Nvidia issues - how worried are you?

So by now we've all undoubtedly given some thought to the news of Nvidia's card defects. Since they're being deliberately cryptic about which specific products are at risk, I think we should try to figure out how worried we aught to be. At this point, the 8800m gtx (which many users in this part of the boards use), has been around for the better part of a year. There's been a lot of discussion and confusion as to whether this card is at any degree of risk. So I guess what I'd like to know is:

Have there been any Sager users who have seen any failures related to the 8800? I would think that if the product were at risk, we would be aware of at least a few noted cases of failure. Otherwise, it would stand to reason that either the card is OK, or that it's OK when paired with Clevo's famous cooling. Have any users who have had this card for a while now seen any reason for us to fret, or are we running under the assumption that we're probably going to be ok?

 

it is quite a challenge to get overheat on 579x.

 

on a scale of 1-10, maybe a 4

 

0,since my notebooks doesn't have Nvidia videocard

sorry,couldn't hold myself

 

It would be nice to definitively know how Nvidia is addressing this if at all. I've read that in July they supposedly altered their manufacturing process so newer purchased notebooks may not have an issue, but really everyone is in the dark about this unless your card does fail.

 

On a scale of 1 - 10 I would say 1 (of course that's me guaging it as a business, not a customer). The failure rates we have seen on 8M cards is so low that it'd be a little unfair to round the figure up to 1%.

 

I think the 8800 is like any other piece of technology. If you don't look after your hardware, the failure rate will probably be much higher than if you look after it i.e, use a notebook cooler and keep it clean etc.

 

I bought my NP5793 in June and the original 8800m GTX that came with it did fail. Within about a month it died and the laptop was completely unbootable. I RMA'd it and within 1 week I had it back with a replacement GPU. No problems since then. I'm the only person I can recall ever having this problem though...and there are quite a few of us with this GPU on these boards. So perhaps I'm that <1%. =/

 

did it get overheat before it failed? if not, your card isn't related to this incident.

 

If the problem was as wide spread as some people believe, it would have been all over these forums like flies on sh*t!

 

Clevo is problem-proof We have a secret underground factory where they check closely for any defect on all the hardware. Any defective hardware is sent to Dell .

 

and Dell sent to Alienware.

 

I parrot this exact statement whenever this topic pops up, but no one seems to listen. Where are the defects, outside of m15x and xps1330 thermal issues?

 

When Dell is giving one free 1 year extended warranty on selected laptops and releasing a BIOS update, I believe the problem is not isolated, but its not spreaded either.

 

I'm not worried at all. Because I know if any mess happens to my laptop within the next 3 years I am so covered.

 

No my laptop's temps were fine at first and currently, Nirvana. Dunno why my first 8800m GTX died.

 

Yolondo,

Someone will have or get something that is defective from the start that goes undetected thru the testing process. If you’re buying a Clevo, most get a 3 year warranty. In that case, there’s nothing to worry about considering the warranty should bring some comfort. I don’t have the luxury in which a 3 year warranty brings, but I’m not worried at all about an Nvidia issue, as the 8800GTX proves to be the best mobile GPU of its genré. And if something does happen, then I’ll blame it on me for overclocking the thing. It would be hard for me to pin point an error or fault with the card, when I purposely ran it passed the clock speed in which it was intended to run at. Not saying that was your case, just speaking in general.

 

As far as im aware, the 8800GTX is out of reach of this faliure... I remember something about its only lower end 8-series cards affected by this flaw So no worries But as with all things, sometimes a "monday"-model will appear, guess thats what you experienced Yolondo.