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NVIDIA's Drivers Caused 28.8% Of Vista Crashes In 2007

Posted by Soulskill on from the it-wasn't-me-it-was-the-one-armed-driver dept.

PaisteUser tips us to an Ars Technica report discussing how 28.8% of Vista's crashes over a period in 2007 were due to faulty NVIDIA drivers. The information comes out of the 158 pages of Microsoft emails that were handed over at the request of a judge in the Vista-capable lawsuit. NVIDIA has already faced a class-action lawsuit over the drivers. From Ars Technica: "NVIDIA had significant problems when it came time to transition its shiny, new G80 architecture from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The company's first G80-compatible Vista driver ended up being delayed from December to the end of January, and even then was available only as a beta download. In this case, full compatibility and stability did not come quickly, and the Internet is scattered with reports detailing graphics driver issues when using G80 processors for the entirely of 2007. There was always a question, however, of whether or not the problems were really that bad, or if reporting bias was painting a more negative picture of the current situation than what was actually occurring."

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  1. Awesome! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really hope there's some way I can use those same drivers under linux!

    Oh....wait.

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    1. Re:Awesome! by garett_spencley · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, what TFA doesn't say is that the Vista driver instability was done intentionally because they were sick and tired of listening to us Linux users complain. I guess they figured it would be easier to level the playing field rather than to fix the bugs.

      Hey, at least we got through to them.

  2. Huh? by jjrockman · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about the other 62.2%? ATI. ;)

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  3. WARNING - Shock site by adpsimpson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Parent links to shock site - do not click. This is much more amusing, if you want to click on something ;)

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    1. Re:WARNING - Shock site by phoenixwade · · Score: 4, Funny

      Parent links to shock site - do not click. This is much more amusing, if you want to click on something ;) It's a good thing I read xkcd Or I'd have never known what "being rickrolled" meant........
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  4. How about Nouveau ? by should_be_linear · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe MS could contribute some developers to Nouveau project and then insert hooks into it for their specific kernel?

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  5. No such problems for me by td04impostor · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why i use my computer without graphics card. Nor screen. I am guided purely by instinct.

  6. Linux users unite! by scubamage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since apparently you can have a class action lawsuit for drivers not working, lets open up the floodgates and punish the manufacturers for not having compatible software! And why stop at video drivers? Lets sue all the makers of legacy hardware. And wifi hardware. Have an OLD 5 1/4 floppy? Sue! Have one of those old HP video-now PCMCIA cards? Sue! Sue sue sue!!!

    1. Re:Linux users unite! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I sued Starbucks
      'Cause I spilled a Frappucino in my lap
      And brrr, it was cold!

      I sued Coca-Cola, yo
      'Cause I put my finger down in a bottle
      And it got stuck!

      I sued Dell Computers
      'Cause I took a bath with my laptop
      Now it doesn't work

      I'm gonna sue, sue
      Yea, I'm gonna sue
      Sue, sue, yeah that's what I'm gonna do
      I'm gonna sue, sue
      Yea, I'm gonna sue
      Sue, sue, yeah I might even sue you!

  7. Re:Time to open up those drivers NVIDIA by TheMadTopher · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Time to open up those drivers NVIDIA Is there a tag for wishful thinking?

  8. Re:Time to open up those drivers NVIDIA by dintech · · Score: 2, Funny

    A million monkeys? That doesn't sound like "The Way it's Meant to be Played"

  9. The other 83.7% .... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... were caused by Vista internals.

    These statistics were calculated using Excel.

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