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# 1
2008-07-26, 18:03
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all 8600 & 8400 based GPU's are faulty
yup they have poor die material which starts to fail with heat cycles.
fairly old news but I thought I'd put it out there.
this applies to both mobile and desktop video cards.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2250
the affect based uppon g84 and g86 GPU's
I unfortunatly fall under the g84 chip (my 8700GT/fx 1600) but hopefully at least I have my 3 year warantee
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# 2
2008-07-26, 18:26
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Place of the bridge
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Re: all 8600 & 8400 based GPU's are faulty
Well i've run my 8600GT for the best part of a year so far, no problems at all. So i'm not too worried. If it does suddenly reach the end of its vortal coil, well that would just be an excuse to grab the 4870  .
Last edited by Shrike; 2008-07-26 at 18:31.
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# 3
2008-07-26, 19:41
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Re: all 8600 & 8400 based GPU's are faulty
from another forum I heard that the life span is roughly 1-2 years, and the first thing you will notice are hot temp's and then artifacts and then ...death
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# 4
2008-07-27, 02:25
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Re: all 8600 & 8400 based GPU's are faulty
welcome to like 2007
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# 5
2008-07-27, 09:12
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Re: all 8600 & 8400 based GPU's are faulty
Quote:
Originally Posted by 16bit
welcome to like 2007
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There's a dislike 2007?
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