8600M GS

[allies]

I'm looking at picking up a new laptop with an 8600M GS... but with all the negativity surrounding the cards and their failures, I'm kind of hesitant. The laptop was build date is July '08. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

 

[SolMiester]

Are you intending to game on the laptop?, I believe the issue is thermal, so unless you are stressing the GPU, it should be fine...

 

[allies]

I would be doing some light gaming... not anything for over 1 hour at a time. I really don't understand why there are still machines being produced with the cards if they're that much of a problem...

 

[Canterwood]

I wouldn't risk it.

 

[allies]

Damn... really puts a damper on my decision. I'm in South Korea and this laptop has EVERYTHING I want:

13.3" LED Backlit screen
2.4 GHz C2D
2GB RAM
8600M GS 256

All for ~$1000 USD. There's a model up that has a 2.53GHz C2D, 3GB of RAM, and a 9600GT 512, but it's $750 more, and I can't really pull that right now (since I'm not working here).

What to do, what to do...

 

[MarcVenice]

It's risky. Dell offers 1 year extended warranty though: http://www.engadget.com/2008/0...ment-for-nvidia-gpu-i/

I wonder why nvidia keeps selling those bad chips. Maybe they have allready been replaced with better working parts? Don't know ... No way you can get a HD3650 instead?

 

[allies]

I don't think dell offers a 13.3" computer with an 8600M GS. The notebook I'm looking at is an LG, and frankly it's one of the nicest laptops I've seen. The only thing that's a little worrisome is... the 8600GS. And no, they don't offer a model with a 3650, which I would be all over. Hell, I'd be all over the upgraded version of the notebook if it wasn't $750 more expensive (it just came out, so that might have something to do with the huge price disparity).