New Macbooks are also affected by nVidia issues..

NickK

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Those that remember the failing nVidia chips - it appears that there's issues with the new chipset that are part of the new series..

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/29/nvidia-heat-causing-macbooks

The problem is that Snow Leopard OpenCL will increase the load on the GPUs - with the current belief that heavy load is causing them to heat up and fail - would logically cause more to fail than normal..

Doh!
 
Incorrect the new macbook pro's are affected the macbooks aren't as they low end chip has the different substrate. ;)

ven if you don't have a degree in material science, you can plainly see that there are two big clumps in the graph. The two-pronged one on the right is tin, and there is notably more of it than there is lead, the spike on the left. This means the bumps on the MCP79/9400 are made of eutectic material (63% Sn, 37% Pb), and they are 'good'. Nvidia's story checks out so far.
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Hah.

Royally owned there with the electron results.

My 8600GTM hasn't died yet, and probably won't seeing as when I get my MP it will be reduced to light duties :p

Poor show by Nv tho, never been impressed by them or their cards really.
 
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