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    To all those planning to or currently running Vista with Nvidia Graphics.

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Airman, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    You may want to check this page out, I for one have had a lot of trouble with my go 7400 card as well. Now people are threatening a class action lawsuit. I guess they weren't so Vista Ready afterall.

    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070206-8784.html

    "Nvidia is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising by not providing stable working drivers for Vista. Nvidia has been accused of closing threads on Nvidia's forum and banning users that request a response from Nvidia, post that their Nvidia hardware does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia software does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia is guilty of false advertising, or threaten to sue Nvidia. Several disgruntled users have set up their own site for discussing their legal options."

    Here is the link to the class action lawsuit page:

    http://www.nvidiaclassaction.org/
     
    Airman, Feb 22, 2007
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    lol theres a case that won't make it to court / be tossed out in 5 minutes.
     
    link1313, Feb 22, 2007
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  3. desert dweller

    desert dweller Notebook Geek

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    Airman, what kinds of problems are you having with your 7400?

    Can we expect Nvidia to eventually correct the situation with a driver that works? Would you advise against purchasing a Vista machine with an Nvidia card?
     
    desert dweller, Feb 22, 2007
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  4. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    If you want a PC, running Vista and Dx10 games, you may as well buy an Xbox 360. We're still waiting for Microsoft and nVidia and fully release Dx10 on the mobile computing market, but its already on the console market.
     
    Lil Mayz, Feb 22, 2007
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  5. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    I'm sure they will update their drivers sooner or later, but as for now there is very poor gaming and general performance. I wouldn't advise against buying a notebook with an Nvidia GPU however just be aware that the Vista drivers are pretty bad at this point in time.
     
    Airman, Feb 23, 2007
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    Arabian Notebook Consultant

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    They will fix it ASAP :)
     
    Arabian, Feb 26, 2007
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