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Nvidia To Recall Every 8800 GTX/GTS Card

Posted by Zonk on from the cardtastrophie dept.

SlashRating© 42 slashdottit! tm Bill Stubbs writes "NVIDIA has admitted to a killer bug in all GeForce 8800GTX/GTS cards, and will recall all affected cards and replace them. 'An NVIDIA engineer, who wishes to remain anonymous, has just clued us in on the whole deal. This engineer claims that while allegations of poor gaming performance are correct, the reason is not really poor drivers. Brace yourself for the truth: Right after the G80 was taped out, NVIDIA discovered a bug in the vertex shader that causes the GPU to generate slightly incorrect geometry transformation data. The difference was minimal enough to escape attention but it was significant enough to render a scene incorrectly.' The article also links to a secret website which will allow gamers to purchase Nvidia cards at cost."

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  1. *whew* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, at least I won't have to worry about that problem because I have my awesome Radeon 9200 32MB. Thanks, Apple!

  2. Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mod me up. I need the karma.

  3. Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy shit, that actually worked? Can I get modded funny for no particular reason?

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  4. I just submitted mine! by tacokill · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just submitted my card for return.

    I hope it comes back with a new pony. OMG Poni3Z!!!!!!