cdanteek Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 article Two weeks ago, NVIDIA filed a report link click here with the SEC stating that it would take a $150 million to $200 million one-time charge to cover "anticipated customer warranty, repair, return, replacement and other consequential costs and expenses arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products used in notebook systems. All newly manufactured products and all products currently shipping in volume have a different and more robust material set." This would seem to be an open-and-shut case, but one publication has vocally and aggressively disagreed with NVIDIA's explanation. The headline of a recent Inquirer story claims "All NVIDIA G84s and G86s are bad," and the article itself reaffirms that statement, saying: "The short story is that all the G84 and G86 parts are bad. Period. No exceptions. All of them, mobile and desktop, use the exact same ASIC, so expect them to go south in inordinate numbers as well. There are caveats however, and we will detail those in a bit." Feel free to consult the article for the caveats it mentions, but none of them change the Inquirer's basic claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 When can I expect a replacement for my yet to fail EVGA 8600? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 When can I expect a replacement for my yet to fail EVGA 8600? Get in line quick, '$150 million to $200 million' won't last forever ... cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Get in line quick, '$150 million to $200 million' won't last forever ... cd Hopefully it'll need replacement just in time to build another system. Seriously, I've not had any problems after 15 months of what I think is above average use. I'm happy.......until it breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I must have gotten a couple of good ones, as my EVGA 7900GS and 8800GT graphics cards have been working perfect for me with no problems what so ever---(crosses his fingers) Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 When can I expect a replacement for my yet to fail EVGA 8600? And I have an EVGA 8400. No problems so far . . . *knocks on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted August 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Looks like someone is dumping them? ($49.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate ) Free 3 Business Day Shipping http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...-L0F-_-14130085 cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpabruce Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Looks like someone is dumping them? ($49.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate ) Free 3 Business Day Shipping http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...-L0F-_-14130085 cd Darned tempting price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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