NienorGT Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 (edited) A faulty resistance as been found on the 8800GTX model making the card instable at high load and may make image corruption. nVIDIA tell that the problem is minor and need only to replace the faulty resistor. But all cards need to be backed up and make the change before being sold. Source: Clubic (French) English translated (Note: "Chart" is "Card", "resistance" is "resistor" bad translation) UPDATE: If we look at VR-Zone: http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=4253 They have updated thier news to say: Update #1 : No affect on launch date as yet Update #2 : NVIDIA will handle the necessary hardware changes (changing of resistors) Update #3 : Only some 8800GTX cards are affected due to wrong resistor value by a contract manufacturer but to be safe, all the card makers are recalling their cards Phew... this scared alot of people... :| Edited November 6, 2006 by NI3NOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 That's for all the people who keep bugging everyone in the Hardware section, no matter what the hell you wanted someone always came and and started to scream about this card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol911 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Haven't heard of this on any other major hardware sites, I am not too sure if this is fake news or real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Haven't heard of this on any other major hardware sites, I am not too sure if this is fake news or real. Clubic.com is bigger than Neowin... but in French. Staff are paid to work on the site (As what I been told)That's why I post it here... >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalx Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 lol yay buy a card to use on RC2 with no games that support it wait till vistas released before even installing it even if you're going to buy one soon keep it in its box or OEM bag or w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[xan] Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 It's true. It's confirmed on xtremesystems.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourjays Veteran Posted November 6, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 6, 2006 At least it's been caught and being fixed. Not sure, but shouldn't "resistance" be "resistor"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 At least it's been caught and being fixed.Not sure, but shouldn't "resistance" be "resistor"? My bad... :blush: Another mistranslation... and I forget that in English there a different word for that. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Finally a source from a forum I visit :D and one which is from my country! (We actually have about 10 sets sold here, which are obviously affected by the recall. Mostly MSI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryne Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I wonder if this would work on my mobo.. probably not. I will have to update everything. I want this card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I wonder if this would work on my mobo.. probably not. I will have to update everything. I want this card. Same. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Davis Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 lol yay buy a card to use on RC2 with no games that support it wait till vistas released before even installing it even if you're going to buy one soon keep it in its box or OEM bag or w/e You act like it won't be backwards compatible with DX9. There's nothing wrong with getting it at launch for a huge gain in performance on current games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Oh yes, for those itching to know, even an iCute 450W PSU can power that beast up. http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=104671 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted November 7, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2006 A 500W PSU with a good amps per 12v rail should suffice for this GPU and still give you a little room for a few more devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Uhh... Grammer Nazi Alert! will be "not" delayed should be will "not" be delayed... *sigh* :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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