Rumored (now Denied). nVidia to Recall 600 series cards? (xbitlabs via pnosker.com)

[blastingcap]

People like anandtheman...are you being deliberatly stupid?

Do you consider yourself to be on the "green team" then?

 

[Zanovar]

Do you consider yourself to be on the "green team" then?

Didnt you just ask him this once already?

 

[blastingcap]

Didnt you just ask him this once already?

I didn't see him answer. Did he answer?

 

[thilanliyan]

You sound surprised and act like I am the only with this sentiment...funny!

At least two of those sound more like they are joking (as indicated by their emoticons).

And even then that is still only one person you are alluding to, unless you're saying the OP is on the "red team" too? Where are others in this thread?

I fail to see how you have been able to classify certain people as on the "red team" from THIS thread. I expect most people here are able to be objective, at least when they aren't being paranoid.

 

[Zanovar]

I didn't see him answer. Did he answer?

I dont think so,i was looking for the incredible hulk exploding from his shirt vid,couldnt find one though hahah

 

[Zanovar]

I didn't see him answer. Did he answer?

I suppose you could try again blasting,third time lucky perhaps?

 

[cmdrdredd]

You sure we are readning the same thread?

Beause it sure as hell don't sound like it

Oh really? Then why does he act like he has an issue with Nvidia? Why is he calling Nvidia a liar? Claiming they have no credibility.

Sure sounds like he has a beef with Nvidia like I said.

 

[thilanliyan]

Oh really? Then why does he act like he has an issue with Nvidia? Why is he calling Nvidia a liar? Claiming they have no credibility.

Sure sounds like he has a beef with Nvidia like I said.

I think you and Lonbjerg are are saying the same thing...read his posts again.

To answer your post, nVidia DID lose some credibility over bumpgate, that is indisputable. SEVERAL people in this thread brought up bumpgate...he is not the only one that has issues with their credibility (to a certain extent)...not sure why you singled him out.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Because he harped on it, others mentioned it in passing.

Intel had an SATA issue...if Intel suddenly had a few CPUs that ran at 101bclk by accident and were unstable at 100, but offered replacements if the customer wanted and there were rumors of a recall, but Intel came out and said the issue was not true and there is no recall would I go back and say "they lost credibility due to their SATA problem"?

I'd give Intel the benefit of the doubt as would I give Nvidia here.

 

[thilanliyan]

but offered replacements if the customer wanted and there were rumors of a recall, but Intel came out and said the issue was not true and there is no recall

Did they say that or are you saying "IF" they said that?

Was the bumpgate situation handled as well as the Intel recall?

 

[Destiny]

I thought OP's thread/topic was popular until I releazed the thread got de-railed...

 

[SolMiester]

When was bumpgate again?

 

[RussianSensation]

There are now 6 different GTX670 cards and 2 Asus GTX680 cards on Newegg.

Since more cards have been shipped to retail channels, I would find that very unusual if NV was secretly preparing to recall the entire series.

 

[Jaydip]

There are now 6 different GTX670 cards and 2 Asus GTX680 cards on Newegg.

Since more cards have been shipped to retail channels, I would find that very usual if NV was secretly preparing to recall the entire series.

I hope u mean unusual as I recently bought an Asus Gtx 680

 

[HurleyBird]

You guys are arguing past one another. The Pro-NV club is arguing that the rumor is probably baseless, while the Anti-NV club is arguing that Nvidia can't be trusted to take responsibility because of their past misdeeds.

Both statements are obviously true.

How about this?

"The chance that this rumor is accurate is almost as minuscule as the chance that Nvidia would fess up to it if it was."

Can everyone agree on that statement? Ok? Then lets end this pointless thread.

 

[ShintaiDK]

You guys are arguing past one another. The Pro-NV club is arguing that the rumor is probably baseless, while the Anti-NV club is arguing that Nvidia can't be trusted to take responsibility because of their past misdeeds.

Both statements are obviously true.

How about this?

"The chance that this rumor is accurate is almost as minuscule as the chance that Nvidia would fess up to it if it was."

Can everyone agree on that statement? Ok? Then lets end this pointless thread.

How about no. If anyone agreed to your statement they could just as well go live in fantasyworld.

The whole thing covers a small batch of EVGA GTX 670 SC cards and nothing else as stated before. Thats a simple fact. Everyone else with this rumour basicly took the ball and ran out of the field with it.

