Oct 1, 2010 12:43 GMT  ·  By

About two years ago, NVIDIA became the target of a class action in which it was claimed that it shipped a number of defective GPUs, and it seems that a settlement has finally been reached, with about 50 laptop models subject to replacement.

Regardless of how great an IT player is, it seems that all of them are subject to errors, as is proven, more or less, by NVIDIA's recent settlement.

The settlement is for a class action that claimed NVIDIA shipped defective graphics processing units (GPUs) and MCPs used in a number of mobile PCs.

Said mobile PCs were manufactured by a variety of PC makers, such as Dell, Apple and HP, and the total of affected models exceeds 50.

Granted, even though this settlement has been reached, a final ruling has yet to be given, this final development set to take place on December 20.

As such, even if one should find one's laptop to be among those affected, they will have to wait for some time before being able to do anything about it.

The computer makers that used said GPUs in their products will also handle the situation differently form one another.

For instance, owners of HP systems will be entitled to a full replacement of their notebook with one of the same “kind and value”.

Dell and Apple will likely settle for replacing the GPUs and MCPs, although even this much should be more than some may have expected, considering that the action has been going on for years already.

Nevertheless, in the end, it is likely that thousands of laptops will actually end up replaced, an outcome which should prove quite favorable to consumers, albeit less so for NVIDIA's shareholders.

Those interested in the exact settlement need only stop by this page in order to view the details.