• Nvidia to Give US GTX 970 Buyers $30 Following Lawsuit
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[quote=Top Class Actions]Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia agreed to a preliminary settlement that will resolve claims in a group of proposed class action lawsuits that center around allegations that the company misled consumers about the performance and storage capabilities of its product. Nvidia says it will pay each buyer of the graphics card $30 and will pay an additional $1.3 million in attorneys’ fees, according to settlement documents.[/quote] [quote=Top Class Actions]The initial proposed class action lawsuit in a series of lawsuits against Nvidia was filed in February 2015 and alleged that the company engaged in false advertising, deceptive business practice, unlawful is practices and violated California’s business law for unfair business practices. The initial claim accused Nvidia of having a graphics card that operated on 3.5 GB but was advertised as operating with a full 4 GB of video access memory, plus another .5 GB that was separated from the rest of the memory.[/quote] [url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/340705-nvidia-settles-graphics-card-false-advertising-class-action/]Source.[/url] This is the follow up to the situation from when the card was released falsely advertising 4 GB vram, figured I'd post it here so any owners would be in the know. Sorry if this has been posted already, searching didn't yield any results. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Search before posting new threads/this is already on the front page" - BANNED USER))[/highlight]
Finally, a $30 discount on my $300 purchase! :v:
Well, time to wait for Europe to make a class action lawsuit, to get our sha- Oh wait, never mind.
[QUOTE=Minelayer;50802713]Finally, a $30 discount on my $300 purchase! :v:[/QUOTE] I'm not sure what you mean by this. Do you think you deserve a full refund or something? According to everything I've read this is a very reasonable settlement.
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