Nvidia To Recall Every 8800 GTX/GTS Card

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."

Comments

*whew*

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Here we go...

[StarvingSE]

Happy April 1st everyone.... fp

Whoa

[The Bungi]

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.

Re:Whoa

[suv4x4]

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?

Re:Whoa

[alfrin]

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.

Last time I checked the whole April Fools articles has been a tradition here on Slashdot and most members here are well aware of it and, dare I saw, enjoy trying to sort out the real articles from the fakes. Do you expect the complete truth out of the news anyways? Or on an internet news site?

Chill out

Re:Whoa

[Calibax]

Is the best you can do some questionable rumor from 7 years ago?

0104.htm

[FMota91]

Nice way for http://www.techarp.com/ to try and sell us their products...

April Fool's Day

[Renraku]

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

Re:April Fool's Day

[DaFallus]

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.

Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[aussie_a]

Come on. Come oooooon.

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod me up. I need the karma.

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[fucksl4shd0t]

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

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[logixoul]

Ok, so when did *this* meme start? :)

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[serialdogma]

Share the love, mod me insightful.

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[nbritton]

Yeah but can you get modded +5 troll?

So what?

[TransEurope]

There are more earthshaking News around. Se there http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87582 (german). The Mozilla Foundation wants 1.4 Billion US$ from Microsoft because of a patent registered in 1922. :-D

Ah, hell, date changed.

[The_Shadows]

Articles like these are why I'll once again be staying away from the internet on April Fools Day.

-signing off until 0001, 04-02-07

Fucking stupid

[d_jedi]

nt.

Mmm...beer.

[Kadin2048]

Much like alcohol, or drugs.

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

For those who actually RTFA, a link to secret page

[Devistater]

If you RTFA you'll notice they tell you about a secret page you can reach by answering a quiz. Here's the link: http://www.techarp.com/0104.htm Quote from it: "Unfortunately, there is no secret page where you can buy cheap NVIDIA cards. How we wish it were true though. Graphics cards are so very expensive."

stupid tags

[OrangeTide]

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

Goddammit, I hate April Fool's day.

[Mex]

I was hoping Slashdot wouldn't participate this year, but ... Ugh.

I just submitted mine!

[tacokill]

I just submitted my card for return.

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

God, I wish this were true...

[busydoingnothing]

I have an XFX 8800GTX and ever since I installed that sucker, I've been getting BSODs out the arse. I've already had it replaced once; no dice. I've tried all the latest drivers; no dice. I've updated the BIOS, uninstalled and reinstalled the sound card, performed voodoo magic; no dice. Something is surely messed up here. My power supply is 620W and definitely enough to handle the card. I really don't understand what the hell is going on, but it's seriously unacceptable.

Re:Actually quite lame

[mikael]

The one that got me was the Council inspectors to demand £5 'carbon offset' for barbecues

It is quite believable now in the UK, that local councils would spend millions of pounds in order to emply inspectors to wander around home owners gardens checking to see if they had a barbecue in use without a permit.