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It is sad really. NVidia has always been my favorite graphics manufacturer. After some issues I had with ATI years ago, and ATI’s lack of solid Linux drivers for many years, I have been a real NVidia fan. Unfortunately it seems like they are experiencing wide spread failures and there is no solid reason described. There are plenty of rumors. Now it seems that Apple’s laptops are experiencing problems.
My own experience is with my Dell XPS M1210 NVidia failure. NVidia claims that the 7400 chip in my laptop is not affected, however it was affected. It was a typical video card problem with the broken vertical lines in the screen and lockups during 3D usage. Dell graciously changed the motherboard in my laptop along with the heatpipe.
There is a class action suit against NVidia by its shareholders for keeping its problems from the public for so long. This resulted in some layoffs which are ongoing. NVidia has kept quiet about exactly which of its chips were failing. I’m sure it is because they don’t want people to return product that hasn’t failed. The problem is that they lose significant goodwill by doing this. The alternative is that they lose their shirts.
It may be time for me to start looking at ATI for my next graphics card.
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Thank you for this post! There is a long-standing thread at the Apple discussion board regarding the widespread problems Macbook Pro users (myself included) are having. I’m going to the board now to post this info.
Web-Bettys last blog post..Web-Betty: thing of the week
I’ve been wary of the big N’s products for a few years now. I bought a 6800 when they first came out and was very disappointed in its performance. Some component burned out a few weeks later and I got an x1950 to replace it. I still use it to this day without much issue, though I will likely replace it in a few months so I can play CoD5 at better than 50fps
I have to wonder if these recent problems stem from undercutting their quality control in an attempt to lower prices in competition with AMD…
@Web-Betty
Glad I could help. This has been going on for a while. I wouldn’t be too surprised if Apple didn’t throw some muscle around. They aren’t huge, but they are influential.
@Topclanz
I admit I haven’t been keeping up on the ATI line for a while. I don’t do much gaming anymore, but even if I did I would have to do some research again. I visited TomsHardware recently because he used to keep up with all the latest tech as far as benchmarking, but he appears to be quite a bit behind now.