Cujo July 9, 2008 Share Cujo Member July 9, 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...dia-g84-g86-bad if any of you guys have laptops or desktops with these chips in them i'd dump them on someone unsuspecting otherwise you're in for a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick July 9, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member July 9, 2008 (edited) When it says G84 and G86, does it mean GeForce 8400's and GeForce 8600's? Boo, my wife's laptop has an 8600m GT in it...not so good Edited July 9, 2008 by [LaW]Maverick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass July 9, 2008 Share Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass Member July 9, 2008 AMD to the rescue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean July 9, 2008 Share Unclean Member July 9, 2008 When it says G84 and G86, does it mean GeForce 8400's and GeForce 8600's? QFWTKTATTT (quoted for wanting to know the answer to this too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie July 9, 2008 Share mookie GC Alumni July 9, 2008 Wikipedia seems to say that 8600 is g84 and 8400 is g86. It doesn't make sense to me, but maybe it's correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage July 9, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member July 9, 2008 (edited) I would not necessarily take everything you read on the Inquirer as solid fact. With that said, yeah, this sounds really bad. Nevermind their plummeting stock. Edited July 9, 2008 by ZeroDamage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo July 10, 2008 Share anonymo Member July 10, 2008 I would not necessarily take everything you read on the Inquirer as solid fact. With that said, yeah, this sounds really bad. Nevermind their plummeting stock. I was going to say...the Inquirer is legit now? If you do a minuscule bit of research on Charlie Demerjian and the whole issue, you'll find he's the only guy to write about it and just about every forum I've found has labeled him an "Nvidia hater" and to ignore his articles. In addition to this, they are talking about a specific problem, that of hardware failures due to heat cycling, something that plagues ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. I nearly fell off my seat laughing when I read the details. If you think that it's an issue with just Nvidia products you're delusional. The article might as well read ALL ELECTRONICS WITH SOLDER ARE BAD. Now, granted Nvidia has always been on the cheap side (and that's an understatement) but until I see some proof that Nvidia products (despite their cheapness) are really that more likely to fail due to heat cycling than other products I won't worry much. Plus according to cujo it will only cost me $70 to replace the Nvidia GPU on my laptop, so I'm fine with that (you're making me feel really bad about missing this drive tomorrow cuj... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa July 10, 2008 Share Playaa Member July 10, 2008 The Inquirer is not the same as the Enquirer. That said, I didn't think either one was reputable really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick July 10, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member July 10, 2008 Mo, the point is that the cards are having a higher than normal failure rate, and the dude at the Inquirer isn't the only one saying so. Hard OCP has had quite a few articles regarding this issue as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoner July 10, 2008 Share Demoner Member July 10, 2008 Mo, the point is that the cards are having a higher than normal failure rate, and the dude at the Inquirer isn't the only one saying so. Hard OCP has had quite a few articles regarding this issue as well. Could you please post these articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick July 10, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member July 10, 2008 here are a few examples (they had 'em all over the main page a few days ago) http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzM0...GVudGh1c2lhc3Q= http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzM0...HVzaWFzdCwsLDE= http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/0702...ith-laptop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZesteR July 10, 2008 Share ZesteR Member July 10, 2008 well i have a 8600m gt in my laptop, and ill let ya know when mine dies. until then, I'm not going to have something like this hanging over my head, getting me all worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick July 10, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member July 10, 2008 well i have a 8600m gt in my laptop, and ill let ya know when mine dies. until then, I'm not going to have something like this hanging over my head, getting me all worried. Yeah, my wife has one too...good thing ASUS comes with a 2 year standard warranty instead of a 1 year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo July 10, 2008 Author Share Cujo Member July 10, 2008 while i don't take the inquirer as fact i do take it somewhat seriously. yes, they are often wrong but they are also often right. at the very least it is entertaining reading. yes, charlie seems to have something against nvidia but this time he appears to be right. their stock price should be evidence enough of that. he also makes some very good points re: the voltage bumps on the new steppings and the fact he pointed this out last year gives him a heck of a lot more credibility in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo July 28, 2008 Author Share Cujo Member July 28, 2008 still don't believe me? http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1329792 one comment points out that all those laptops have either the g84 or g86 in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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