NVidia 6800 Video Processor Failure

refraction · Oct 31, 2004, 05:56 AM

NVIDIA has began confirming the video acceleration functionality of the 6800 series GPU has a hardware flaw and will never work.

The VP offloads algorithm and image enhancement routines onto the GPU, allowing the cpu to focus on other work.

"The product timeframes for high-end products leave little for regressive error testing. This bug is unfortunate, but not a huge problem"
Unanimous NVIDIA distributor.

Although the problem doesn't effect gaming, features such as Motion Compensation, as used for smooth DVD playback, will be unavailable.

According to a spokesperson at NVIDIA UK the problem can not be rectified by new driver releases, however the PCI-E and other 6X00 chipsets do not have the bug.

So far there has been no official word from NVIDIA.

Users are furiated at shelling out top bucks for what they see as a flawed card. Many have been RMA'ing their units and threatening to turn to ATi hardware.
A worker of a large NVIDIA distributing company told the press the problem was small and unfortunate, but did not effect the performance of the card.

Article Source: http://www.tcmagazine.info/

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Oct 31, 2004, 10:36 AM

T-Metal · Oct 31, 2004, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

yay!

WTF is that supposed to mean?! Idiot.

***Zardon*** · Oct 31, 2004, 11:07 AM

can we refrain from personal insults please?

itchy5 · Oct 31, 2004, 11:53 AM

WOW im not sticking with this faulty card im cashing it in to get a XT PE

Spyro124 · Oct 31, 2004, 01:55 PM

I feel robbed, but the sad thing is, that i'm passed the period of cashing it in and since I only use it to play games I don't feel like rma'ing it now. Oh well this is life i guess

Tipstaff · Oct 31, 2004, 06:04 PM

"According to a spokesperson at NVIDIA UK the problem can not be rectified by new driver releases, however the PCI-E and other 6X00 chipsets do not have the bug. "

YET, the first line states:

"NVIDIA has began confirming the video acceleration functionality of the 6800 series GPU has a hardware flaw and will never work."

Duhhh.. someone should tell this UK spokesman that the 6800 card is in fact a 6x00 series card.. don'tcha think?

**dj_stick** · Oct 31, 2004, 06:06 PM

read "OTHER 6x00 chipsets"

Warpy · Oct 31, 2004, 06:24 PM

Now that news sux. - if you own a 6800. Always new to stay clear of the NVIDIA.

refraction · Oct 31, 2004, 07:03 PM

only stay clear of AGP models, if your lucky enough to have PCI-X then you can get one of them and not have a problem.

@/2ct!< · Oct 31, 2004, 07:22 PM

werent pci and AGP cards supposed to be the same (ie the reason they have a bridge chip?)

pr0digal jenius · Oct 31, 2004, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

"According to a spokesperson at NVIDIA UK the problem can not be rectified by new driver releases, however the PCI-E and other 6X00 chipsets do not have the bug. "

YET, the first line states:

"NVIDIA has began confirming the video acceleration functionality of the 6800 series GPU has a hardware flaw and will never work."

Duhhh.. someone should tell this UK spokesman that the 6800 card is in fact a 6x00 series card.. don'tcha think?

it means the 6600, etc cores do not/will nto have this problem

and yes @|2ct!<, i do think they are the same core

refraction · Nov 1, 2004, 03:06 AM

it probably has something to do with the circuit around the chip more than the chip itself, seen as many models share the same chip