NoOther
Supreme [H]ardness
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The only thing that can be done is for the truth to come out.
I understand what you, personally, are citing. However, I'm going to trust what I know and the word of hardware legend Kyle Bennet over anything that's been reported by Nvidia at this point.
I have had 2 bad cards in a row and my third still exhibits issues that lead me to believe it will fail at some point. I must be part of your 3.5 percent then.. lol
But that is also my point, I have not seen this 20% figure anywhere. So all I have to go on are the 3.5%. But even at 20%, it doesn't really change things. As for the truth, I think we all want that, but it may be that Nvidia still doesn't really know what the truth is. They said there was a test escape, that may be the truth (doubtful that is the only reason, especially since they mentioned only FE cards). They may not know what happened exactly with it or how to fix it yet. So what truth would we really get at that point? This is why I am as anxious as you guys are to see what Kyle can find out.
As for your personal experiences, just because you have had a number of cards that have failed, that doesn't mean the 3.5% isn't legitimate. I went through 3 8800GTXs, and 4 Nvidia motherboards at one point. That didn't change the fact that the failure rate was still extremely low for those products. Also note that sometimes we can't always see the full problems when people aren't using the full extent of the cards either.
It's question that can't be answered until Nvidia either admits there is a problem or is forced to admit it. Unless of course you take their their BS about test escapees as admitting a problem. It's a shame that Kyle's investigation wlll be cut short because of his new job.
So we should blame Nvidia for apparently doing nothing even though there is no consensus on what should actually be done? Nor is there any evidence yet of what the specific problem is? And while using test escapes for FE specifically is BS, it still lends one to believe there is a problem with the manufacturing process, especially since we also see issues now with AIB cards.
Again, it isn't that Nvidia is not at fault here, but it still begs the question, What exactly do you want them to do? You want them to admit there is a problem? What problem? Do you think people will be satisfied just by them saying there is a problem with the cards? They have already said that at least once and you called it BS. So if they come out and say after further examination they have found there is a problem with the 2080Ti, and that's all they know right now, will that make you satisfied? What would be the point of that?
This is like people crying all over the place that the system is broken, but not knowing why it is broken or offering any solutions on what can be done.