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Nvidia Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vista Drivers
Cocoshimmy writes "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."
I'd post first, but my monitor's on the fritz. Stupid new OS.
I'm sure someone can port it to Vista. Tell me again about how Windows has better hardware support than Linux.
http://www.mhall119.com
Maybe someone at Microsoft should work on porting the Linux nvidia drivers to Vista. The work well on Linux, so maybe the drivers can be "reverse engineered" to work with Vista.
I think we are blaming NVidia's treatment of their customers, not the problems themselves.
;)
Personally I just blame canada... i mean come on, they aren't even a real country anyways
"Dictator Flakes. They WILL be delicious."
At least they got this one right. That's what you get for upgrading: huge hole in your wallet, crappy OS and nvidia forum mods poking fun at you...
I hope I didn't brain my damage.
It's that new Vista DRM feature, brought to you by the fine people at Nvidia:
Doesn't Really Matter (DRM) technology ensures that if you have a complaint, you can't visit an Nvidia or Microsoft website to lodge it.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
Must be your video card.
Oh wait...
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Now, if I purchased this card to run on my new Vista machine, I would be pretty upset when it didn't work right. Wouldn't you?
I dunno. One of the points says "best possible experience". I guess it depends on what that means. If this were Windows Me, I'd expect shorting out motherboard contacts randomly with soaking-wet weasels might get better performance than putting in a carefully designed graphics board.
I feel your pain, brother. Can you believe on my Ubuntu install I had to click twice, once to download Automatix, and one to run it, and as an intermediate step, I was actually forced to click a check mark agreeing that the Nvidia driver would be installed?
Two clicks PLUS a checkmark, to get an Nvidia driver installed in, like, not just one second, or two seconds, but like SEVERAL seconds!
I'm telling you - this new-fangled Linux thing is going to take a lo-o-o-ong time to be functional as a desktop. Why, it will take YEARS for it to catch up to all the glitches and disturbances that Windows has to offer!
Let's all go down to our local computer stores tomorrow, stand near the Microsoft Vista display and snigger quietly to ourselves whenever a Joe Average picks up a Vista box?
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
"* Third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista "
Just because it was built for it doesn't mean it will.
I mean, Bruce Springsteen was born to run, but how often do you see him jogging around?
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you
That is '...anyways, eh.' for you, eh.
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
This is exactly my problem. I spent $620 on a Geforce 8800 GTX on Newegg last week and I have still be unable to get it to work in Vista. Their drivers BSOD on install and again on startup. I have to boot to safe mode and remove them. Yes, I've tried it many times and only on clean installs. Yes, I disabled my overclock. Yes, I'm sure the hardware is fine, its all brand new and it's been thoroughly put through the motions. See my thread on the official Nvidia forums. Everyone who is having this problem is up the creek without a paddle because Nvidia has no way of submitting bug reports (that part of their site is under construction), and there's not so much as a support phone number. They tell you to contact the manufacturer of your card, Foxconn in my case. I contacted Foxconn and they said it was a driver problem (which it is) and they couldn't help me. So I'm SOL and my new $620 card is worthless when used in conjunction with my $250 eVGA 680i mobo and $240 pair of 1GB Corsair PC2-6400 sticks and my $220 Core 2 Duo e6400 and my $400 "Ultimate" operating system. Yep. I feel great about my purchase(s).
mmm...muffins
Dry Remarks: MicroSoft
Deftness Rarely Manifests;
Detractors Reap Malice.
Don't Risk Mastication.
You missed the obvious one:
Donkey Rape, Motherfucker!
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate at Midnight on Monday. You need a life. Seriously.
Can't we even bash Canada anymore without it turning political? :)
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
> I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate at Midnight on Monday.
Personally I was up to the buffers in our lass's rear passage right about that time. Vista schmista.
...the most obvious one:
Dangerous, Raging Monkeyboy
The view was horrible and the smell was even worse; Julie severely regretted becoming a proctologist.
A blue screen of death.
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.