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Ummm no. Not really.]]>Dec 27th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/

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I'm glad they've been 'more than helpful' for you; you probably bought yours with Windows. For me, they've been nothing but incompetent (albeit apologetic about it). When they told us to upgrade our BIOS, they were all 'You'll need Windows for this', when they SHOULD have been like 'the linux kernel has a bios upgrading mechanism called 'smbios' built right into it, just download this file and run these two commands, frick, here's a bash script to do it for you'.]]>Dec 26th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
Either way, nVidia got greedy and botched big time.]]>Dec 26th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
This whole situation is a reflection of their outlook on customer satisfaction with their products.]]>Dec 26th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
NVIDIA: "We strongly recommend you to purchase a product featuring the newest, completely overhauled rendition of our award winning GeForce M GPUS!"

Customer: "Mmh... I already have a 'book with GMA and another one with, hm, what was it, HD3200 from AMD? Yeah, I think so. Nothing groundbreaking but doing their"

NVIDIA: "Your purchase helps to fund future development and further improvement!"

Customer: "Uh-huh. Well, maybe in half a year or something? Yeah, I'll pass my old 'book on to my daughter anyway then, gotta have one for her studies."

NVIDIA: "We give you a refund of 2% on your previous faulty NVIDIA-powered notebook!"

Customer: "I don't have a notebook with NVIDIA chipset."

NVIDIA: "But... well, then we give you a sales discount of 10% on your next purchase!"

Customer: "I just told you...!"

NVIDIA: "20?"

Customer: "Now listen...!"

NVIDA: "40?"

Customer: "..."

NVIDIA: "Please?"

Customer "...no."

NVIDIA: "WUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAH"

...

Okay, that was stupid.]]>Dec 26th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/]]>Dec 26th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
So I agree with them, time for new hardware. I'm running an ATI now. I see people complaining about the ATI drivers, but this thing is far more stable for me than the Nvidia was. It runs all my new games (and some old ones like Fallout 2 and WoW) just fine, whereas the Nvidia would bluescreen at least once a day across a wide range of drivers. Now that was probably 'just' Nvidia's defective hardware, but is that really an excuse?
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Just like every other company. Thanks Capt. Obvious.]]>Dec 26th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
Now i will not buy an Nvidia, my trust/respect in the company is long gone. And from what I've read in these comments a lot of people are the same :)

They might be saving short term loss but imagine how this will effect them in the long run.]]>Dec 26th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 26th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
Im saving for a nice i7 desktop workstation anyway... but as my old toshiba got a blue line accross the screen, maybe I'll have to buy another laptop soon.

I guess an ATI 3650 or 3450 would be the safest choice for futur! the new Dell Studio series have them.]]>Dec 26th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/
"Please, pretty please buy our new revised stuff, its better now. That other piece of hardware, just toss it out and forget you spent $X on it - its nothing, no money at all. New stuff is better, buy new stuff!"]]>Dec 26th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/nvidia-reportedly-urging-customers-to-buy-new-problem-free-gpus/Dec 27th 2008 2:32AM