Nvidia, AMD accused of conspiracy to keep graphics pricing high

[AlphaWolf]

So now that the 260 is the same price as the 4870 are they conspiring again?

 

[Jawed]

NVidia offering to settle? AMD may do the same?

http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/604923/nvidia-settles-gpu-price-fixing-class-action-case.html

The mystery remains, what cards could have been bought from NVidia's website during the qualification period? Consumer cards weren't sold there, were they? Quadros?

Jawed

 

[nicolasb]

Nvidia and ATI have now settled out of court for $850,000 each:

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com...-1040-6341&type=sect&dcn=0001193125-08-200658

 

[Raqia]

Wonder if the settlement still holds:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228136/amd-hook-graphics-case

 

[2senile]

Yep. It was a private anti-trust case filed in California.

 

[Raqia]

Pisses me off that people are using legal shenanigans to leech away the assets of companies doing productive work in a technically difficult industry.

 

[Geo]

850k each? Man, that does smell like nuisance money doesn't it?