old news... juz sent my laptop with 8600M GS for service, third time already...
This post has been edited by astria: Mar 31 2009, 04:20 PM
for those who plan for a new laptop, myb something u wanto know
|
|
 Mar 31 2009, 04:19 PM
Return to original view | Post
#1
|
 
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore  
|
|
Quote|
|
|
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 06:24 PM
Return to original view | Post
#2
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
basically the whole of GeForce 8M (except for 8800M) are all screwed up...
some users og MacBook Pro 17" with 9600M Gt also report to ve problem... as for my case, the staff at BenQ says they ve a new motherboard, i'll juz cross my fingers and see.. Added on March 31, 2009, 6:26 pm QUOTE(Cheesenium @ Mar 31 2009, 04:34 PM) Old news,it's already out for some time already. some time = 7 or 8 mths since first reported...Those who have 8400 and 8600 better beware.  This post has been edited by astria: Mar 31 2009, 06:26 PM |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 06:27 PM
Return to original view | Post
#3
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
QUOTE(cracksys @ Mar 31 2009, 06:00 PM) in your face "ATI is damn hot, no way i'm getting a AMD laptop!" people. more like ATi is bad, AMD is hot (yeah some ppl still think Athlon XP hot = AMD hot... but Pentium 4 hot != Intel hot) |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 06:33 PM
Return to original view | Post
#4
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
QUOTE(Cheesenium @ Mar 31 2009, 06:29 PM) I think it's longer than that as i had my 8600 GC failure back in early 2008. i take the time when Nvidia first admit it...I guess the issue appear in the media around mid of 2008. should be around mid 08... |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 06:44 PM
Return to original view | Post
#5
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
Nvidia did provide a solution... first by compensating the OEMs, then now they ve (iirc) a new revision of 8600M GT with the old material used instead...
but seriously, they never seem to ve a solution for low end card users... |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 07:10 PM
Return to original view | Post
#6
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
8400M G/GS/GT and 8600M GS users... these use the G86M GPU, and Nvidia dun seem to care abt these...
perhaps they think that users of these cards dun game as much as those who use 8600M GT and 8700M GT (ie G84M)... |
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 09:01 PM
Return to original view | Post
#7
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
QUOTE(ivanau88 @ Mar 31 2009, 07:49 PM) Means what? Cannot buy hp laptops? Darn, I was on the verge of buying dv 3611TX. Maybe I should aim for asus then sigh if according to ur thinking, u need to avoid HP, Compaq, Dell, Apple, Acer, Asus, BenQ, ..........juz avoid GeForce 8M and u re fine... |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 09:16 PM
Return to original view | Post
#8
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
QUOTE(ivanau88 @ Mar 31 2009, 09:14 PM) I am mid range user. my budget is about rm 3500. my only request is a laptop is better graphic card as I am a gamer but not hardcore. preferable 13in 14in or 15in. any brand should i look into?no acer please. wrong place, but...i would recommend BenQ S42... C2D P8700, 9600M GT, 4GB RAM... |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 09:24 PM
Return to original view | Post
#9
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
QUOTE(wayfeel @ Mar 31 2009, 09:19 PM) @ astria 1 site i like is www.guru3d.com... pretty unbiased and comprehensive review on CPU and GPU...any site u can rekomen so as to understand more on amd? especially its 512mb cache how it works as opposed to intel's 3mb cache? i no the amd has larger L1 cache but overall performance. i still dubious of amd n their ever laggin behind intel. forgot which site that tested the phenom was slower in almost all aspect even tested agst E8n00 a dual core, what more intel's quad i donmind the S42 but at almost 3.6k ...not a chance for me lol actually with Phenom II, AMD is making a pretty good come back... the Phenom II x4 performance can finally match up with C2Q Q9050, and in some areas, Core i7 as well...and also it's high oc ability and cheap mobo, AMD seems to be a better choice today... |
|
|
Mar 31 2009, 09:54 PM
Return to original view | Post
#10
|
|
Senior Member
22,158 posts Joined: Aug 2008 From: Singapore
|
for mobile, i suggest u stick with Intel for now... in terms of both performance and power consumption... Intel has a big advantage in the laptop market...
turion x2 ultra is still based on the old K8 architecture (aka Athlon x2), so it still loses out when compared against Core 2... |
| Change to: |  0.0173sec
 0.58
 6 queries
 GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 8th December 2025 - 03:20 PM |
All Rights Reserved © 2002- 2025 Vijandren Ramadass (~unite against racism~)
Powered by Invision Power Board © 2025 IPS, Inc.