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wachie · Jul 28, 2016

According to TopClassAction website, NVIDIA has agreed to pay 30 USD to each buyer of GTX 970. Company will also cover additional attorneys’ fees, which are estimated at 1.3 million USD.

The overall settlement amount was not publicly disclosed within court papers, however Nvidia agreed to pay all consumers who purchased the GTX 970 graphics card and indicated there would not be a cap on the total amount it would pay consumers.

“The settlement is fair and reasonable and falls within the range of possible approval,” attorneys for the proposed Class said in the filing. “It is the product of extended arms-length negotiations between experienced attorneys familiar with the legal and factual issues of this case and all settlement class members are treated fairly under the terms of the settlement.”

NVIDIA was accused of falsely advertising GM204-200 graphics card, which indeed had 4GB memory installed, but 0.5GB was separated from the main pipeline. This resulted in lower bandwidth when this particular memory pool was used. The lack of communication between marketing and engineering teams at NVIDIA caused a lot of controversy, as wrong specifications were advertised at NVIDIA’s own website and in GTX 970 reviewers guide. As a result, reviewers were also unaware that they were falsely reporting on wrong specifications. It was later discovered that GTX 970 also had less Raster Operating Units (ROPs) and less L2 cache (1.75MB not 2MB).

It is not clear how this settlement will affect buyers around the world. There no instruction on how to file a claim yet, but keep checking the link below.

http://videocardz.com/62720/nvidia-settles-class-action-lawsuit-over-geforce-gtx-970-controversy

People got refunds/credits from Amazon soon after the controversy and in some cases "double refunds", well they can expect another $30.

Dinky Dino · Jul 28, 2016

30 is quite a lot.

Rosur · Jul 28, 2016

I'm assuming this will be us only?

OnionPowder · Jul 28, 2016

Hey, I bought a 970

darkside31337 · Jul 28, 2016

Thats a lot of money. Wonder if it'll actually stop them in the future from stuff like this (probably not).

Flandy · Jul 28, 2016

I sold my 970

terencecah · Jul 28, 2016

i bought 2 970's, one from newegg, one from amazon

i'm ready to cash in

LilJoka · Jul 28, 2016

OnionPowder · Jul 28, 2016

Flandy said:
I sold my 970

If you bought it on NewEgg or another digital site you can grab the proof of purchase for your money.

terencecah said:
i bought 2 970's, one from newegg, one from amazon

how do i cash in

Details haven't been announced yet.

-MD- · Jul 28, 2016

Amazon originally shot me down for a partial refund while most others were getting them.

So I'll take whatever I can get.

ViciousDS · Jul 28, 2016

is there a date on when you had to buy a 970? Cause I bought one last april

garath · Jul 28, 2016

Sure. I'll take $30. And probably apply it to the next nvidia card lol

Transistor · Jul 28, 2016

$30 is pretty impressive, actually.

MarcoZombieCannon · Jul 28, 2016

Free money is always good. Now we play the waiting game for how to file.

Zafir · Jul 28, 2016

Meanwhile in Europe.....

Krusenstern · Jul 28, 2016

I wonder if it's going to be US only or not.

JimJamJones · Jul 28, 2016

$60, here I come!

Zukuu · Jul 28, 2016

Hope it get's to europe. I want those monnies.

KingBroly · Jul 28, 2016

$30 is cool. Where do I get it?

RichiRamjag · Jul 28, 2016

Gonna get in on this.

Justinh · Jul 28, 2016

Hey! I have two of those(and bought one for my dad too, but he already got a 1070)! I guess I'll have to start following this stuff now.

Firestorm · Jul 28, 2016

Dang. I bought my 970 used

Ricerocket · Jul 28, 2016

Sweet $30. Guess we wait for the claim forms that aren't available yet.

Gunmonkey36 · Jul 28, 2016

Any information on how we go about claiming said $30?

AHA-Lambda · Jul 28, 2016

Abounder · Jul 28, 2016

Aw yiss. $30 and this meme :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IghcowGhRBc

wbEMX · Jul 28, 2016

30 bucks, huh? Bought my 970 on launch, but I don't know if Germany will be included in this. I don't think so, because that was a US lawsuit.

Jawbreaker · Jul 28, 2016

Good.

Inferno313 · Jul 28, 2016

Sweet. I love free money. Thanks for buying me Batman: Telltale, Nvidia!

Alexm92 · Jul 28, 2016

Hope this is outside the U.S. If it is, I wonder will that $30 convert to 30 just like the price of the actual 970 does...doubt it though

Linkark07 · Jul 28, 2016

$30 and I bought it from Amazon. Yay, some free money.

Gambit61 · Jul 28, 2016

Wow $30, wonder if it will be in time for Horizon 3 or Tekken 7.

jabuseika · Jul 28, 2016

$30 is good.

I never ran into any problems with the memory, since I don't play above 1080p

NeOak · Jul 28, 2016

Abounder said:
Aw yiss. $30 and this meme :

LOL

Pejo · Jul 28, 2016

Well, I usually don't jump in on these class action things, but I'll definitely do this one. That was a shady move by Nvidia, despite the card still being pretty damn good.

That also reminds me that I have to try to use my Ticketmaster settlement money soon.

Coulomb_Barrier · Jul 28, 2016

I sold one but I still want 30.

I never owned one.

Valus · Jul 28, 2016

I'm always salty about class actions. Cool we stuck it to the company and at some point in the future I'm getting $30 bucks, great. While the handful of attorneys involved got $1.3M. Great.

Prophet Steve · Jul 28, 2016

Not getting my hopes up, but I hope I'm getting something in Europe.

I wouldn't say no to free money.

Trace · Jul 28, 2016

Coulomb_Barrier said:
I sold one but I still want 30.

I never owned one.

Same.

Duxxy3 · Jul 28, 2016

I bought one from amazon. Had it for a week and returned it. Do I count?

wachie · Jul 28, 2016

Duxxy3 said:
I bought one from amazon. Had it for a week and returned it. Do I count?

You count.

as a scammer

Weevilone · Jul 28, 2016

I had 2 980's but feel that I deserve at least $20 or so b/c I had to hear about it over and over.

mabec · Jul 28, 2016

They should just give a free game on steam instead

The Omega Man · Jul 28, 2016

Bought one from newegg canada in late 2014 (I am in canada)

I hope we are covered as well.

Duxxy3 · Jul 28, 2016

wachie said:
You count.

as a scammer

I forgot to mention that I bought a more expensive 980 ti right after.

I think that evens out. No?

Tertullian · Jul 28, 2016

Awww yis. Bought one of these suckers on Amazon. Got something like a $70 refund from Amazon when I whined to them about Nvidia's lies; now I get another $30. Gonna turn a profit on the card at this rate.

LiK · Jul 28, 2016

cool, i got it on sale from Newegg so i don't mind another discount.

Prophet Steve · Jul 28, 2016

Duxxy3 said:
I forgot to mention that I bought a more expensive 980 ti right after.

I think that evens out. No?

No?

Jazz573 · Jul 28, 2016

As a Canadian, I feel left out.

K' Dash · Jul 28, 2016

They don't give a shit, they'll recover the money with their >$1000 1080ti.

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