nVidia empolyee slams Catalyst drivers on public forum

The guy was giving his honest opinion and should be applauded for it, yes he should have made sure people knew it was his own personal opinion and not that of NV but other than that what he said is ok - if true. If there were more people who were open/truthful about things in this industry then it would be a much better place.

(Reading between the lines i think this guy may have a Radeon at home and is annoyed his TV playback isnt working!)

 

He could always adopt Opengl guy's approach, and put a disclaimer in his sig.

 

The opinion of an employee is frequently regarded as the opinion of the company.

He should have just stated the issue and left it at that. He knew he was speaking for nVidia. If he wanted to speak for himself, he wouldn't have signed that he was an nVidia employee.

 

Ditto. See we can agree on some things.

'Truth' is an affirmative defense to 'defamatory' comments.

From what I read before it was deleted > he said he personally used a 9600 & came to those conclusions (different words, but same idea). Nowhere did I see he used "we" or "nV" ran a 9600 & came to those conclusions. The context was a personal one, not a business one, & ppl that took it in a business context need English lessons, IMO.

.02,

 

If he were in my employ he would be out on his ear by now - it was a very stupid and possibly costly thing to say and his maturity is shown up in his use of vocabulary.
Even if his comments regarding competitor drivers was correct - he wasn't in the position to make that claim. If he wanted to publish this as a statement he should have used qualified independant evaluators and use their reports.

 

Hmmm arent some NV employes allowed to post on MB? Like Crass on the OpenGL one?

Anyways its too bad for him as he should have used better judgement. Agree there is nothing wrong with thinking that or even stating the facts. But He went a little too far...

 

True, he is just pissed that ATI aren't supporting the product HE bought lol.

Yes independent evaluators to determine it sucks... sorry man spending money is fun I know but geez, what does it take nowadays to have an opinion.

 

I was the one that took Captain nVidia to task and all my posts at AVS have been removed and they're trying to ban me now. Nothing pisses me of more than CENSORSHIP. If it annoys you please post in the thread over there.

 

Well, if you're being an ass.....

 

He has ragged on Ati before, go search his posts:

CinemVidGuy
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...6a9e9021e096490712&postid=3325604#post3325604

He also has admitted Bias:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...6a9e9021e096490712&postid=2677143#post2677143

Here's a thread he downs Ati again with regards to WMP9 file playback and praises nVidia and features (that dont exist) and got called out on it:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...6a9e9021e096490712&postid=2415386#post2415386

he is a PR speaker for nVidia. If you post as an employee in a support thread for your product AND down another company, then yes, you are responsible.

 

I read theses posts and i have one question: are you really sure that that guy is really working at Nvidia and not only pretending ?

Because honnestly the tone of his posts are really not professional and are more looking like a fanboy pretending.

 

You mean another wanna-be like NForceMan over at nVnews? It's possible, it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to find out if someone would just drop a line to nVidia and ask. (I'd do it, but they kind of hate me guts and never return my e-mails anymore. )

 

Perhaps he does work at NVidia... cleaning the toilets! JK.

 

First the guy is hauled over the coals because he said a specific part of the ATi drivers sucked for a specific task, then he's lambasted for admitting that (as an nVidia employee) he's biased. SHOCK HORROR. I also like how people are jumping to the conclusion that he's speaking for nVidia, with apparently no proof whatsoever - just because you don't have a "I speak only for myself" line in your sig, it doesn't mean that your views = company views. Hell, he even notes that he's had that very problem with a 9600 Pro, so he's clearly speaking from experience.

But I guess OpenGL Guy making derogatory comments about nVidia here is okay. Yeah.

 

Well yeah, since nVidia sucks and all right now.

 

Has he though? I might have missed them, but I honestly don't remember any comments along the lines of 'nVidia sucks', or 'nVidia's drivers suck'...

 

The thread he blasted the 9600 and HDTV is in the support thread for an nVidia product:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=73dffca63349a6c29eb70b9393ffce1e&threadid=328304

 

I actually thought you were kidding about posting it at EB's front page but nope.
I feel sorry for Hanners. Poor guy..

 

Although all sympathy and donations for the "Hanners Insanity Fund" are gratefully accepted... Why?

 

I certainly didn't get the impression that he was speaking only of his personal experience. Quoting CinemVidGuy:

He made a general, company-wide condemnation and backed it up with personal experience. If he had said "In my personal experience, Cat 4.2 drivers are terrible," I could see your point.

Then, at the end of his post he says:

Which strengthens the impression that he's speaking for nVidia as a whole.

Basically, the post reads like any number of fanboy posts which go "I can't get my Company X card to work right! Company X sucks!"