Nvidia To Recall Every 8800 GTX/GTS Card

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Bill Stubbs writes "NVIDIA has admitted to a killer bug in all GeForce 8800GTX/GTS cards, and will recall all affected cards and replace them. 'An NVIDIA engineer, who wishes to remain anonymous, has just clued us in on the whole deal. This engineer claims that while allegations of poor gaming performance are correct, the reason is not really poor drivers. Brace yourself for the truth: Right after the G80 was taped out, NVIDIA discovered a bug in the vertex shader that causes the GPU to generate slightly incorrect geometry transformation data. The difference was minimal enough to escape attention but it was significant enough to render a scene incorrectly.' The article also links to a secret website which will allow gamers to purchase Nvidia cards at cost."

*whew*

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, at least I won't have to worry about that problem because I have my awesome Radeon 9200 32MB. Thanks, Apple!

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod me up. I need the karma.

Re:Whoa

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe not, but reacting/responding solely to a headline without context does, in fact, require one to be stupid - a fool, even.

Re:Whoa

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, expecting real news on a news site doesn't make you stupid.

What makes you stupid is posting lies on your news site just because it's "April's Fool's day" or something of that sort.

Note to friends of suv4x4:

Never pull a prank on suv4x4. Instead of laughing, suv4x4 will whine and complain about the "lies" you told.

Never watch The Simpsons with suv4x4. Instead of enjoying a good show, suv4x4 will complain about Bart Simpson still looking 10 years old, even though he should be about 30 years old by now (debut on Tracy Ullman show in 1987).

Never invite suv4x4 to any parties. Suv4x4 is guaranteed to be a downer.

For fuck's sake! It's April 1st. Lighten up, suv4x4. And choose a less stupid nickname (unless you're mocking SUV owners. If you are, great nick dude!).

Re:Mod me insightful for no particular reason

[fucksl4shd0t]

Holy shit, that actually worked? Can I get modded funny for no particular reason?

I just submitted mine!

[tacokill]

I just submitted my card for return.

I hope it comes back with a new pony. OMG Poni3Z!!!!!!