Nvidia faces class action suit for GPU failures - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 10th Sep 2008, 22:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...gpu-failures/1

An angry Nvidia shareholder has filed a class action suit against the company. The plaintiffs allege that it covered up the issues for 8 months.

Haramzadeh · 10th Sep 2008, 22:19

Looks like things are gonna get worse before they get better for Nvidia.

HourBeforeDawn · 10th Sep 2008, 22:23

is anyone else smiling from ear to ear about this. I just cant help but be like HA serves them right. ^^

Haramzadeh · 10th Sep 2008, 22:25

I've been a pretty much Nvidia exclusive customer for many years. Never had a single problem with any gpu I got from them (7600, 8400M, 8800, GTX280) and they have served me well. Can't say I have the same anti-Nvidia enthusiasm as many I'm sure will, but I can understand that Nvidia deserves this given the obvious scale of the failure. But I hope they survive through it the industry becomes more competitive because of it.

bowman · 10th Sep 2008, 22:31

Sure hope they go under, and that a sensible company acquires their IP for small change.

Colt 45 J · 10th Sep 2008, 22:41

I sure hope the DON'T go under... I own 4 shares... :S

Haramzadeh · 10th Sep 2008, 22:45

Nvidia has way too strong of a presence in the GPU market to go under. Nvidia already took a huge financial loss this last quarter and this lawsuit is just a continuation of that. Besides, it's a very specific crop of GPUs on mobiles that had this defect. I don't think that alone can bring a giant like Nvidia down, it's just a severe blow to confidence and obviously a major shrinking of Nvidia's dominance of the market - especially given the latest crop of excellent ATI cards.

Firehed · 10th Sep 2008, 22:50

Whoops.

I have trouble sympathizing much, seeing that their drivers appear to STILL cause issues for my video card under Vista. I can't be 100% sure that's the case, but everything works fine under XP and the bit of research I've done (and the symptoms) certainly suggest a video driver issue.

glaeken · 10th Sep 2008, 23:16

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Originally Posted by bowman

Sure hope they go under, and that a sensible company acquires their IP for small change.

You'd better hope not.

Goty · 11th Sep 2008, 02:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firehed

Whoops.

I have trouble sympathizing much, seeing that their drivers appear to STILL cause issues for my video card under Vista. I can't be 100% sure that's the case, but everything works fine under XP and the bit of research I've done (and the symptoms) certainly suggest a video driver issue.

Speaking of instability issues, a recent Windows update evidently addressed problems with NVIDIA cards under Vista.

Amon · 11th Sep 2008, 03:20

They deserve it, methinks. No matter how profitable or how influential a company is in their market, you just don't f#ck around with other people's money.

I've been waiting to do this for a long, long time...

I told you.

Langer · 11th Sep 2008, 04:24

I had MASSIVE problems with 3(three) sets of 3(three) 9800GTXssc cards from eVGA... I replaced every component in the system and over a couple months had narrowed it down to shoddy GFX cards. I bitched for a month+ to eVGA/nVidia to no avail. Finally I figured I'd contact the eVGA CEO, Andrew Han, and HOORAH! He replaced my cards with three GTX280ssc's (one was sold off to fund watercooling gear).

I say that they deserve this, I had massive headaches with their gear... no problems with the 280's though.

PhoneyVirus · 11th Sep 2008, 04:52

They said there was a update to the driver that put the GPU at 100% to keep it cooled down an it was o k, $200 million charge the company incurred to cover the cost of repairing machines affected by the faulty GPUs isn't enough. So now where are they going with this, that the shareholders are angry. Nvidia got some Sand Bagging going on !!

themax · 11th Sep 2008, 04:52

While it's good that someone is bringing action against the comany I think it's a bit extreme to desire that the whole company goes under. If ATI became the only graphics producer we'd surely see a sharp drop in the quality of their video cards as well because they've got noone to keep them in check.

[USRF]Obiwan · 11th Sep 2008, 10:13

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Originally Posted by Langer

Finally I figured I'd contact the eVGA CEO, Andrew Han, and HOORAH! He replaced my cards with three GTX280ssc's

You have the luck to know this person or had his email (whatever) and a great deal. Many many customers do not have that kind of contacts. Most of them go back to the store and get a card swap, only to find out they have the same problem again but this time "thinking there must be something else wrong with their pc." So going through new motherboards, processors etc. And a year later they found out that it still was the videocard.

I would be mad as hell..

But i have to say I do not have any problems with the 8800GTX and the 8800GT in my two systems.

BlackMage23 · 11th Sep 2008, 10:24

If Nvidia go under that will be bad for the industry. I do think that Nvidia did need to be taken down a peg or two.
This will level the playing field a lot for ATI

mrb_no1 · 11th Sep 2008, 10:35

christ this wont be the end of nvidia, i'm not entirely sure how some of you have to reach this conclusion....but they have loads of money and even in todays climate, if they need to borrow to stay alive banks will throw money at them because they are such a monster of a company. Its nice to see that they are being brought to justice when trying to screw over their daddy.

peace

Whalemeister · 11th Sep 2008, 13:10

I'm sure I remember something about them taking out insurance against exactly this about 3 - 4 months ago here on Bit-Tech. Was to do with the GPUs used in laptops or something like that

bahgger · 13th Sep 2008, 18:39

I hope my 8800GTS doesn't crap on me when I go back to university.. else it's to the 4850HD for me!

