FLDMARSHAL Posted August 10, 2016 Member ID: 5490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2024 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Posted August 10, 2016 Nvidia has settled a number of lawsuits for false advertising, which accused the graphics card maker of selling the last-generation GTX 970 as a card with 4GB of video memory, which in actuality it only had 3.5GB of accessible VRAM. Although we don't know what the final settlement figure will be, we do know that if you purchased a GTX 970 you should be applicable for a $30 pay out by Nvidia. No word yet on how to claim that money, but we expect details to come out in the next few days. Chances are you will need to have purchased it before the news of the RAM issue came to light, but that may not be the case. What is known for sure though, is that Nvidia will be paying out a lot to its customers, as well as $1.3 million in legal fees to all of those who brought lawsuits against it and had to pay for legal fees to make the case. Ultimately Nvidia admitted that it did miss sell the graphics cards as 4GB versions, when in actuality only 3.5GB was accessible. However it did not admit this as a deliberate deception and instead described it as a miss-communication between its engineering and marketing departments. Considering the technical nature of graphics card technology and an ever ongoing push to sell hardware based on bigger and bigger numbers, you can see how that might happen. But it's no excuse to hoodwink consumers, so it's good to see those who may have been negatively affected will get some recompense. Awards
LightHammer02 Posted August 10, 2016 Member ID: 22608 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 410 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 6027 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 16, 2018 Birthday: 10/23/1983 Posted August 10, 2016 And I own a 970!!
Magnus_1 Posted August 10, 2016 Member ID: 1410 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 43 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 525 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 476 Achievement Points: 3640 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:27 AM Birthday: 05/08/1953 Device: Windows Posted August 10, 2016 I got the same email from Newegg but for the GTX980, then, I got another the next day saying it was erroneous. Awards
Sammy Posted August 10, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.91 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted August 10, 2016 Yup marketing pulls that kind of shit all the time. Reminds me of Dilbert. Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted August 10, 2016 Member ID: 25938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 13 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Posted August 10, 2016 I got 2!! johnny
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