Nvidia facing class action suit over Vista drivers

Papercut · 4th Feb 2007, 12:50 PM

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"Nvidia is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising by not providing stable working drivers for Vista. Nvidia has been accused of closing threads on Nvidia's forum and banning users that request a response from Nvidia, post that their Nvidia hardware does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia software does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia is guilty of false advertising, or threaten to sue Nvidia. Several disgruntled users have set up their own site for discussing their legal options."

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../02/03/0110248

More details:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37396
http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/

And the webpage of the disgruntled: http://www.nvidiaclassaction.org/

Adrian Wong · 4th Feb 2007, 01:44 PM

Most likely GeForce 8800 users. I've tested the GeForce 7600 with Vista and it works.. Not as fast as I would expect, and lacks some features, but the NVIDIA Vista RTM driver seems useable.

Chai · 5th Feb 2007, 12:20 AM

Recent tests have shown that ATI is making much better Vista driver than Nvidia too.

Max_87 · 5th Feb 2007, 05:41 AM

Not just the Vista driver... NVIDIA also choose to ignore users that are complaining about this:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36412

Adrian Wong · 5th Feb 2007, 12:38 PM

Hmm.. This is a dark, dark road they really should NOT walk down...

Chai · 5th Feb 2007, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Hmm.. This is a dark, dark road they really should NOT walk down...

They have been doing this.

empire23 · 9th Feb 2007, 03:38 PM

Off topic but, Even my 7950GX2 has problems with Windows XP and it's not a bios issue and i have gotten no reply for Nvidia on that so so.

ChampionLLY · 9th Feb 2007, 07:59 PM

closing thread n banning users is a crime ar?

Chai · 9th Feb 2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ChampionLLY

closing thread n banning users is a crime ar?

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Nvidia is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising by not providing stable working drivers for Vista.

Max_87 · 9th Feb 2007, 08:56 PM

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closing thread n banning users is a crime ar?

NVIDIA is doing false advertising

4th Feb 2007, 01:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,939 Reputation: 2958 Rep Power: 65	Most likely GeForce 8800 users. I've tested the GeForce 7600 with Vista and it works.. Not as fast as I would expect, and lacks some features, but the NVIDIA Vista RTM driver seems useable. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

5th Feb 2007, 12:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,667 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	Recent tests have shown that ATI is making much better Vista driver than Nvidia too. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

5th Feb 2007, 05:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: Sarawak, Malaysia. Posts: 11,261 Reputation: 2024 Rep Power: 37	Not just the Vista driver... NVIDIA also choose to ignore users that are complaining about this: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36412 __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com P4 630 / Abit IP35 Pro / G.Skill F2-8000CL5-4GBPQ / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F

5th Feb 2007, 12:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,939 Reputation: 2958 Rep Power: 65	Hmm.. This is a dark, dark road they really should NOT walk down... __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

9th Feb 2007, 03:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
empire23 BRB. Attacking Russia Join Date: 4 Feb 2006 Location: Ze Fatherland Posts: 279 Reputation: 390 Rep Power: 6	Off topic but, Even my 7950GX2 has problems with Windows XP and it's not a bios issue and i have gotten no reply for Nvidia on that so so. __________________ I'm in Ur Forums, Spamming Ur Boards.

9th Feb 2007, 07:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
ChampionLLY News Writer Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,152 Reputation: 716 Rep Power: 11	closing thread n banning users is a crime ar?

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