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Forums - PC - A shameful day for a video card maker

Slimebeast on 04 July 2008
kingofwale said:
NJ5 said:
kingofwale said:

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????

 

Why didn't you highlight the "packaging material" part? Is it because it doesn't support your theory? As far as I know, the RROD is not a fault with materials. You always manage to get the RROD into any topic ;)

 

I didn't try to, frankly, I didn't even mention RRoD, but to see certain console fans laughing at misfortune of another company for the same mistake their own console maker made, is just hypocritical.

 

 

There is no hypocrisy.

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NJ5 on 04 July 2008

kingofwale, just stop... Don't make me point out the obvious or I'll report you immediately after I do it. We both know we're not stupid.

 



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rasone77 on 04 July 2008

I want to know which chipsets are affected by this, why aren't they telling people?



Mudface on 04 July 2008

To be fair, 3dfx was bankrupt at the time, and its Voodoo cards after Voodoo 2 were way behind rival offerings. Why would NVidia bother supporting people with rival cards? To make a no doubt flawed analogy, it would be like Sony buying out Sega and carrying on producing the Dreamcast.



montrealsoon on 04 July 2008
Mudface said:
To be fair, 3dfx was bankrupt at the time, and its Voodoo cards after Voodoo 2 were way behind rival offerings. Why would NVidia bother supporting people with rival cards? To make a no doubt flawed analogy, it would be like Sony buying out Sega and carrying on producing the Dreamcast.

Your logic sounds like you are assuming the customer is irrelevant after the purchase is made.

I don't see it that way.