I have had one die on me within a matter of 3 days, no overclocking, no excessive heat build up, just idling at the desktop at 53C when it decided to stop rendering all of a sudden.
There are entire forums full of threads where other people are reporting the same high failure rates for GTX 280's (just hit up Hardforum, nvnews, or just about any other major online forum and people are complaining left and right about how they are on their second or third units).
alright. So your saying your electronic product failed? I don't want to sound like a jerk, but it will happen sometimes. One isolated incident doesn't confirm much. Now on the other hand if alot of people start saying that the gx200 gpus start failing then there may be some merit to your claims
If you had read beyond the first sentence that I wrote, rather than impetuously remarking, then my point would have resonated with you better.
As it stands, when my GTX 280 failed on me, I decided to peruse through a few other sites (the aforementioned [H]forum, nvnews, rage3D, anandtech, etc.) and I came to discover that hundreds if not thousands of forum members were on their 2nd and/or 3rd units.
Given NV's recent problems and the monolithic design of the GTX 280, (and given the fact that it hits 100+C on load like nobody's business), it doesn't really surprise me that my case is *NOT* an isolated one.
again i don't wanna sound like a jerk, but forums are not reliable sources of info when it comes to stuff like that. Sure, I'll bet that there are many failed gtx280's out there but probably not in the numbers that actually warrant a recall.
It has a failure rate of 30+ % and yet Microsoft didn't recall it, they simply decided to adjust their warranty for it.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the failure rate for the GTX 280s is also in that range, and while forums are not completely representative of the whole, I still find online polls such as the ones on the various sites ("has your GTX 280 failed") to be fairly enlightening at least.
By the same token, I wouldn't expect NV to issue a recall either, especially when their entire reputation is built on the basis of them being the preeminent *High-End* GPU manufacturer in the world.
I too would dismiss such claims as anecdotal evidence.
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Well, add GTX 280's to that list.
I have had one die on me within a matter of 3 days, no overclocking, no excessive heat build up, just idling at the desktop at 53C when it decided to stop rendering all of a sudden.
There are entire forums full of threads where other people are reporting the same high failure rates for GTX 280's (just hit up Hardforum, nvnews, or just about any other major online forum and people are complaining left and right about how they are on their second or third units).
alright. So your saying your electronic product failed? I don't want to sound like a jerk, but it will happen sometimes. One isolated incident doesn't confirm much. Now on the other hand if alot of people start saying that the gx200 gpus start failing then there may be some merit to your claims
you,
If you had read beyond the first sentence that I wrote, rather than impetuously remarking, then my point would have resonated with you better.
As it stands, when my GTX 280 failed on me, I decided to peruse through a few other sites (the aforementioned [H]forum, nvnews, rage3D, anandtech, etc.) and I came to discover that hundreds if not thousands of forum members were on their 2nd and/or 3rd units.
Given NV's recent problems and the monolithic design of the GTX 280, (and given the fact that it hits 100+C on load like nobody's business), it doesn't really surprise me that my case is *NOT* an isolated one.
again i don't wanna sound like a jerk, but forums are not reliable sources of info when it comes to stuff like that. Sure, I'll bet that there are many failed gtx280's out there but probably not in the numbers that actually warrant a recall.
I cant help but to be reminded of the Xbox 360.
It has a failure rate of 30+ % and yet Microsoft didn't recall it, they simply decided to adjust their warranty for it.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the failure rate for the GTX 280s is also in that range, and while forums are not completely representative of the whole, I still find online polls such as the ones on the various sites ("has your GTX 280 failed") to be fairly enlightening at least.
By the same token, I wouldn't expect NV to issue a recall either, especially when their entire reputation is built on the basis of them being the preeminent *High-End* GPU manufacturer in the world.
I too would dismiss such claims as anecdotal evidence.