[wellylug] [NZOSS-Openchat] GPU ideology vs performance

[pcreso at pcreso.com]

Hmmm...

I'd be more inclined to listen if the brand/model of computer & Nvidia chipset were included, or it was clear that the problem was genuinely an Nvidia one. I've been using Nvidia from preference for most of my 15 years of playing with & building PC's, including laptop, desktop, integrated & discrete, and in a properly designed system I haver NEVER had a failure due to overheating. 

An early PC example: The spec for the ATX layout clearly required the power supply & exhaust fan to be at the top, with an airflow path over the components well engineered & spec'd. Often ignored by case manufacturers more interested in compact size than cooling efficiency. 

With laptops in particular, where the issue particularly critical, the manufacturers often fail to follow the strict recommendations for layout or dissipation for cpu/gpu/hdd/etc, leading to component failures that are not faulty components, but faulty system design... Convenience & cost do not often translate to reliability, and even a common component failure is often not the fault of the component manufacturer. 

Brent

--- On Sun, 2/7/10, Tim Uckun <timuckun at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tim Uckun <timuckun at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] [NZOSS-Openchat] GPU ideology vs performance
> To: "NZOSS Open Discussion List" <openchat at lists.nzoss.org.nz>
> Cc: "Wellington Linux Users Group" <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 4:22 PM
> >
> > any opinions? thanks...
> >
> 
> My last laptop was a dell vostro with a nvidia card in it.
> The GPU ran
> hot even with the proprietary drivers. After a hear and
> half or so the
> graphics card gave out and died.
> 
> I don't think my next machine is going to have an nvidia
> card in it
> unless it comes with a three year warranty.  Of course
> there is a
> chance the fault was with dell and not nvidia but if you
> google
> "ubuntu nvidia running hot" you'll see lots of complaints
> from other
> manufacturers too.
> 
> 
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