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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. Whoa by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know this is April Fool's and all, and it looks like this year we were spared the pink ponies, but isn't this a tad close to starting a harmful rumor? People are stupid, and nVidia is a publicly traded company. I think there's enough crap to make fun of without having to resort to this type of thing? Just IMO.

    1. Re:Whoa by suv4x4 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I know this is April Fool's and all, and it looks like this year we were spared the pink ponies, but isn't this a tad close to starting a harmful rumor? People are stupid, and nVidia is a publicly traded company. I think there's enough crap to make fun of without having to resort to this type of thing? Just IMO.

      You know, expecting real news on a news site doesn't make you stupid.

      What makes you stupid is posting lies on your news site just because it's "April's Fool's day" or something of that sort.

      And what the hell do we read "slashdottit" like"? Slash Dot... Tit?

  2. Re:Here we go... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Last year's pink make over was better. I weep for past joys.

  3. April Fool's Day by Renraku · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just an excuse to be a lying asshole and get away with it. Much like alcohol, or drugs.

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    1. Re:April Fool's Day by DaFallus · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Just an excuse to be a lying asshole and get away with it. Much like alcohol, or drugs.

      Not having a sense of humor; just an excuse to be an asshole and get away with it. Much like alcohol, or drugs. Get over yourself.

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  4. Mod me insightful for no particular reason by aussie_a · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Come on. Come oooooon.

    1. Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason by serialdogma · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Share the love, mod me insightful.

  5. Fucking stupid by d_jedi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    nt.

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  6. Mmm...beer. by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Much like alcohol, or drugs.

    So, in other words, you mean "awesome"?

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  7. stupid tags by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think I would enjoy the prank more if it didn't say aprilfools right on the slashdot tagging.

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