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GN 12VHPWR cable failure analysis

sswilson said:
I lost all interest in (and respect for) GN's reviews after his "reviews" faulting a pre-built PC for being a pre-built PC.
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And it was a Pre-Built PC aimed at Entry Level Gamers, not hardcore Enthusiasts. And within a Budget for them.

Yeah, this is what I was hinting at earlier as well. I get what he is doing on his page, but he has proven not to be as 'objective' as he can, and go for more of a 'dramatic' approach because that is what his audience clamours for.

-ST
 
Steve has done some great work no doubt about it but I also think he has taken this whole tech investigative journalism a little too far sometimes IMHO, it seems like he always looking for the dirt on people/companies/products even if there really is no reason to. that doesn't mean that he isn't 100% right about these cables.

To think that someone at Nvidia thought this cable design was a good idea is what kinda blows my mind, I mean didn't/wouldn't they do all kinds of tests just like these to check its safety plus its current capacity/tolerances when extreme bends are happening. ???
 
gingerbee said:
Steve has done some great work no doubt about it but I also think he has taken this whole tech investigative journalism a little too far sometimes IMHO, it seems like he always looking for the dirt on people/companies/products even if there really is no reason to. that doesn't mean that he isn't 100% right about these cables.

To think that someone at Nvidia thought this cable design was a good idea is what kinda blows my mind, I mean didn't/wouldn't they do all kinds of tests just like these to check its safety plus its current capacity/tolerances when extreme bends are happening. ???
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Not sure why Nvidia continues to put the power out the side. It adds 2-3 inches to the width of the card. Why didn't they make it a 90° instead? EVGA is looking smarter all the time.

I'm not saying the card itself isn't really good performance wise. I just feel like maybe some of the people at Nvidia further down the ladder aren't being listened too. I can only imagine the inner turmoil happening at the office right now.
 
Soultribunal said:
And it was a Pre-Built PC aimed at Entry Level Gamers, not hardcore Enthusiasts. And within a Budget for them.

Yeah, this is what I was hinting at earlier as well. I get what he is doing on his page, but he has proven not to be as 'objective' as he can, and go for more of a 'dramatic' approach because that is what his audience clamours for.

-ST
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You do have a valid point when using pre-built to run AAA games. Not much consideration is being given to the people who play many other games that don't require massive performance. I hadn't considered that until your post.

I'm sure titles like Quake 3 or basic RTS games run fine.
 
clshades said:
You do have a valid point when using pre-built to run AAA games. Not much consideration is being given to the people who play many other games that don't require massive performance. I hadn't considered that until your post.

I'm sure titles like Quake 3 or basic RTS games run fine.
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That was the problem though.... he didn't say a bloody thing about performance (because these dells would perform as well as any other similarly spec'd non-proprietary system). His whole focus was on the fact that the parts were proprietary (truth be told... the proprietary PSU is probably higher spec'd and more robustly built than a standard 500W PSU would have been).

Throw in several other bits with him dramatically faking his discovery of yet another proprietary part (he looked like one of those snake oil salesmen fumbling with something on made-for-tv ads) and he put himself on my do-not-view list.

If it had been an earlier version of the Dell that had major problems with airflow and he focused on that I would have applauded him. Instead he went on a rant because a proprietary system included proprietary parts without tying that in any way to performance / suitability issues.
 
Well, regardless if there is actually an issue here, its enough of an issue to force change.

PCI-Sig has announced they are changing the standard and ensuring that the power sense connector is shorter than the power delivery lines, thus if the cable is not 100% fully seated the card will not operate.
 
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