ED#101 : NVIDIA Refutes Claims Of Bad GPUs

[Adrian Wong]

Charlie Demerjian of the Inquirer reported last month that NVIDIA G84 and G86 GPUs were failing left and right. Unfortunately, not only the G84 and G86 parts are affected. According to the Inquirer, even G92 and G94 parts are failing as well.

If true, it is really very bad news, as the G92 and G94 are very popular parts, powering the GeForce 9800 GTX, the GeForce 9600 GT, the GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB and the GeForce 8800 GT. So we queried NVIDIA to get their view of the matter.

Here's a quote from the guide :-

"If reports of failing G84 and G86 parts are not bad enough, the report of failing G92 and G94 would certainly make more than a few gamers shudder in fear. After all, these are arguably the two most popular NVIDIA GPUs in recent history. Many of us would be using graphics cards based on these GPUs and we sure do not want our cards to fail on us, do we?

We contacted our regional NVIDIA representative about the issue. We were especially interested in the claims that the G94 and G92 GPUs were also affected. The reply came in real quick but when we read it, it was obvious why. Take a look :"

Link : ED#101 : NVIDIA Refutes Claims Of Bad GPUs

[mhenriday]

I hope Tech ARP will continue to follow this matter closely, as it seems to bear not only on these particular NVIDIA GPUs, but the manner in which the company views its customers. Attempting to put the blame on the manufacturer also seems to be a real cop-out, hardly worthy (but, alas, not atypical) of a major firm....

Henri

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by mhenriday

I hope Tech ARP will continue to follow this matter closely, as it seems to bear not only on these particular NVIDIA GPUs, but the manner in which the company views its customers. Attempting to put the blame on the manufacturer also seems to be a real cop-out, hardly worthy (but, alas, not atypical) of a major firm....

Henri

We will definitely pursue the matter.

[kpo6969]

Originally Posted by mhenriday

I hope Tech ARP will continue to follow this matter closely, as it seems to bear not only on these particular NVIDIA GPUs, but the manner in which the company views its customers. Attempting to put the blame on the manufacturer also seems to be a real cop-out, hardly worthy (but, alas, not atypical) of a major firm....

Henri

I agree completely. I bought my 8800GT the 1st day they were available for $300 (now worth $100)

Please do what most of us can't, thank you.

[The_YongGrand]

Man, the another of these batch have problems as well?

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Man, the another of these batch have problems as well?

No, it looks like it's the ENTIRE line of G84, G86, G92 and G94 GPUs.

Hey, anyone here affected by the problem yet?