Fw: Nvidia 55nm Parts Are Bad Too

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JagsLive sends in a story (in somewhat inflammatory prose) from The
Inquirer, which links to many others; they have been following
developments in the alleged NVidia quality "fiasco" for some time. "Hot
on the heels of its denials that anything is wrong with the G92 and
G94s comes another PCN [Product Change Notification] that shows the
G92s and G92b are being changed for no reason. Yup, the problems that
are plaguing G84 and G86 are the same that affect seemingly all 65nm
and now 55nm NVidia parts... It is hard to overstate how bad this is.
Basically every 65nm and 55nm NVidia part appears to be defective... We
are hearing of early failure rates in the teens percent for 8800GTs and
far higher for 9600GTs... To make matters worse, NVidia has a mound of
unsold defective parts that they are going to bleed out into the
channel along side of the (hopefully) fixed parts. As a buyer, you have
no way of knowing which one you are getting... Until NVidia comes fully
clean on this fiasco, lists all the defective parts, and orders boxes
clearly marked, you can't say anything other than just avoid them. Then
again, since doing the right thing would likely bankrupt them, we
wouldn't hold your breath for it to happen."

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