And this thread really needs to die. Its an abomination to intelligence and a mockery to news reporting.

"EVGA has isolated this problem to an early batch of GTX 670 Superclock cards (P/N: 02G-P3-2672-KR) that were not properly screened during QA/QC procedure. We have already been working with our partners to retest this particular batch. In the meantime, our R&D has also done numerous tests, burn in and component quality verification to confirm that the EVGA GTX 670 Superclock is a well designed product."

"If any of your users are experiencing issues with their EVGA GTX 670 Superclock boards, please ask them to email Jacob Freeman [mailto link], and he will assist in getting them setup with an RMA cross shipment along with EVGA upgrading them to the GTX 670 FTW version (P/N: 02G-P3-2685-KR) for the inconvenience of this."

 

[d3fu5i0n]

You guys are arguing past one another. The Pro-NV club is arguing that the rumor is probably baseless, while the Anti-NV club is arguing that Nvidia can't be trusted to take responsibility because of their past misdeeds.

Both statements are obviously true.

How about this?

"The chance that this rumor is accurate is almost as minuscule as the chance that Nvidia would fess up to it if it was."

Can everyone agree on that statement? Ok? Then lets end this pointless thread.

Hmmh, I can agree with that statement... although if it was as big of an issue as this [if true] with people going 'mad', then I could see nVidia having to be honest, much like Intel did with the Cougar Point issue.

However, I also agree with ShintaiDK that the issue is currently only with the EVGA 670 SC cards. But EVGA are dealing with those affected, so that's all great and dandy.

If, however, the issue is more widespread, I'm sure that we'll see many cards degrading in performance within a similar time frame, after a while, (for those cards that have been put under similar workloads).

Personally - at the moment - I think that it's just a waiting game and that we'll see what happens. So for now, let's just wait... It'd only be a matter of time before people find out [if true - which I don't think it is].

 

[3DVagabond]

From what I've read the EVGA issue is not the same as the supposed recall issue. The EVGA cards don't work from day 1. *People are complaining of hooking them up and experiencing stability issues. Artifacts and crashes. The, again supposed, recall issue is degradation over time while heavily stressed.

*I'd like to add that I'm sure that a lot of people who own the affected model of card will complain, even if they don't have trouble, just to get a replacement FTW for free.

 

[d3fu5i0n]

I'd like to add that I'm sure that a lot of people who own the affected model of card will complain, even if they don't have trouble, just to get a replacement FTW for free.

1) Wouldn't EVGA check the serial and charge them for shipping if the end-user/customer wasted their time?

2) I can't believe that some people would do that - when there aren't going to be many Kepler cards, let alone the EVGA 670 FTWs themeselves. It would take longer for the people who do have the issue, to receive a replacement.

The only MSI 670 available in the UK is the OC Edition (which, I own). Since it is factory OC'd, like the EVGA 670 SC, I shall see if anything (bad) happens.
If anything does, you guys can be sure that I'll be ranting on about it!

 

[Olikan]

You guys are arguing past one another. The Pro-NV club is arguing that the rumor is probably baseless, while the Anti-NV club is arguing that Nvidia can't be trusted to take responsibility because of their past misdeeds.

to the pro-nvidea.....even charlie is telling that this rumour is bullshit

 

[keyser fluffy]

I've had 3870 and 4870 cards, my current choices are 7850 @ £200 (UK prices) or 670 @ £300 for reference cooler or £370 for Asus. I might go 670 reference route first, see how noisy is it, then get an after market cooler..

My point is there isn't even an alternative gfx card from AMD at the same price.. unless you're mad and go for a 7950/7970, which is unlikely.

 

[toyota]

I've had 3870 and 4870 cards, my current choices are 7850 @ £200 (UK prices) or 670 @ £300 for reference cooler or £370 for Asus. I might go 670 reference route first, see how noisy is it, then get an after market cooler..

My point is there isn't even an alternative gfx card from AMD at the same price.. unless you're mad and go for a 7950/7970, which is unlikely.

why not just get a non reference cooled 670 in the first place since they are the same or about the same price anyway?

 

[keyser fluffy]

why not just get a non reference cooled 670 in the first place since they are the same or about the same price anyway?

Yeah I probably will! There is another factor and that is I have the FT02 case which recommends closed blowers, but I don't think the Asus cooler will be an issue. It's just on the face of it a £300 670 sounds awesome, but in reality it's near £400, since noise bothers me..