Kyle van HardOCP heeft eens zijn hart gelucht over de nVidia - Riva3D zaak en een flinke pagina volgeschreven over wat er allemaal fout is aan nVidia. Kyle gaat tot het extreme, en roept om het aftreden van Derek Perez and Diane Vanasse (de PR people van nVidia):
In my opinion, nVidia needs to reevaluate their wants and their needs and concentrate on building great Vid Cards, which they have done a great job of. But building great cards does not give you the right to try and censor online media. I think nVidia would make a great step in rebuilding relations with the Hardware Community by calling for the resignations of both Derek Perez and Diane Vanasse. There is NO ROOM for strong-arm tactics or manipulation in their job descriptions.
Some of you might think this is a bit harsh, but I think this is a very serious situation and an indictment of nVidia's character. nVidia has a chance to really shine here and show us what their company ethics are comprised of. Lying and manipulation are surely not on their mission statement. I simply feel as though nVidia's Public Relations employees should have a bit more pride in their products and not worry about stifling the "little guy's" opinion and if they can't do that, then they need to be removed from the PR positions. If they are allowed to carry on in this manner isn't it simply opening the door for other companies and PR departments to act in the same manner? We, the Hardware Community, which includes the sites, and most of all the readers, need to have this situation nipped in the bud. WE need to take responsibility for letting this happen and fix it now. You can write nVidia HERE if you would like to share your thoughts on this with them.
Lastly, if you feel as though we are simply posting this because we have an axe to grind, you are incorrect. We are working on a very large GeForce2 round up now and I have a GeForce2 in my own box. nVidia cards rock, their PR folks do not.
Verder is er nog meer te vinden over nVidia's PR praktijken bij Hypothermia, een kleine site die volgens eigen zeggen flink wat moeite heeft moeten doen om een review kaart te krijgen...
Ook heeft nV News wat te zeggen over nVidia en hoe die omgaat met fan sites. Samengevat wordt daar gezegt: nVidia heeft nooit invloed op onze content uit proberen te oefenen, afgezien van het vragen om de verwijdering van een X-Box cartoon.
Als laatste heeft Something Awful nog een hartverscheurend verhaal over nVidia, erg leuk om te lezen 
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