Certain MSI GeForce 6800 GT Graphics Cards Do Not Comply to Specs – Report.

zippyjuan · 02-03-2005, 12:21 PM

Certain MSI GeForce 6800 GT Graphics Cards Do Not Comply to Specs – Report.
MSI GeForce 6800 GT May Come with GeForce 6800 Chips, According to Web-Site

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by Anton Shilov

[ 02/03/2005 | 04:57 AM ]

MSI Computer may face widespread condemnation from at least a number of end-users who had acquired certain models of the company’s graphics cards presuming they were based on NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics processors only to find out that what they had bought was a lower-speed GeForce 6800 product.

A Germany-based web-site TechPowerUp claimed late last week that at least some of MSI’s retail PCI Express x16 graphics cards sold as NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT products had the GeForce 6800 graphics chips on them. The original NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics chip has 16 pixel processors and 6 vertex processors, whereas the GeForce 6800 graphics processing unit employs 12 pixel and 5 vertex processors, thus, delivering lower performance.

It is unclear whether the graphics cards with MSI logotypes were genuine MSI products. It is also unknown how many graphics cards are affected.

The web-site also reports about NVIDIA GeForce 6800-series graphics cards from other manufacturers, namely Gigabyte Technology and PixelView, also configured in a way that they performed slower than advertised. TechPowerUp reports issues with Gigabyte products could be fixed with a special BIOS version.

“We received several MSI 6800GT which had only 12 Pipelines and 5 Vertex Units. This made us wonder a bit because MSI always delivers good quality. We sold none of the defective cards to customers,” German retailer MIPS-Computer is quoted as saying.

X-bit labs could not get comments from MSI in The Netherlands since Friday, NVIDIA Corp. in Europe also did not respond to the enquiries. MSI Computer representatives in the USA said the GeForce 6800 GT graphics cards were sold in the USA, but it is unclear what happened in Germany.

“We have shipped 6800 GT card in the U.S. so we really have no idea what happen in Germany,” MSI’s spokesperson told X-bit labs.

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Counterfits?

Jeffbx · 02-03-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyjuan

Counterfits?

Could be - I remember when a whole mess of counterfeit Intel chips were showing up... someone was buying up older chips, labelling them with faster speeds & selling them at a premium. Maybe 5 years ago or so.

zippyjuan · 02-03-2005, 02:59 PM

Tons of AMD chips were recently found in Europe like that too. AMD has suggested sticking with retail packaging instead of OEM. No word on if these are in the USA.

bachviet · 02-03-2005, 04:30 PM

If it happens here, RMA the sucka and get the $$$ back.

nate el bueno · 02-04-2005, 09:28 PM

oh no! i have an msi card! 5900xt though, so i'm safe.

Daversinger · 02-04-2005, 11:13 PM

you don't have to lie about nVidia...

02-03-2005, 12:21 PM	#1
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	Certain MSI GeForce 6800 GT Graphics Cards Do Not Comply to Specs – Report. Certain MSI GeForce 6800 GT Graphics Cards Do Not Comply to Specs – Report. MSI GeForce 6800 GT May Come with GeForce 6800 Chips, According to Web-Site Category: Video by Anton Shilov [ 02/03/2005 \| 04:57 AM ] MSI Computer may face widespread condemnation from at least a number of end-users who had acquired certain models of the company’s graphics cards presuming they were based on NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics processors only to find out that what they had bought was a lower-speed GeForce 6800 product. A Germany-based web-site TechPowerUp claimed late last week that at least some of MSI’s retail PCI Express x16 graphics cards sold as NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT products had the GeForce 6800 graphics chips on them. The original NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics chip has 16 pixel processors and 6 vertex processors, whereas the GeForce 6800 graphics processing unit employs 12 pixel and 5 vertex processors, thus, delivering lower performance. It is unclear whether the graphics cards with MSI logotypes were genuine MSI products. It is also unknown how many graphics cards are affected. The web-site also reports about NVIDIA GeForce 6800-series graphics cards from other manufacturers, namely Gigabyte Technology and PixelView, also configured in a way that they performed slower than advertised. TechPowerUp reports issues with Gigabyte products could be fixed with a special BIOS version. “We received several MSI 6800GT which had only 12 Pipelines and 5 Vertex Units. This made us wonder a bit because MSI always delivers good quality. We sold none of the defective cards to customers,” German retailer MIPS-Computer is quoted as saying. X-bit labs could not get comments from MSI in The Netherlands since Friday, NVIDIA Corp. in Europe also did not respond to the enquiries. MSI Computer representatives in the USA said the GeForce 6800 GT graphics cards were sold in the USA, but it is unclear what happened in Germany. “We have shipped 6800 GT card in the U.S. so we really have no idea what happen in Germany,” MSI’s spokesperson told X-bit labs. ___________________ Counterfits? __________________ I add new pictures to my photo gallery pretty regularly. You can see them here if you are interested: http://www.pbase.com/jeffryz

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02-03-2005, 02:59 PM	#3
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	Tons of AMD chips were recently found in Europe like that too. AMD has suggested sticking with retail packaging instead of OEM. No word on if these are in the USA.

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nate el bueno Spawn of Markel Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL Posts: 1,246	oh no! i have an msi card! 5900xt though, so i'm safe.

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