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Nvidia Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vista Drivers

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-see-anything dept.

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."

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  1. No NForce2 drivers by Plug · · Score: 5, Informative

    While this class action seems to be about high-end graphics cards, which I have ever expectation that NVIDIA are working hard on drivers for, it's worth pointing out that they don't intend to support the NForce/2/3 motherboards with Windows Vista drivers.

    Just upgraded a machine, network & sound works, but when I scroll in Firefox, I get choppy audio playback in Winamp; in the process of trying to figure out if it's Winamp at fault or the audio driver.

  2. Re:ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges... by Meatloaf+Surprise · · Score: 5, Informative

    I went to this page http://www.nvidia.com/object/7_series_techspecs.ht ml for my video card and it says:

    Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista(TM)

    * Third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista
    * Delivers best possible experience when running Windows Vista 3D graphical user interface
    * New OS supported by renowned NVIDIA® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) for maximum stability and reliability
    * NVIDIA® PureVideo(TM) technology delivers high-quality VMR pipeline for best-in-class video for Windows Vista

    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?