would you continue to buy from Nvidia?

Knowing that recently Nvidia announced its problems with older chips, would you guys buy nvidia chips going forward?

 

desktop cards yes

 

Unfortunately my current notebook (sitting at dell ... 5 weeks and counting) was the first time I even considred Nvidia and look what occured >.<... I was always an ATI Intel XP fanboy but if one product is better then them I would buy the other product and support them.

 

can we get a link up to the nvidia problem announcement?

 

Can you change your poll. Add "It depends on what happens with the current problem". As yet we are still waiting to hear exactly what the issue is and what is effected. There is so much speculation as to which GPU's are effected that I cannot vote based upon what is not known.

 

You need to edit for an undecided link. I for sure have no interest in buying any of the said defective chips but whether or not I will buy from Nvidia in the future depends on what happens in the future. I have a notebook with a 8400m GS that is about 8 months old and has had no issues to date. I also have a Nvidia card in my desktop that is several years old.

 

and what makes you think ATI won't have similar failures in the future? i'll avoid purchasing the affected cards but if they release better cards than ATI then i wouldn't hesitate on buying Nvidia cards again. fanboys lose again.

 

Maybe... I need that option.. I'm waiting to see how powerful is ATI's CrossFire system and port... Plugging in a desktop 4870x2 will definitely burn any 9XXXM even in SLI out... provided that the solution of ATI functions perfectly

 

NVIDIA's cards are usually a lot more powerful than ATI's, plus they have more developer support and better drivers. So, yeah. Their only real competition is ATI, so I don't think too many people are going to change their minds about NVIDIA.

 

Spend a lifetime black listing every company that ever has a product defect, and by the time you're middle aged you'll be out of companies to buy from.

 

Well if you're going to shy away from every company that's had a major problem, you're pretty much fresh out of options.

Mistakes happen. Unless it becomes a repeated offense, I wouldn't worry.

 

umm i dont know how to add new stuff to the existing poll to edit new options into it lol

 

The recent problems, plus the fact they keep renaming their products, while not really changing anything has gotten me quite fed up with nVidia. I would much prefer buying ATI in the future, but unfortunately they just can't keep up with nVidia in the notebook market currently, so I'll probably be forced to go nVidia again anyway.

 

The panic level on this is just rediculous.

The "defect" doesn't stop the chip from doing what it needs to, it means it handles heat less well than expected.


My GPU is supposedly affected and I have no problems with it to date even significantly overclocked.

This doesn't mean I won't buy from ATI, as I am excited that they are seeming to make a push now. It just means i won't shy away from nvidia either.

 

Completely agree.

 

My question is: Why has this not effected the amount Dell is recommended here on Notebookreview.com? In 75% of the threads on the main "What Notebooks should I buy?" forum, members are recommending Dells with 8400 or 8600 cards. This seems irresponsible or misleading, since if the buyers do any kind of hardcore gaming they are going to see problems. But people continue to recommend Dell without any disclaimers or anything.

 

I buy whatever has the best price/performance ratio. Currently thats ATi, if that changes then I change my purchasing decisions.

Fanboys who become voluntary marketing departments for giant corporations astounds me to be quite frank.

 

i think the most important thing is how they act. every company will have problems and if they sort out the mistakes and fix then the sure i woudlnt want to buy from them but if they are able to fix any problems then i dont mind buying from that company again the same goes with nVidia as long as they fix the problem im fine with it.

 

i will stick to Intel cards like my power ass x3100 ^_^

Than i have nothing to expect and than i wont get disappointed

 

Both my laptops use said effected cards, so far I have no experienced any problems with the GPU on either. Have not seen artifacting, and ATiTool doesn't pick up any artifacts either. If one of them is going to go it'll be my MBP, since it's on most of the day and I play my games on it, plus it has a real crappy design as far as heat management goes.

I'd just like to know what nVidia has actually said about it. Didn't they say it was just a certain batch of HP cards or something? I remember reading about it from the Inquirer, but apparently they are a very unreliable source.

As for who I'll buy from, it just depends on what Apple switches to... lol.

 

I think my next desktop is gonna be ATI powered

 

As Nvidia almost has all the market for mid/high range notebooks I will.

 

I've already switched to ATI/AMD for desktop cards. They're cheaper and generally perform just as well as their counterpart. But laptops will depend on other specs rather than a minor deterent like this.

 

Yes, of course I will, I barely hit 75 degrees Celcius playing Crysis on my notebook, overclocked, nonetheless.

 

I'll buy from whoever has the best solution at the time. ATI, Nvidia, even Intel if they ever get their act together.

Brand names don't matter, performance does.

 

Agreed i cross brand lines all the time, though I am more partial towards Nvidia for my video cards in my past few machines.

My next laptop will likely be a macbook/macbook pro around the holidays so hopefully all is sorted out by then.