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.
Source: TopClassActions
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109 Comments on NVIDIA Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over GTX 970 Memory

#101
ASOT
Man,everyone is free to do what LIKE'S!

Is a free world,OR u not KNOW :D

For me tech,gym and life is important,GG
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#102
EarthDog
Nobody is taking that away from you. However, I simply prefer not to see shirtless male body on a tech forum. Simple.

I will just put you on ignore.. your perspective on things drive me up a wall anyway. To see you posing without a shirt as your avatar pushed me over the edge. Peace.
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#103
$ReaPeR$
EarthDogThat avatar... LOL


He, quite obviously, folds. ;)
i thought of that, but wouldnt amd be a better choice for such a venture? unless there is something im missing..
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#105
$ReaPeR$
EarthDogWhy would AMD be better?
because of async? or it doesnt matter for folding?
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#107
rhythmeister
bugAddressed, yes. Power draw from the socket was limited to 75W, but the card can still draw more than 75W from the PCIe connector (and does so by default). So it's still a card that uses over 150W, being sold as a 150W card.
As I say, both teams are at it but I wouldn't worry about paying a few pence more for electricity each year nor the card damaging any non-shit motherboard.
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#108
R-T-B
warrior420First of all, how dare you try to defend Nvidia. This was settled in court showing the crippled card had an issue, and the people won. Why would you argue against a courts findings?
I'm not sure you are aware, but a legal settlement is not a "win" by either side. It's effectively a compromise to avoid a costly legal battle and not involve a judge.
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#109
jboydgolfer
Does anyone happen to have a copy of the GTX970 Claim form?? the Class action page isnt allowing Downloads, and I JUST got my notice tonight, and its 23 days until the filing deadline, luckily i have a Fax machine, but I have 2 970's , and surely would like the $60....thanks in advance if you have one. Please CHECK any links before offering"help" Ive been trying them all night, i dont know if its load from people all accessing at once however unlikely, but i am unable to download, i get a dumb error.
"Please check your input.
We were unable to process your request with the information given.

Please review all your input and submit your information again. If the problem persists, please e-mail us at SUPPORT@KCCLLC.COM.
"

and yes i emailed that address already
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