Nvidia's M84/M86 Chips to Cause More Problems and huge cost to nVidia.

cvearl · Aug 8, 2008, 11:25 PM

Nvidia's M84/M86 Chips to Cause More Problems...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidi...ms-91552.shtml

Nvidia's M84 and M86 cards turned into a great disaster after all. A lot of consumers were affected by the weak die/packaging material that resulted into the GPUs failing at a certain point. The Santa Clara announced a few weeks ago that it had set aside $200 million to handle the situation, but that might not be enough. Some are even wondering whether the company will be able to get the problem resolved.

Monies set aside will not be enough to cover cost...

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=8782&Itemid=1

Well, it seems that the total disaster that is M84 and M86 is going to cost much more than the $200 million US that Nvidia has set aside to deal with the issue; or so our moles are telling us. That is, of course, if Nvidia can get the problem resolved at all.

C.

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cvearl God uses ATI. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 6,035	Nvidia's M84/M86 Chips to Cause More Problems and huge cost to nVidia. Nvidia's M84/M86 Chips to Cause More Problems... http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidi...ms-91552.shtml Nvidia's M84 and M86 cards turned into a great disaster after all. A lot of consumers were affected by the weak die/packaging material that resulted into the GPUs failing at a certain point. The Santa Clara announced a few weeks ago that it had set aside $200 million to handle the situation, but that might not be enough. Some are even wondering whether the company will be able to get the problem resolved. Monies set aside will not be enough to cover cost... http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=8782&Itemid=1 Well, it seems that the total disaster that is M84 and M86 is going to cost much more than the $200 million US that Nvidia has set aside to deal with the issue; or so our moles are telling us. That is, of course, if Nvidia can get the problem resolved at all. C. __________________ *Always 2 there are....* Master: Intel C2D 8400 (3.0GHz) \| 4GB PC2-6400 RAM \| ATI Radeon 4870 \| AUDIGY SOUND \| Samsung 2232GW 22" WS LCD \| Vista 32bit SP1 Apprentice: AMD A64 3200+ \| 2GB PC3200 RAM \| X1900XT 256MB \| Onboard Sound \| 19" Samsung 931c LCD What I usually play?? Flight and Racing Simulations! :) Battle of Britain II:Wings of Victory, GTR2, Race 07 and Richard Burns Rally (Best Rally SIM of all time). I only stop simming if something exceptional comes out. Playing now? With my 4870. ;)

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