Nvidia does sell products that work; to what extent and for how many people in a world of modified and overclocked computing (also inhabited by newbies) is defined with 'BLAH;' because there's soooo many things that can go wrong.
ATI has their share of similar issues with similar products so, really that's a moot point.
One would assume that they might be grateful, but to suggest the SHOULD be is a bit out of the average end users league. You must consider that there's gotta be tons of Nvidia technical support that's wasted on customers who are complaining about Nvidia products, where the tech support finds out later that the customer is using modified drivers and software.
This is similar to the arguement of art being free or not. Some people think that they have the right to distribute art from any artist, because it will help promote and iconify that artist and their work; which logically would suggest that it's in someway 'helping' said artist(S). Yet, there's others, who say bluntly that it's not your right to assume the role of campaigning for the artist's best interests. Now, add in a business side to it, and it becomes more complex.
Nvidia is like any other company, they put out a product, when people modify that product and it has the potential to harm the image of Nvidia, then they are within their rights to be concerned. Now to what extent those rights hold water within the lay of the law, most of us don't know.
This comes off to me like car manufacturers, who state that certain products when used with their automobiles, void the warranty. Then there's some manufacturers who openly embrace the use of modified aftermarket products, because it (in their minds) helps to promote the vehicle or the status of the company.
For the last several years, we've seen some automakers putting out 'tuner' style cars, because they think it will help make sales, and boost their image amongst automobile consumers. And in some ways, it does work. But for the former automaker, they have a right to not want their image or their sales affected by third parties, who go and take their base vehicle, modify it in some way, then start redistributing it to the public(while it still carries the badge of the original vehicle), with or without warning labels(that's a big ass label lol). Of course, if there's no money involved, then there's probably not much they can do, but like Nvidia they have the perrogative to not be happy with it. And if they think they have some legal standing, then they may make a threat, like Nvidia has here.
I just don't see why people are surprised. If Nvidia wants to pick on someone, for whatever reason, then that's up to them. Whether the law will support it, that's another issue. But it's far from shocking, and the excuses and retaliation comments that people come up with are just absolutley silly.
@Wile
That statement is based off of the fabled and much hyped 2900 being competitive to the GTS and not the GTX,(also taking into account the Ultra exists AND the 8900 is in development).
@Xerphon
That is such ignorance. And this is an example of what I mentioned above concerning people freaking out. What do you really care about some rinky-dink website and their products? Do you hold or show patronage to that Israeli site, and to such an extent that you would basically blindly inhibit yourself from obtaining what you want in effort to promote some sort of boycott? Come on?!? You wanted the GTX, it's an Nvidia product. Nvidia doesn't worship Satan, slaughter babies or committ genocide. That's like people saying "Oh, well, I'm going to renounce my American citizenship because I don't like the way Bush is handling things.' RIGHT...sure....
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