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[Snuffy]

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Nvidia to be sued over poor Vista drivers?
By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com
Published: February 6, 2007, 3:31 PM EST


Be it from a serious lack of patience or a life-and-death need to play games, it seems that some Nvidia users are so irked at the lack of stable drivers for Vista that they are threatening to sue. Citing the “Vista Ready” label as being misleading, several of these people are talking about bringing a class action suit against the company, due to the various issues that the current wave of drivers have, particularly the flagship 8800 series cards. Some have gone so far as to form a website around it:


Nathan feels that Nvidia should face some penalties because customers are losing money by buying a card that doesn't work fully or even crashes under Vista. To bolster his claims, Nathan hashed together his nvidiaclassaction.org website and is now asking for people to post retail box pictures and screen captures of websites promising Vista compatibility. The website was set up in less than half an hour and according to Nathan was done on the "spur of the moment".

Interestingly enough, the same person also promised to drop the issue if Nvidia apologized and gave a a firm release date for working drivers – as well as throw free goodies his way.

It's easy to see it from their point of view – Nvidia has had a long time and ample access to Vista for driver development. On the other hand, given the veritable horde of different hardware and software configurations and Vista's very recent emergence into the market (just a week now), are these people taking it too far? Nvidia has not yet commented on the situation.

Yes, I know Vista Ultimate has rejected the last three (3) I have attempted to use...

[felix8406]

So far I can't complaint; my NVidia controller, network adapter and inboard video card have worked, even with RC1. At the same time, NVidia did rush into taking full advantage of Vista. It's call economics, but sometimes it can backfire. We'll see what the verdict is.

[ants]

v97.46 are working for me, only thing missing are all the fancy options I had in XP, some of which I used. The standard Vista drivers for my 7950 are the same version, but even less equipt than the downloadable Nvidia version

[Snuffy]

Currently using v96.86 here, and doing OK, I might try v97.46 if it works for you...

[crabby]

Currently using driver version 100.59 and there have been no problems here. You can find the new vista beta drivers here:

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_do...etadriver.html

crabby

[ants]

Thanks crabby will sus them out with you

[Znod]

My NVIDIA beta for the 7600 works well for me.

[Seansmit17]

I am also uing 100.59 and have had no problems what so ever at all


hehe

[ants]

Well done crabby my dear four clawed friend, the 100.59 beta (32bit) drivers work well and included a few extra settings than the oficial;. No issues my end.

Thank you sir!

[crabby]

Glad to help!

crabby