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Inquirer: Pretty Much Every Nvidia GeForce 8800, 9600 and 9800 Graphics Card Is Defective

matt buchanan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:15:00 EDT

Last month, the Inquirer made the shocking accusation that every Nvidia graphics card with the G84 and G86 chipsets were bad (every 8-series card up to the 8800 basically). Nvidia said that's crap, but the Inquirer said it was all a big cover up. Now the Inquirer is reporting that "four board partners are seeing G92 and G94 chips going bad in the field at high rates." That would mean all of the GeForce 8800 GT, GTS and GS desktop cards, the mobile 8800s, and most of the 9600 and 9800 series graphics cards are defective.

All summed up, the Inquirer is saying almost the entire run of 8 and 9-series GeForce cards are defective and "going bad in the field at high rates." More than that, they say that Nvidia will continue to cover it up because the cost of admitting the nature of the problem would be devastating, meaning we'll never know for sure. We'll just have to watch for anecdotes to pile up. We're really hoping they're wrong on this one—that's a lot of graphics cards, and if true, it could basically destroy Nvidia. [Inquirer - Thanks Jagslive!]

NVIDIA Launches GeForce 8800M GTX and GTS Notebook GPUs

Matt Buchanan — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:40:12 EST

NVIDIA got official today with its GeForce 8800M GTX and GTS notebook GPUs, which you might remember from the fresh-out-the-door Alienware beast from a few hours ago. Mark Rein, Epic Games' VP is "ordering one" exclamation point, if that makes you more blisteringly excited. [Nvidia]

Black-Hawk XR5 Laptops to Have Dual GeForce 8800s, Core 2 Quad Processor

Adrian Covert — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:54:11 EST

With the inclusion of two 512MB GeForce Go 8800GTX graphics cards, the Black-Hawk XR5 will be the first laptop to feature such graphical power. Along with a 17-inch screen, Core 2 Quad processor and EV-DO support, Black-Hawk clearly is not messing around, and intend for the XR5 to be a desktop replacement.

However, our friends over at Maximum PC say the XR5 images shown are renders (vapor alert!), and with so much horsepower in this thing, it will probably run hot, making it not lap-friendly. No price has been announced as of yet, but if all goes to plan the Black-Hawk XR5 will reach consumers in December, hopefully with a good cooling system. [PC Microworks via ubergizmo via Sci Fi]

Nvidia Finalizes Vista Drivers, SLI Users Still Waiting

Louis Ramirez — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:18:40 EST

Good news for (most) of you GeForce 8800 owners out there running Vista. Nvidia has finalized its Vista drivers so you won't be stuck with beta drivers any more. Now the bad news. All you SLI folks, well, you're still gonna have to wait since full SLI support is expected to come via another driver. Not sure how this will affect the law suit against Nvidia, but the site is still up and running so chances are there's still some not so happy campers out there waiting for their drivers. – Louis Ramirez

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Pissed Off Gamers Ready to Sue Nvidia Over Crap Vista Drivers

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:38:58 EST

Last time we checked in on Nvidia, they had yet to release final (i.e. not beta) Vista drivers for their GeForce 8000 series cards. Well, it seems like the Vista gaming community is mad and tired of waiting. They've launched a website threatening to file a class action lawsuit against Nvidia if they don't get a public apology, a release date for the final drivers, and/or a "stupid t-shirt" to compensate for their troubles.

Many of the gamers claim their 8800 cards don't work when playing games under Vista, or in some cases, the games won't even play. Nvidia has responded by saying yeah, sure, we're on it.

"Over the coming weeks NVIDIA and our partners, along with the industry will continue to update Windows Vista drivers to ensure maximum performance on 3D applications and add feature support." —Director of PR for Nvidia, Derek Perez

On the other hand, there are some gamers with 8800 cards that are having no problems at all with Vista. Either way the bottom line is you don't wanna mess with cranky gamers and their 8800s. – Louis Ramirez

Nvidia Responds to Complaints About State of Vista Drivers [Ars Technica via Crave]
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GeForce 8800 Owners Getting Shafted by Nvidia?

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:00:30 EST

It appears Vista's "wow" has yet to start for many Nvidia GeForce 8800 card owners. Because the cards lack final drivers for Vista (they're still in beta), people have reported that the new OS doesn't recognize their graphics card and as a result defaults to VGA drivers, disabling all of Vista's pretty Aero effects. What gives, Nvidia? The wow can't start now if your flagship card has no finalized drivers. – Louis Ramirez

Where Are the GeForce 8800 Series Windows Vista Drivers? [DailyTech]