008
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    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    R4000, Aug 13, 2008
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    Until nvidia confirms or denys the rumours we don't know for sure. But if the rumours are true then yes.
     
    link1313, Aug 13, 2008
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  8. Mikelx215

    Mikelx215 Notebook Evangelist

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    If the Inquirer's rumors are true, everything nVidia touches will burst into flames.

    Don't sweat it.
     
    Mikelx215, Aug 13, 2008
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