Friday, July 29th 2016

NVIDIA Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over GTX 970 Memory
NVIDIA settled in a 2015 class-action lawsuit against it, for misrepresenting the amount of memory on GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards. The company has agreed to pay every buyer of the card USD $30 (per card), and also cover the legal fees of the class, amounting to $1.3 million. The company, however, did not specify how much money it has set aside for the payout, and whether it will compensate only those buyers who constitute the class (i.e. buyers in the U.S., since that's as far as the court's jurisdiction can reach), or the thousands of GTX 970 buyers worldwide.
"The settlement is fair and reasonable and falls within the range of possible approval," attorneys for the proposed Class said in the filing. "It is the product of extended arms-length negotiations between experienced attorneys familiar with the legal and factual issues of this case and all settlement class members are treated fairly under the terms of the settlement." The class alleged that NVIDIA falsified the amount of memory a GeForce GTX 970 GPU can really use, when an investigation found that it could only address 3.5 GB of it properly. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang apologized to buyers about the issue and promised that it would never happen again.
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"The settlement is fair and reasonable and falls within the range of possible approval," attorneys for the proposed Class said in the filing. "It is the product of extended arms-length negotiations between experienced attorneys familiar with the legal and factual issues of this case and all settlement class members are treated fairly under the terms of the settlement." The class alleged that NVIDIA falsified the amount of memory a GeForce GTX 970 GPU can really use, when an investigation found that it could only address 3.5 GB of it properly. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang apologized to buyers about the issue and promised that it would never happen again.
109 Comments on NVIDIA Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over GTX 970 Memory
I think you forgot about some very recent issue... Average FPS or minimum FPS, doesn't tell you shit.
www.anandtech.com/show/7195/amd-frame-pacing-explorer-cat138/2
So it really DOES matter how that 42.9 FPS is delivered, mostly whether it is delivered CONSISTENTLY. Now, what happens with atypical VRAM configs and assymetrical buses? They damage that consistency, as evident by stutter in SLI GTX 970 configs and a small selection of games at higher settings. And not just the GTX 970 either - previous mid rangers (x60's) had similar configs. None of those were a real issue, because the division of bandwidth was a LOT more balanced to how the GPU was cut up. Basically, GTX 970 is Nvidia taking cost cutting measures too far. And they're now paying that premium anyway, which is a great, great thing because it means the business case for assymetrical stuff has shifted by 30 bucks per card, making it far less interesting to do - and if you do it, you better do it right.
There is no black and white, and FPS is nothing more than a rough indication of performance - far from enough to gauge the actual gameplay on a specific GPU.
US won a fight, not a war. Next gen cards (let's call it GTX 1170) MSRP will be 500$ and Nvidia will get back every cent they paid for cry-babies and people will buy it anyways. Why? Because AMD next year will be trying to reach performance levels of GTX 1070 :D
On a serious note, most companies totally do. Things like that come from a fund, which is built up by having consumers pay a little extra. It varies from product to product or service, but it's almost always there in the form of a few cents.
> 3820
Does not compute :p Nothing can change the fact that the GTX 970 was the price/performance king of the last generation of cards.
It's nice to be getting some $$$ back, makes the card even sweeter after all this time.
Remember what he said.
"We won't let this happen again. We'll do a better job next time.
Jen-Hsun"
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And that is why it settles out for 30 bucks/card in one country instead of prorated refunds + attorney fees. Still was a sketchy move my nvidia in the first place.
www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-nvidia-over-gtx-970-memory-issue.210100/page-3#post-3496792
on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 7:40 PM, with 5 comments posted afterward. Not one peep about that to be found....
No need for Vega
Good call man. :pimp:
Maxwell already in Legacy Mode, and less than one year to paxwell also to be part of legacy drivers. roflmao
Again, this does not mean I'd like to see another 970 anytime soon. It's been tried, customers were pretty disappointed. The card sold because it was solid, but it still wasn't that sat well with customers.