False rumor about defective 8800 cards

**candle_86** · 11-10-2006, 08:59 PM

Moderator's note: the following text has been confirmed to be false.

Got this from a Fry's rep today

Nvidia is recalling all Geforce 8800GTX's there is bad resistors on the card, Fry's sent all there cards back in, beware.

Of course, nVidia themselves said:

Today NVIDIA announced the hard launch and immediate availability of our new flagship GeForce 8800 GPUs. Some recent reports on the web mention a BOM error (wrong resistor value) on initial GeForce 8800 GTX boards. All boards with this problem were purged from the production pipeline. Product on shelves is fully qualified and certified by NVIDIA and its board partners. We and our board partners stand behind these products and back them with our full warranty.

**Rollo** · 11-11-2006, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by candle_86

Got this from a Fry's rep today,

Nvidia is recalling all Geforce 8800GTX's there is bad resistors on the card, Fry's sent all there cards back in, beware.

As discussed on Rage, this was proven untrue.

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-11-2006, 11:03 AM

This has been proved false by NVIDIA rep.

**Rollo** · 11-11-2006, 03:19 PM

Heh- I think Candle just forgot to come back here and edit this one after he discussed it on Rage.

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-11-2006, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Rollo

Heh- I think Candle just forgot to come back here and edit this one after he discussed it on Rage.

Yeah!!

**candle_86** · 11-12-2006, 08:07 AM

sorry been busy, Uber I'm almost done on that promised article

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-12-2006, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by candle_86

sorry been busy, Uber I'm almost done on that promised article

Sweeeeet!!

**Rollo** · 11-12-2006, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by candle_86

sorry been busy, Uber I'm almost done on that promised article

No apology necessary to me. When I first saw it, I thought "Why is Candle_86 FUDding the board?" as I've seen you post pro nVidia stuff before. Then I noticed the dates and cleaned up my sarcasm, and now offer my apology for springing the semi-almost-reputedly reknown Rollo "wit" upon you. ;)

BTW- good to see you here!

**Darth Shaidar** · 11-13-2006, 12:23 PM

I didn't like the title so I fixed it.

**Rollo** · 11-13-2006, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Darth Shaidar

I didn't like the title so I fixed it.

Nuts, I didnt like your sig, so I tried to fix it, and it didnt work!

I wanted it to say "Now felate Rollo as I eat this expensive ham. And she does. Twice."

Can you do that for your ol pal Darth?
;)

**Darth Shaidar** · 11-13-2006, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Rollo

Nuts, I didnt like your sig, so I tried to fix it, and it didnt work!

I wanted it to say "Now felate Rollo as I eat this expensive ham. And she does. Twice."

Can you do that for your ol pal Darth?
;)

What's to fix? My sig does say "ATHF > *" afterall...

**Rollo** · 11-14-2006, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by Darth Shaidar

What's to fix? My sig does say "ATHF > *" afterall...

Heh I just like the idea of being fellated twice, and think the odds of it happening rise .0000000000000000000000000000000001% if you command it in your sig. ;)