Zero_UK · 17th Sep 2008, 19:49

Even though every one goes on about they deserve it and crap.. just think, if they go.. then what competition is their going to be on the market? Cards like the bang for buck 4750 on realse would be so expensive.. =\

10th Sep 2008, 22:10	#1
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10th Sep 2008, 22:50	#8
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Whoops. I have trouble sympathizing much, seeing that their drivers appear to STILL cause issues for my video card under Vista. I can't be 100% sure that's the case, but everything works fine under XP and the bit of research I've done (and the symptoms) certainly suggest a video driver issue. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

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Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	They deserve it, methinks. No matter how profitable or how influential a company is in their market, you just don't f#ck around with other people's money. I've been waiting to do this for a long, long time... I told you. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals

11th Sep 2008, 04:24	#12
Langer Jesse Lang Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,449	I had MASSIVE problems with 3(three) sets of 3(three) 9800GTXssc cards from eVGA... I replaced every component in the system and over a couple months had narrowed it down to shoddy GFX cards. I bitched for a month+ to eVGA/nVidia to no avail. Finally I figured I'd contact the eVGA CEO, Andrew Han, and HOORAH! He replaced my cards with three GTX280ssc's (one was sold off to fund watercooling gear). I say that they deserve this, I had massive headaches with their gear... no problems with the 280's though. __________________ PROMETHEUS^CU - powered by: AquaComputer, Corsair, MiPS, and Watercool --- Click here to resister for my MyBrute clan today!

10th Sep 2008, 22:19	#2
Haramzadeh Son of Sin Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Alberta Posts: 170	Looks like things are gonna get worse before they get better for Nvidia.

10th Sep 2008, 22:25	#4
Haramzadeh Son of Sin Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Alberta Posts: 170	I've been a pretty much Nvidia exclusive customer for many years. Never had a single problem with any gpu I got from them (7600, 8400M, 8800, GTX280) and they have served me well. Can't say I have the same anti-Nvidia enthusiasm as many I'm sure will, but I can understand that Nvidia deserves this given the obvious scale of the failure. But I hope they survive through it the industry becomes more competitive because of it.

10th Sep 2008, 22:31	#5
bowman Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 249	Sure hope they go under, and that a sensible company acquires their IP for small change.

10th Sep 2008, 22:41	#6
Colt 45 J Aye Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SD, USA Posts: 60	I sure hope the DON'T go under... I own 4 shares... :S

10th Sep 2008, 22:45	#7
Haramzadeh Son of Sin Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Alberta Posts: 170	Nvidia has way too strong of a presence in the GPU market to go under. Nvidia already took a huge financial loss this last quarter and this lawsuit is just a continuation of that. Besides, it's a very specific crop of GPUs on mobiles that had this defect. I don't think that alone can bring a giant like Nvidia down, it's just a severe blow to confidence and obviously a major shrinking of Nvidia's dominance of the market - especially given the latest crop of excellent ATI cards.

11th Sep 2008, 04:52	#13
PhoneyVirus _ Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13	They said there was a update to the driver that put the GPU at 100% to keep it cooled down an it was o k, $200 million charge the company incurred to cover the cost of repairing machines affected by the faulty GPUs isn't enough. So now where are they going with this, that the shareholders are angry. Nvidia got some Sand Bagging going on !!

11th Sep 2008, 04:52	#14
themax Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 925	While it's good that someone is bringing action against the comany I think it's a bit extreme to desire that the whole company goes under. If ATI became the only graphics producer we'd surely see a sharp drop in the quality of their video cards as well because they've got noone to keep them in check. __________________ PSN: Nyne07 Xbox Live: Nine07 Wii Codes: Too damn many to remember CoD4 Class "Ghost" - MP5 Silenced/ UAV Jammer/ Silent Step Shhh be very very qwuiet....I'm hunting snipers....

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mrb_no1 Pie Eater Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pyrford, England Posts: 365	christ this wont be the end of nvidia, i'm not entirely sure how some of you have to reach this conclusion....but they have loads of money and even in todays climate, if they need to borrow to stay alive banks will throw money at them because they are such a monster of a company. Its nice to see that they are being brought to justice when trying to screw over their daddy. peace __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3600Mhz ¦ Asus Maximus II Formula ¦ ATI Radeon 4890 (1000Mhz Core + 1200Mhz Mem OC) ¦ 2x2G Corsair Dom. PC 8500 @ 1080Mhz ¦ Aquacomputer WC ¦ Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty ¦ 150G Raptor, 2x1500 + 1x750 + 2x500 Seagate (SATA2) ¦ Pioneer DVD burner ¦ Lian Li - PC 73SL Aluminium Silent Server Case ¦ Dell 2007WFP 20" Widescreen ¦ Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers ¦ Sennheiser HD270

11th Sep 2008, 13:10	#18
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bahgger Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 584	I hope my 8800GTS doesn't crap on me when I go back to university.. else it's to the 4850HD for me!

17th Sep 2008, 19:49	#20
Zero_UK Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 259	Even though every one goes on about they deserve it and crap.. just think, if they go.. then what competition is their going to be on the market? Cards like the bang for buck 4750 on realse would be so expensive.. =\ __________________ [i5 750]~[MSI GD65]~[Corsair Dominator 4gb]~[GTX 260]~[Samsung F3 1tb]~[Corsair 750w TX]~[LG DVD-RW]~[Coolermaster Stacker 832] [Acer 24" V249H] [Razer Copperhead]~[Razer Exacmat]~[Saitek Cyborg]~[Creative Fatality]