A shameful day for a video card maker

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Slimebeast said:

NJ5 said:

Slimebeast said:

NJ5 said:

Slimebeast said:
What, am I reading it right? The Nvidia stock dropped by 30.73% in one day?

Yes. I bet someone who worked on the original Xbox is laughing maniacally right now.

 

 

Well, I'm almost laughing too since I'm an ATI guy. Although the CEO of Nvidia was funny with his "Laughabee" joke.

NJ5, can you elaborate.. what was the story with Xbox 1 and Nvidia?

The reason the Xbox was discontinued was Nvidia. They owned the GPU design and didn't want to produce it anymore. No GPU, no console.

 

Wow, what assholes lol. No wonder MS chose ATI this time around.

 

now now... xbox fans, is there really a place to laugh at another company?

Let me sum up the problems:

Nvidia hasn't determined the exact cause of the problem but said it relates to a packaging material used with some of its chips, as well as the thermal design of some laptops. Modern processors generate considerable amounts of heat.

To tackle the problem, the company is releasing a software driver that will cause system fans to start operating sooner and reduce the "thermal stress" on the chips. The driver has been provided to laptop makers directly, said Derek Perez, an Nvidia spokesman.

The products have been failing in the field at "higher than normal rates,"

 

 

Now, I'm no expert here.... doesn't that sound awfully like similar problem experienced by another product? Gosh, only if I could think of what the product is..... Help????