Nvidia says "Significant Quantities" of Laptop GPU's are defective

[skidude]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/nvidia-says-significant-quantities-of-laptop-gpus-are-defectiv/

Shame.

 

[Ethan3.14159]

wow! 24% drop in stock.... ouch. things arent going nvidias way. but then again whose stock isnt tumbling?

 

[ThatGuy16]

wow! 24% drop in stock.... ouch. things arent going nvidias way. but then again whose stock isnt tumbling?

nvidias stock is down 30% now, from 24% yesterday. Doesn't look too good..

 

[Ethan3.14159]

wow! i wonder if there will be anyone left on the nvidia bandwagon when all of this is said and done

 

[MyCattMaxx]

How much faster can you render the BSOD?

 

[ThatGuy16]

How much faster can you render the BSOD?

I get 2,000FPS... Tops, maybe?

 

[Verve]

Any more info on this? I'm buying a laptop soon

 

[skidude]

Not that I've heard. They haven't released which specific chips are affected so it's anybody's guess. My notebook with 2 8800M GTX's will be shipping sometime this week so I'll know.