Nvidia 55nm Parts Are Bad Too

JagsLive sends in a story (in somewhat inflammatory prose) from The Inquirer, which links to many others; they have been following developments in the alleged NVidia quality "fiasco" for some time. "Hot on the heels of its denials that anything is wrong with the G92 and G94s comes another PCN [Product Change Notification] that shows the G92s and G92b are being changed for no reason. Yup, the problems that are plaguing G84 and G86 are the same that affect seemingly all 65nm and now 55nm NVidia parts ... It is hard to overstate how bad this is. Basically every 65nm and 55nm NVidia part appears to be defective ... We are hearing of early failure rates in the teens percent for 8800GTs and far higher for 9600GTs ... To make matters worse, NVidia has a mound of unsold defective parts that they are going to bleed out into the channel along side of the (hopefully) fixed parts. As a buyer, you have no way of knowing which one you are getting ... Until NVidia comes fully clean on this fiasco, lists all the defective parts, and orders boxes clearly marked, you can't say anything other than just avoid them. Then again, since doing the right thing would likely bankrupt them, we wouldn't hold your breath for it to happen."

Comments

Actually, not that big of a deal.

[bigtallmofo]

Sure, the GPU might be faulty but the rest of the components on their graphics cards (cooling fan, PCI-Express connector) are not showing any issues.

So let's not blow this out of proportion.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Broken scope]

That wasn't thunder, that was a sonic boom as the joke went right over your head.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Cheeko]

I've got this brand spanking new car if you want to buy it. I'll give you a great deal on it. The paint is brand new, custom wheels, high end brakes, a completely killer stereo system, GPS, power everything. The only problem is that there is a 15% chance the engine doesn't work.

But its just one component, so lets not blow this out of proportion, what will you give me for it?

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Abreu]

Thank you for that car analogy, I understand this now.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Pedrito]

Actually, the fan on my 8500 GT which was less than year old just died. I wanted a 9800 GTX anyway, which I got, but now I'm concerned I may have wasted some $$$.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[machine321]

I've got this brand spanking new car if you want to buy it.

Can you crush it for me?

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Spy der Mann]

Note to self: don't reply hastily to slashdot posts when you didn't get enough sleep.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[houstonbofh]

I've got this brand spanking new car if you want to buy it. I'll give you a great deal on it. The paint is brand new, custom wheels, high end brakes, a completely killer stereo system, GPS, power everything. The only problem is that there is a 15% chance the engine doesn't work.

But its just one component, so lets not blow this out of proportion, what will you give me for it?

It worked for Jaguar in the 70s and 80s. Other than Ford buying them, I mean.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[jacquesm]

I own several English made cars and I can testify from personal experience that the only time when there is not oil leaking from the car is when it has run out.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[LWATCDR]

Really I thought that was limited to their motorcycles.
Hey it is a feature. It is an automated oil change.

Re:Actually, not that big of a deal.

[Missing_dc]

I own several English made cars and I can testify from personal experience that the only time when there is not oil leaking from the car is when it has run out.

I heard that was why they never really got into making computers... They could not figure out how to make them leak oil.

Pizza

[Sockatume]

This is the kind of story that can only end with somebody being fired for making pizza in the silicon fab oven.

Re:Pizza

[Yvan256]

Actually it was Kramer warming up his clothes in the silicon fab oven.

Re:Are you a betting man?

[martinw89]

I'm not exactly going to pick up NVDA, but I may sell it shorter than the 55nm process used on these chips!

a workaround solution

[nimbius]

has been proposed:

buy ati.

Re:Fair and Balanced?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, of course you wouldn't hold my breath, only I can do that.

Re:not that big of a deal?!?

[ColdWetDog]

what good is the connector and fan if the GPU is dead?

Well, it WAS part of a joke. Now you blew it for everyone else. I hope you're happy.

Re: your brains

[argent]

We're not unreasonable here, nobody's going to eat your eyes.

Re:Charlie Demerjian

[unsigned integer]

Could someone explain just what exactly the chip on his shoulder is?

Did a nvidia graphics card molest him as a child?

Re:Fair and Balanced?

[houstonbofh]

Thats it! Someone I ticked off is sneaking in and sanding down my pads! Bastards...

Thanks for the tip!

Re:Still Not Buying It

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, that solves it then, since these are new chips probably purchased by the hard-core gamers who want the "best of the best" at all times, its not a problem - because they'll be sitting in front of their machines playing WoW 24/7, through the job loss, divorce, and whatever else. No thermal cycling at all!

Re:Fair and Balanced?

[jjrockman]

He did say "generally".

Re: your brains

[BronsCon]

Woooooooooooosh!