GTX 970 Settlement Checks Have Started Arriving

[SteveGrabowski0]

http://www.bursor.com/2017/04/payments-sent-to-nvidia-gtx-970-class-members/

Payments Sent to NVIDIA GTX 970 Class Members

On April 11, 2017, the first round of payments were sent to class members as part of the $4.5 million settlement in In re NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Chip Litigation.  The settlement was approved by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on December 7, 2016 and provides for cash payments of $30 for each NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 graphics chip purchased by class members.
 
“We’re thrilled that the settlement proceeds are being distributed,” said L. Timothy Fisher, one of the firm’s partners handling the matter. “This is a terrific result that will put real money into the pockets of GTX 970 purchasers.”

[SteveGrabowski0]

I got my check in this morning, dated April 11th. Pretty quick for a class action.

[STRMfrmXMN]

I bought my 970 used for $150. Wonder if I could get this check with the serial number on my EVGA card.

 

:Thinking:

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I bought my 970 used for $150. Wonder if I could get this check with the serial number on my EVGA card.

 

:Thinking:

You had to submit your claim by last November. Anyways, you wouldn't have been able to get the refund. Only the original buyer with original receipt.

[yathis]

You needed to be apart of the group who sued.

 

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

I bought my 970 used for $150. Wonder if I could get this check with the serial number on my EVGA card.

 

:Thinking:

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

I can't believe AMD hasn't sued Nvidia over this. I would have 100% bought an R9 290x back in 2014 had we known the accurate specs of the 970. I can't be alone on this.

[christianled59]

1 minute ago, yathis said:

You needed to be apart of the group who sued.

 

 

Lol no you don't. You just have to have claimed it earlier.

[yathis]

3 minutes ago, christianled59 said:

claimed it earlier.

claimed it?

There is a process.......always a process obviously..................so that "claim" as you mentioned...................................................................... puts you in with the class action group, BEFORE it goes to court!

 

So maybe what you are saying is you can join the class action group after the settlement?

Seems illogical. Doubt that is the case.

[Guest]

Being from the UK I'm not affected apparently 

 

I don't want a legal lecture on how this only applies to the US because that's where the lawsuit is 

[STRMfrmXMN]

6 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

You had to submit your claim by last November. Anyways, you wouldn't have been able to get the refund. Only the original buyer with original receipt.

Bummer, I bought the card in August. Shoulda looked for that! The buyer gave me the receipt but lacked the packaging, probably could have done it.

[elkenrod]

Always remember that the real heroes are the media outlets who extensively covered the issue when it first came to light.

[iRileyx]

4.5 million and only $30 goes to each card that actually had a claim put in for it? I find it really hard to believe 150k cards/people made a claim. 

[DocSwag]

1 hour ago, yathis said:

claimed it?

There is a process.......always a process obviously..................so that "claim" as you mentioned...................................................................... puts you in with the class action group, BEFORE it goes to court!

 

So maybe what you are saying is you can join the class action group after the settlement?

Seems illogical. Doubt that is the case.

I submitted my claim before the final court hearing in December or something but there were other rounds before that.

[Kobathor]

10 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

4.5 million and only $30 goes to each card that actually had a claim put in for it? I find it really hard to believe 150k cards/people made a claim. 

Lol, you think all the money goes to claimants? The lawyers probably got more than half of that 4.5 mil.

[MageTank]

3 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

I can't believe AMD hasn't sued Nvidia over this. I would have 100% bought an R9 290x back in 2014 had we known the accurate specs of the 970. I can't be alone on this.

I don't really think they would have had any grounds to sue them on though. 3.5gb memes aside, the GTX 970 was still reviewed and benched by third party reviewers, and for the most part, performed as it was expected to. In the most technical sense, saying it had 4gb of VRAM, wasn't false advertising since it did have 4gb of ram. The problem I have with it, is the fact that they failed to disclose how that VRAM was used. 

[Lepp]

3 hours ago, yathis said:

claimed it?

There is a process.......always a process obviously..................so that "claim" as you mentioned...................................................................... puts you in with the class action group, BEFORE it goes to court!

 

So maybe what you are saying is you can join the class action group after the settlement?

Seems illogical. Doubt that is the case.

In this case, as with most class actions, they sued representing anyone who bought a GTX 970. A deal was made regarding who was allowed to claim a part of the settlement and what time frame they have to submit their claim, then it was announced to the public and those with proof of purchase were allowed to submit to receive a portion of the settlement. The rest of the money goes to lawyers (most) and any other designated parties.

 

Here is an old article I found that should help you. For your part, you are correct that there was a final hearing after a settlement was agreed upon.

http://www.pcgamer.com/heres-how-to-claim-your-30-nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-settlement/

[tonyeezy]

I remember submitting a claim for this, but I can't find any emails on this in my inbox. Did anyone get any confirmation emails with their claim? Not sure how I am going to get mine.

[Sakkura]

53 minutes ago, MageTank said:

I don't really think they would have had any grounds to sue them on though. 3.5gb memes aside, the GTX 970 was still reviewed and benched by third party reviewers, and for the most part, performed as it was expected to. In the most technical sense, saying it had 4gb of VRAM, wasn't false advertising since it did have 4gb of ram. The problem I have with it, is the fact that they failed to disclose how that VRAM was used. 

Saying it had 64 ROPs was false advertising though. Those 8 ROPs were completely disabled.

[KuJoe]

Yay! Those lawyers can buy a few more houses and consumers got a free dinner out of it. 

[MageTank]

9 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Saying it had 64 ROPs was false advertising though. Those 8 ROPs were completely disabled.

Yeah, but you and I both know they will use legal mumbo jumbo to get around that. "Well, it technically has 64 rops, but 8 of them can't be used". We are talking about a company known for getting away with extreme deceit on a yearly basis. Need I remind everyone of those fun little graphs that accompany every GPU architecture release? "2x the performance of last gen! in VR"

[Zodiark1593]

40 minutes ago, MageTank said:

Yeah, but you and I both know they will use legal mumbo jumbo to get around that. "Well, it technically has 64 rops, but 8 of them can't be used". We are talking about a company known for getting away with extreme deceit on a yearly basis. Need I remind everyone of those fun little graphs that accompany every GPU architecture release? "2x the performance of last gen! in VR"

You'd be hard pressed to find a tech company that doesn't use similar style of graphs. 

[MageTank]

Just now, Zodiark1593 said:

You'd be hard pressed to find a tech company that doesn't use similar style of graphs. 

I know. I've ranted about it before, and I know every company cherry-picks their data. Just wish it didn't have to be this way. At the very least, avoid the small text, using difficult to read colors. 

[Syntaxvgm]

ah fuck I forgot to submit my claim

 

ah well 

[DontPeek]

1 hour ago, tonyeezy said:

I remember submitting a claim for this, but I can't find any emails on this in my inbox. Did anyone get any confirmation emails with their claim? Not sure how I am going to get mine.

Same here. I filed a claim through a website I can't remember the name of now, but I've yet to receive anything confirming a check is coming my way.

 

I also got an email from newegg about them sending me more info on how to file a claim. They never followed up though.

[Zodiark1593]

53 minutes ago, MageTank said:

I know. I've ranted about it before, and I know every company cherry-picks their data. Just wish it didn't have to be this way. At the very least, avoid the small text, using difficult to read colors. 

Or Scaling the graph in such a way that an actual 10% improvement appears to be double on a visual glance.