GTX 780 Ti Allegedly Being Suspended and Recalled in China - MASS BRICKINGS Due to Design Flaw

[Gregster]

Not all reference boards are created equal?

No. I thought the same. They have to follow design specs but what components they use is down to the partner.

Galaxy sell their components in Europe under the guise of KFA2 .

And if I am correct, KFA2 have a lot of the BFG team on board.

 

[mmj_uk]

Is it confirmed they're reference cards? they might get non-reference a lot quicker in Asia?

 

[Gregster]

This is a Hong Kong company that sells computer component (just like OCUK)

As I am from Hong Kong so I can read Chinese perfectly.
I have just gone through their website and can be pleased to tell you guys that it is only Individual incidents in China, no GTX780Ti blew up report from HK / overseas yet. So they will CONTINUE to sell GTX780Ti

ref:
http://www.centralfield.com.hk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=209&Itemid=694

Is it confirmed they're reference cards? they might get non-reference a lot quicker in Asia?

Just one card it seems but I bet people blow it up out of proportion....

Sorry couldn't resist

 

[Silent_Scone]

Oh dear...probably an isolated incident. They probably use cheap VRMS if it's been an issue on other model/cards. If there's any truth in it at all I mean.

 

[w3bbo]

...
And if I am correct, KFA2 have a lot of the BFG team on board.

I believe so.

In fairness, I think every company has had design issues at one point in their history. Some have been highlighted more in the media than others I guess for fear of losing advertising revenue or indeed because of dirty tricks campaigns by other companies. Take these kind of stories with a pinch of salt until it becomes an epidemic and cards start failing the world over.

What starts out as a disgruntled user whose card died can soon turn into hysteria as we all know.

 

[Make]

Chinese cheap PSU's = Blown cards

I bet it's just a coincidence that all those blown iPads, iPhone chargers, and GFX cards happen over there.

And I am sure all of the stuff they sell is original, this for example could never have been some random crappy GFX card that has been branded "Galaxy" by the seller.. oh no

 

[Deceptor]

lol @ thread title.

You should be a journalist

 

[Gregster]

Oh dear...probably an isolated incident. They probably use cheap VRMS if it's been an issue on other model/cards. If there's any truth in it at all I mean.

It wasn't the vrm's on the 780's HoF's and some was sort of power delivery chip that was blowing. I looked briefly on OCN.net but couldn't find it

Probably will be a few that go but Galaxy will have to replace them. This looks like the MSI 7950 incidents, with their cards cooking all the time. A proper bad batch done them no favours in the advertising stakes and I like MSI (purely for the score they gave me on my Lightnings in the 3DMark11 thread)

 

[Make]

Probably will be a few that go but Galaxy will have to replace them. This looks like the MSI 7950 incidents, with their cards cooking all the time. A proper bad batch done them no favours in the advertising stakes and I like MSI (purely for the score they gave me on my Lightnings in the 3DMark11 thread)

It's funny by the way what a few bad incidents with a certain brand do to you. I still dread MSI GPU's due to 3 of the damn things breaking on me in a row. Or Maxtor HDD's. Or Abit motherboards (thank god they do not exist anymore).

 

[Silent_Scone]

As long as it's not a reference flaw I think it'll go by unnoticed. If Galaxy have recognised the fault then I'm sure they'd have been quick to make it apparent it wasn't their fault if so lol.


Although worst case it gives me a reason to send mine back to OCUK and put down as credit for some classys

That's not such a bad thing

Abit boards weren't half bad! They just fell under terrible management IIRC

 

[Gregster]

I believe so.

In fairness, I think every company has had design issues at one point in their history. Some have been highlighted more in the media than others I guess for fear of losing advertising revenue or indeed because of dirty tricks campaigns by other companies. Take these kind of stories with a pinch of salt until it becomes an epidemic and cards start failing the world over.

What starts out as a disgruntled user whose card died can soon turn into hysteria as we all know.

Cough*320.18*cough

As long as it's not a reference flaw I think it'll go by unnoticed. If Galaxy have recognised the fault then I'm sure they'd have been quick to make it apparent it wasn't their fault if so lol.


Although worst case it gives me a reason to send mine back to OCUK and put down as credit for some classys

That's not such a bad thing

Abit boards weren't half bad! They just fell under terrible management IIRC

You have KFA2 cards?

 

[w3bbo]

Cough*320.18*cough



You have KFA2 cards?

Haha, exceptions to every rule

That said, did everyone's card die which ran on that driver? None of mine did - guess I was lucky

 

[Silent_Scone]

Cough*320.18*cough



You have KFA2 cards?

No I meant if it WERE a reference fault that could be found on all PCBs lol. Which I very much doubt.

W3bbo I was running that driver since launch and wasn't aware there was an issue till I read about it. Wasn't it allegedly an issue with EVGA precision and certain 780s?

 

[Make]

Haha, exceptions to every rule

That said, did everyone's card die which ran on that driver? None of mine did - guess I was lucky

I think there's about.. 1 documented incident where it happened. That's when sweclockers overvolted their card with the driver that came with the card on the CD, which is the one in question.. it didn't have an overvolt-protection.

Other than that, no proof was ever presented beyond forum craptalk.

 

[Gregster]

Haha, exceptions to every rule

That said, did everyone's card die which ran on that driver? None of mine did - guess I was lucky

It was a scary time but I used those drivers for quite a while, as I found them to be sweet as. There was a few cases but 99% of them were sorted with a roll back on drivers and the other 1% could have just been an age or faulty coincidence. Of course mountains can be made out of mole hills and Nvidia asked people to send in their complete systems to try and get to the bottom of it.

No I meant if it WERE a reference fault that could be found on all PCBs lol. Which I very much doubt.

W3bbo I was running that driver since launch and wasn't aware there was an issue till I read about it. Wasn't it allegedly an issue with EVGA precision and certain 780s?

Ahhh got ya. I thought you had purchased KFA2 780Ti's. On saying that, it wouldn't put me off, as KFA2 are UK based and have a good rep on RMA problems.

 

[Nanotek]

No. I thought the same. They have to follow design specs but what components they use is down to the partner.

And if I am correct, KFA2 have a lot of the BFG team on board.

Ahh haven't heard anything from BFG for ages! I forgot they existed lol? They used to be on the very top, where are they now?

 

[Gregster]

Ahh haven't heard anything from BFG for ages! I forgot they existed lol? They used to be on the very top, where are they now?

They got abused with their lifetime warranty and this collapsed them. Great for customers but sadly not great for them

I still have a BGF 8800GT that works nicely.

 

[Orangey]

As I am from Hong Kong so I can read Chinese perfectly.

If you were really from China you would know there's no language called "Chinese".

BUSTED!

 

[tamzzy]

If you were really from China you would know there's no language called "Chinese".

BUSTED!

no, he's right.
you read chinese, you speak mandarin/cantonese/etc ;p

 

[Nanotek]

That is a big shame is that actually happened. Hope to see them soon.

and Jupiter_man you can go and help google with their translations, they are awful, by brain is having difficulties trying to process those pages..