Comment on Nvidia blocks access to video card driver updates for users from Russia and Belarus.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Oh nyoo, they’ll have to use the open source ones!!
/s
(And the open sauce nVidia drivers got actually completely viable, great effort & results)
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
They could still just download the official drivers straight from the NVIDIA website
tal@lemmy.today 5 days ago
kagis
pcmag.com/…/nvidia-to-stop-all-product-sales-to-r…
I don’t think that it matters a huge amount, since companies are just gonna re-export them out of China or Kazakhstan or wherever. I mean, it’s not like the hardware has some kind of region-locking. It’s a piece of consumer hardware, sold and resold anonymously all over the place. It’s not some kind of specialized military hardware.
kagis
hardwaretimes.com/nvidia-loses-just-2-of-its-reve…
It’ll probably add cost and some risk of getting ripped off and no manufacturer’s warranty, but I would be surprised if someone who wanted a new GPU couldn’t continue to get ahold of one in Russia, given the funds.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 5 days ago
From what I saw recently it’s actually cheaper there than in non-sanctioned nearby countries.