nVidia "Test"

[isochar]

Originally posted by Wombat
Except that almost everybody implements the nVidia reference design. And who's to say it isn't a chip issue, rather than a board design issue?

I'm under the assumption that if the situation is as bad as Gurm described:

nVidia is on the verge of having a full-blown scandal on their hands

Then at LEAST one board manufacturer would notice that there is such a severe problem with the chipset. Something of this magnitude would not slip through a dozen manufacturers' validating processes.

[Wombat]

I doubt that they do very much validation. Just slap together what nVidia suggested, make sure it runs on the reference system, and ship it. Why do you think there are so many nVidia manufacturers? Because the R&D is next to nothing the way they do it.

[PXR5]

a reviewer had similar problems with an MSI G4Ti4400

http://www.amd3d.com/review/msigf4ti4400/index.htm

saw this at [H]ardOCP

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